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> Ideally, this cap would scale somewhat with the overall population of that country. You bring up good points. Focusing on Vatican City is a funny example to
by droithomme 7y ago
> Ideally, this cap would scale somewhat with the overall population of that country.
You bring up good points. Focusing on Vatican City is a funny example to pick and doesn't work well when we look at the facts.
So let's instead look at populations of each country and distribute caps that way. This seems reasonable and democratic, though different from the current system.
In 2017 there were 179,049 new H1B visas issued to persons of all nations globally. There were also 136,393 H4 H1B spousal visas issued.
Of this number, 129,097 new H1B visas were granted to Indian nationals and 117,522 spousal visas (which allow the right to work) were granted to spouses of Indian nationals.
Indian nationals received that year 129097/179049 = 72.1% of all new H1B visas. Indian spouses received that year received 117522/129097 = 91.0% of all H4 spousal visas.
I agree with you that these numbers are vastly disproportionate to population. You are right. These numbers are incredibly unfair to people of most nations, all but one in fact. Can you state what you have learned here which nations are receiving unfair treatment and which one single nation is receiving vast privilege and preference completely out of proportion with their population, based on documented verifiable facts? Please state what you have learned now that you know the actual facts regarding distributions of H1B and H4 visas population as they pertain to national origin. Thank you!