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My educated guess is that the majority of this year's H-1B are already in the US. I wonder what it would mean for them.

blntechie 6y ago
H-1B new visa entry cycle starts October 1 every year. So it most likely prevents every approved visa holder for this year cycle.
dmurray 6y ago
The same as if they lost the lottery, presumably, except they find out 4 months earlier.
jpollock 6y ago
This year's H1-Bs don't start until October 1st, and they can't enter the US "early". https://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-petition-filing-deadline-is-it-april-1st-october-1st-uscis-fiscal-year/#:~:text=If%20you%20applied%20for%20H1B,and%20ends%20by%20Sep%2030th https://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-petition-filing-deadline-is-i....
- tinyhouse 6y ago
  Not sure I'm following. I know about Oct and that people overseas who got H1-B this year won't be able to enter. But many who got H1-B this year are already in the US (working on OPT, L1, etc) so they don't need to enter the country, they are just changing their visa status.
- rantwasp 6y ago
  i don’t know how this suspension would work but the H1B is held in April. I would assume most people have had their visa processed by now but it’s possible i’m just if ignorant. Regarding suspending H1Bs here is some not so breaking news: people on those visas are targeting jobs where no qualified people exist to fill them. Those people, by coming to the US create real value and increase the economic output of the US. They are also, in general, really smart people that fuel innovation. If you kill innovation the US is done.
  - blntechie 6y ago
    Application process starts in April but even when visa is approved and processed, the holder can’t enter before October 1.
    - rantwasp 6y ago
      yeah. it starts in October but they cannot take the visa back, right?
      - blntechie 6y ago
        Apparently all visa holders will be denied entry so basically they can’t enter until this order expires.
        rantwasp 6y ago
        i did not pick this up from the linke article. i guess if your business relies in H1B workers now you know which camp you need to support.
- BeetleB 6y ago
  Many/most such people are in the US and already working under something called OPT. They have a timeline where they can work under OPT, and they need to get a conversion to H1-B status before their OPT expires. So if they were approved in April, and the OPT doesn't expire before October, they can keep working and simply switch to H1-B status in October.

H-1B new visa entry cycle starts October 1 every year. So it most likely prevents every approved visa holder for this year cycle.

dmurray 6y ago

The same as if they lost the lottery, presumably, except they find out 4 months earlier.

jpollock 6y ago

This year's H1-Bs don't start until October 1st, and they can't enter the US "early". https://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-petition-filing-deadline-is-it-april-1st-october-1st-uscis-fiscal-year/#:~:text=If%20you%20applied%20for%20H1B,and%20ends%20by%20Sep%2030th https://redbus2us.com/h1b-visa-petition-filing-deadline-is-i....

tinyhouse 6y ago
Not sure I'm following. I know about Oct and that people overseas who got H1-B this year won't be able to enter. But many who got H1-B this year are already in the US (working on OPT, L1, etc) so they don't need to enter the country, they are just changing their visa status.
rantwasp 6y ago
i don’t know how this suspension would work but the H1B is held in April. I would assume most people have had their visa processed by now but it’s possible i’m just if ignorant. Regarding suspending H1Bs here is some not so breaking news: people on those visas are targeting jobs where no qualified people exist to fill them. Those people, by coming to the US create real value and increase the economic output of the US. They are also, in general, really smart people that fuel innovation. If you kill innovation the US is done.
- blntechie 6y ago
  Application process starts in April but even when visa is approved and processed, the holder can’t enter before October 1.
  - rantwasp 6y ago
    yeah. it starts in October but they cannot take the visa back, right?
    - blntechie 6y ago
      Apparently all visa holders will be denied entry so basically they can’t enter until this order expires.
      - rantwasp 6y ago
        i did not pick this up from the linke article. i guess if your business relies in H1B workers now you know which camp you need to support.
BeetleB 6y ago
Many/most such people are in the US and already working under something called OPT. They have a timeline where they can work under OPT, and they need to get a conversion to H1-B status before their OPT expires. So if they were approved in April, and the OPT doesn't expire before October, they can keep working and simply switch to H1-B status in October.