Well... I would guess that you misunderstood me. I forget what is "understood", so that's my fault in the communication. The process to get an H1B visa is the

Well... I would guess that you misunderstood me. I forget what is "understood", so that's my fault in the communication. The process to get an H1B visa is the same no matter where you are located. As you know, the best developers in the world head to the Bay area every year. Comparatively, it's fairly expensive with many companies looking to make as much impact as possible within a short amount of time. If you're a company taking a chance with the cost of sponsoring and agreeing to a yearly contract for an H1B..where would you want to be? We'll compare Atlanta and Silicon Valley just for fun. In Silicon Valley you would pay twice as much for salary and be ten times more likely to have your candidate approached (recruited) by competitors. Because of the higher cost of living, you had better be very sure that they have the skills set that you need now and ideally two years later after your company has grown significantly. If you are in Atlanta, it's half the initial investment. It's less likely that they will be stolen. You can afford to train them (the cost of the senior developer is even less than half of the cost of Bay Area senior developers). That's more what I meant. Does that make sense?