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Did they legally have to "reach the numerical allocations"? Or is it that H1B employers have enough of a powerful lobby that USCIS had no choice? (since I ass

Did they legally have to "reach the numerical allocations"? Or is it that H1B employers have enough of a powerful lobby that USCIS had no choice? (since I assume current administration would've been content with under-utilization this year).

diebeforei485 6y ago
Yeah. This has been done before.
winter_blue 6y ago
The law actually requires that visa applications be denied once the numerical limit is reached. So, no, USCIS cannot legally start denying visa applications (on grounds of the limit being reached) until the numerical limit has been reached. It’s actually an absurd and cruel thing that there is even such a ridiculous numerical limit, and one that is extremely small in per capita terms. Most developed countries don’t have such limits. Both Canada and Australia granted more visa applications than the US. The numerical limit (along with other restrictions) has resulted in a lottery, which in turn led to many people who studied in the US getting effectively deported (as they had no way to stay without a work visa). People with a PhD from Harvard and MIT with a $250k+ jobs (or job offers) have gotten deported because of the absurd numerical limit on H-1B visas. Your idiotic opinions on immigration come across as grossly xenophobic. Since Trump got elected people have been getting denied for absurd joke reasons. I myself was denied a $200k+ job and had to leave / got effectively deported from the US. And I am someone who has spent over 10 years in the US on visas. I’m sure you’ll celebrate my suffering.