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This sounds like an auction. That seems kind of sensible, but I'm concerned it would prevent any but the highest paying industries from using H-1B visas. In t
by amluto 4y ago
This sounds like an auction. That seems kind of sensible, but I'm concerned it would prevent any but the highest paying industries from using H-1B visas. In theory, the purpose is to import specific skills and expertise that is unavailable locally. So if US company needs, say, a plastic tooling engineer, and only China and Taiwan trains enough people with the relevant experience [0], then they should be able to hire someone from outside the US and help them get a visa. Making them outbid the tech giants who are in entirely different industries could drive the cost up to absurd levels and deny the US the benefit of getting plastic tooling expertise.
[0] I made this up, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true.
- flavius29663 4y ago> deny the US the benefit of getting plastic tooling expertise If it's not a high paying job, does the US really need plastic tooling expertise? Unless by "plastic tooling" you mean something that is of national security, then yes. But in that case, they should issue more special visas, not put them in a pool for lottery. Why would you put in a lottery for important roles? Keeping a profession in a lottery system tells me it can't be too important for the US. If it's not so important, then why not implement an income based system and get the most out of it (get the best paid workers, not some random ones). This is the case for diversity visas, they are 50k lottery based visas. Income does not matter at all there, the US just wants diverse people coming in. Now we're treating doctors, nurses, software devs the same way, with a lottery? You can get a 60k wage slave or a 600k specialized worker in the same batch?