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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by didip on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:11PM (#32568824)
The lottery is still a thing but not for India and China.
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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by outworlder on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:47PM (#32574078)
You are talking about the diversity visa. It only applies to countries that don't send many people already.

H1B has a global cap, so there's a lottery. It's a completely different thing.

Green Cards also have a cap. China (and India in particular) are screwed. If you are from India and take your 1 year old baby to the US, it's likely – if nothing is done – that your baby will never get a green card. Child dependents lose eligibility at 21 years old; the current projections are pointing to much longer times than that.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by the_svd_doctor on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:48PM (#32573168)
That’s not true. You might be confusing the H1B lottery and the Green card cap per country. The two are barely related.
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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by iLoveOncall on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @05:35PM (#32571878)
I think you are talking about the Green Card lottery which doesn't allow certains countries that have had too many immigrants in the past 7 (I think) years. The H1-B lottery doesn't have country limitations.
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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by sauravjain on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:00PM (#32569608)
wdym by this? it most definitely is still a lottery
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