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"Kerr suggests allocating H-1Bs not by lottery as they are now, but by salary — the more that a company is willing to pay for a foreign worker, the quicker they
by rrggrr 8y ago
"Kerr suggests allocating H-1Bs not by lottery as they are now, but by salary — the more that a company is willing to pay for a foreign worker, the quicker they can get a visa."
Would need to be artfully worded so that sign-on bonuses and short-term employment is not used to game the system by permitting averaging down over time.
- KirinDave 8y agoI think I agree with you (although I bet for different reasons) but, Why? What do you think is actually is the problem if highly compensated employment is used as a fast track to immigration and perhaps even citizenship?
- michaelt 8y agorrggrr is worried companies will say "1 year contract, $10,000 per day first week, $0 per day subsequent 51 weeks" and jump to the top of the stack as they're paying $10,000 per day.
- maxxxxx 8y agoYou can require them to pay an average salary over the whole period of employment.
- TheSoftwareGuy 8y agoMost employment doesn't have a planned end point though
- dwater 8y agoMost visas do though, so it could be worked out.
- maxxxxx 8y agoWhy do you need a planned endpoint?
- Goronmon 8y agoWhy is a planned end point necessary? An average of say $100k per year isn't impacted whether you pay that person $50k for 6 months or $200k for two years.
- pc86 8y agoIt's to prevent you hiring an H1B for a one-month, $50,000 contract, then hiring them for a separate 11-month, $50,000 contract after. The company will argue the initial hire is a $600k/yr rate.
- VintageLight 8y agoYou could argue that they would get a one-month visa and top priority for that first month. The employer would have to go through the visa process again for the second contract.
- pc86 8y agoThey're already here, renewal is a completely separate process. The biggest hurdle is getting them off the plane, if they're employed, sponsored, and here it's much easier to keep them here.
- klipt 8y agoPresumably the salary they bid would have to be maintained throughout the visa validity (e.g. three years for H1-B). If the salary ever drops the visa is invalidated and becomes available for bidding by other companies.
- afarrell 8y agoIn the UK, the immigration agency checks that you are still being paid above the minimum salary for a work visa. I see no reason why they couldn't check on this sort of thing.