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This is just plain wrong in my experience. Even small companies (< 15 employees) can easily get an H1B petition approved if they apply before the cap is filled
by btbuilder 14y ago
This is just plain wrong in my experience. Even small companies (< 15 employees) can easily get an H1B petition approved if they apply before the cap is filled and pay a lawyer ~$2k.
- excuse-me 14y agoMy experience was in the last dot-com bubble/boom. The caps filled as 12:01 on the day they opened by MSFT/Intel/HP etc
- btbuilder 14y agoThis hasn't been true since the recession. Also when the cap limit is hit a lottery system is used to select petitions. No companies have preference. In fact the rules now are that they will include any petition received within the first five business days in the lottery. The rules are a little more complex than this, but it's essentially correct. Any reasonably good lawyer knew they had to get things submitted on the first day due to cap uncertainties.
- mcdowall 14y agoDoes anyone have any good reference links for H1B positions or a list of companies that are open to them. I'd quite happily pay the immigration fees myself to get into the states (currently in the UK also).
- gsa 14y agoThe monthly whoishiring thread [1] has some jobs with H1B, although I haven't had much luck with them. Also, employers cannot make you pay the immigration fees, it's illegal. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4053076 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4053076