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On their "immigrate" page ( https://ai.gov/immigrate/ https://ai.gov/immigrate/ ) , they say "We must attract, train, and retain the most talented workforce in
by CobrastanJorji 3y ago
On their "immigrate" page ( https://ai.gov/immigrate/ https://ai.gov/immigrate/ ) , they say "We must attract, train, and retain the most talented workforce in the world," and mention H-1Bs as a part of that solution. But federal law caps H-1Bs at 60,000 a year, of which over a quarter goes right to Amazon and AWS (EDIT: Turns out I'm wrong about this!). Does the government as an employer get to circumvent the cap? Or are they suggesting that a larger share should be used for AI stuff? Or are they advocating raising the cap? Or is it just a meaningless website?
- elbasti 3y agoDo you have a source for AWS employing 15K H1B holders? That's an insane number!
- spullara 3y agoClose enough: https://h1bgrader.com https://h1bgrader.com
- atestu 3y ago[dead]
- CobrastanJorji 3y agohttps://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2023-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.aspx https://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2023-H1B-Visa-Sponsor.asp... No idea how reliable that site is, but it says Amazon.com sponsored 16,299, Amazon Web Services sponsored 5,056, and Amazon Development Center sponsored 2,119. So 23,474 in total. Edit: I see a note that this is APPLICATIONS, not grants. Nevermind, that's probably not accurate.
- returningfory2 3y agoThose LCA applications aren’t 1-1 with H1B quota numbers. Eg after 3 years when renewing a H1B the employer needs to file an LCA but that won’t count against the cap. Similar for H1B transfers and renewals past 6 years. Overall the claim that Amazon takes 25 percent of H1Bs is extremely incorrect.
- CobrastanJorji 3y agoWhat percent do they take?
- returningfory2 3y agoI believe there is no publicly available data that allows one to calculate the exact percent of new H-1B numbers used by a specific company. But if I go into USCIS's H-1 data hub, I can find some information. For FY-2022 Amazon had 12.5k petitions approved. But drilling into the data we see that less than 4k of those were for _new_ petitions - the others were extensions of existing petitions. 4k out of the H-1B quota is less than 5% (there are 85k new H-1B visas per year). But even that is an overestimate because a new employee transferring to Amazon will require a new petition but won't count against the quota. Overall, the best guess would be that Amazon use low single digits percent.
- sgjohnson 3y ago> Or is it just a meaningless website? It is a meaningless website. Everybody and their dog knows that in the present political climate it’s practically impossible to change the immigration law. It’s only a remote theoretical possibility that the US could fix their immigration system.