Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits
by duxup on Thursday February 21, 2019 @07:57PM
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"must be paid market wage" I'm not sure if that is the always the case. If everything was equal I'm not sure anyone would bother with the system.
I don't think a minimum would work as you say. The jobs I found were surprisingly common. I think the system is being heavily gamed. We've already seen evidence of companies choosing to do the minimum amount to claim they tried to find local talent with the explicit intent of using H1Bs.
I think you're describing the intent of the systems, and in your area it might actually work, but there's a lot of evidence that it is used in other ways.
Re:US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits
by diogenescynic on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:04PM
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I've seen statistics that show 50-85% of H-1Bs are underpaid. There are so many ways to abuse and game the system it's not even worth saving. Make the minimum $150k and give visas to the highest paid applicants. It shouldn't be a lottery...
Customer service may be lower if that's what the market bears, but the individual should probably be able to speak e.g. Japanese (at a professional corporate level) and the company can't find that individual locally. The $100k minimum would hurt those companies here (and cost Americans lost tax revenue and jobs). It's an interesting system.