USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2016

Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by gokhan on Monday April 13, 2015 @04:54PM (#9370433)

So, let's say Google wants to move you to US and wants to pay you $200.000+ because you're a unique scientist that filling a position that can't be filled by a US citizen. After spending time and money for the interview process, they apply for H-1B on behalf of you. Than there goes the lottery, than no luck, than what?

168.000 is pretty decent number to turn down after your own companies spend all those resources just for the selection of those applicants.

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by dragonwriter on Monday April 13, 2015 @05:02PM (#9370479)

>So, let's say Google wants to move you to US and wants to pay you $200.000+ because you're a unique scientist that filling a position that can't be filled by a US citizen. After spending time and money for the interview process, they apply for H-1B on behalf of you.

A "unique scientist" should probably be applying for an O-1A [0] rather than an H-1B.

[0] http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers...

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by bradleyjg on Monday April 13, 2015 @05:08PM (#9370518)

The H1B is a bit of a hack for that situation. Let's leave aside qualifying for EB-1 or O-1 as my sibling commentors suggest. At a slightly lower level, what we'd really want to do to fix the problem you identify is to unclog the EB-3 backlog and especially the country specific EB-2 backlogs.

Employment based categories are only allocated 140,000 permanent visas a year (some of which are taken for NACARA catch-up).

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy...

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by HarryHirsch on Monday April 13, 2015 @04:56PM (#9370445)

For Nobel Prize winners and champion soccer players there's O-class visa. H1-B is for the plebs.

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by rogeroga on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:22PM (#9371153)

actually, Miguel de Icaza, from Gnome and Mono fame, got an O visa, I wonder what was the initial Visa that Linus Torvalds got, but he could well apply for that O, with no objection from me.

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by chx on Monday April 13, 2015 @05:30PM (#9370636)

Why would they even bother with these temporary visas? Just go for EB-1 if you are such a scientist. http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers...

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by jedmeyers on Monday April 13, 2015 @05:14PM (#9370555)

You can work for Google in a location outside the US for a year then file for L1 visa. However, recent experience shows that 1 year might not be enough.

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Re:USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for... by prostoalex on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:54PM (#9371276)

Someone in the Google league is large enough to hire an individual in one of their non-US offices, and then apply for L-1 visa for intra-company transfers.

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