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It's enabling companies to bring highly skilled individuals to work in the USA rather than having them open offices in other countries.
by strongpigeon 2y ago
It's enabling companies to bring highly skilled individuals to work in the USA rather than having them open offices in other countries.
- margorczynski 2y agoThat's how it is marketed to the masses. From what I hear from many US citizens it actually looks quite different in reality.
- dilyevsky 2y agoThe reality is US is a tech powerhouse, many successful companies have been started by former h1b holders and US tech workers are highest paid in the world (even PPP adjusted). What you're hearing is not the reality - it's just vibes.
- carlosjobim 2y agoIf it's about urgently needed skills, then anybody who has a H-1B visa is of course the highest paid worker in his or her company. Right?
- rbanffy 2y agoFor the “highly skilled” there’s the O-1 visa.
- 0x457 2y agoNot really, O-1 is essentially a visa to bring a specific person to the US. While H1B is a wide net (yes, visa given to a specific person, not what I'm saying). o-1 is to bring Albert Einstein and h1b is to bring some physicist that matches criteria. As in, O-1 is person-focused, while H1B is role-focused.
- nirav72 2y ago>h1b is to bring some physicist that matches criteria. those are exceptional cases. The majority of the 65K year h1b visas granted every year are for filling IT related positions. Mostly dev related positions.
- 0x457 2y agoI only used physicist because I couldn't come up with a name for O-1 recipient that isn't already a US citizen from top of my head.