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Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms by argv_empty on Friday February 10, 2017 @09:58AM (#13615764)
Honestly, tying the qualification of H1B to salary only works as some sort of state-sponsored unionization.

It's not unionization. It's a simple case of letting the market decide who's got rare and valuable skills. If you don't command an unusually high salary, your skills aren't that rare or aren't so essential to the company.

Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms by conanbatt on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:19PM (#13618522)
> It's a simple case of letting the market decide who's got rare and valuable skills.

With company-tied commitments, high transaction costs, lotteries, field of expertise limitations? Markets gone wild!

> If you don't command an unusually high salary, your skills aren't that rare or aren't so essential to the company.

This is a union-style wage argument. If the company would like to hire you below what the union makes, the company should not be able to and you would not qualify to work in this field.