This is a frustrating situation because these low-value staffing companies (eg Infosys) are flooding the system and denying actual good jobs. And yes, USCIS is

This is a frustrating situation because these low-value staffing companies (eg Infosys) are flooding the system and denying actual good jobs. And yes, USCIS is allowing this to happen by just allowing an application with a filing fee. I'm not sure requiring a full application when the odds of success are so low is the right idea but clearly we have problems and no real interest in solving them. People of certain countries (India in particular) who want a green card are so backlogged that they will be on a work visa for decades. This allows these companies to depress their wages and it's essentially indentured servitude. There have been efforts to fix the green card backlog but those solutions haven't been great either for various reasons. I'm also curious how this works with all the recent layoffs. Why do employers even need H1B applications when they've so recently laid off so many, some of whom are already H1B holders and have been put in a precarious position of having to find a new job or leave the country (within 60 days)? Layoffs seem to impact your ability to sponsor for residency since part of that process is to "prove" you can't fill a position with a US resident or citizen. I don't think that's the case with H1B visas. But I honestly think an employer should be unable to file an H1B application for 2 years for a given position where they laid off similar employees in any large layoff. Anyway, given the cheap cost of buying a "ticket" in the visa lottery, it's unsurprising to me that people are filing applications through multiple employers like this. It's really hard to get people or the government to care about immigration issues however.