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Re:I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by ramadis on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:15AM (#23940468)
My country (Argentina) has a lottery(esque?) approach to giving work visas for the US, so basically: even with company support, work visas are subject to probability (~30% chance of getting it for a given year). Do you have experience, or do you know, how companies handle hires from countries with this methodology?

Thanks for doing this AMA!

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Re:I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by conanbatt on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:39AM (#23940792)
It's not argentina that has a lottery, it's the US. Thats the H1B process.

That is also suspended for this year.

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Re:I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for... by proberts on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:37PM (#23941530)
The next H-1B lottery will take place in March 2021. The proclamation suspended the issuance of new H-1B visas; the lottery hasn't been affected and those in the U.S. seeking to change their status to H-1B or extend their H-1B status haven't been affected.
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