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Say Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) files for 13k visas for in 2016. If the total number of applications were 236k, then the expected number of visas TCS is goi
by kyleschiller 10y ago
Say Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) files for 13k visas for in 2016. If the total number of applications were 236k, then the expected number of visas TCS is going to get is (using probability) => (13,000/236,000)*65,000 = 3,580 visas
Similarly, let us say a startup is filing for an H1-B for 1 of their employees. Their expected probability of securing the visa is => 1/236000*65000=0.27
As you can see, the current lottery system favors the company which applies for the most number of visas.
How is this favoritism? Isn't the conclusion here just that everyone has similar odds and companies that apply for more visas will get more visas?
- fwiwm2c 10y agoYes - everyone has similar odds. But if you are a large outsourcing company such as TCS (which has 350k+ employees), you would simply file a lot of H1-B applications to secure the maximum number of visas. And since the number of visas are limited, each visa you secure is one less that another company would have secured. A startup (which have far lesser number of employees) can't do that.