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There are lots of other pathways to do this outside the H1B. The US doesn’t need H1Bs to suck brain drain from elsewhere.
by JCM9 1y ago
There are lots of other pathways to do this outside the H1B. The US doesn’t need H1Bs to suck brain drain from elsewhere.
- alephnerd 1y agoL1 is backlogged, O1 is backlogged, and the eb1/2-to-greencard (not citizenship) backlog is reaching 20 years for those born in India and China. On top of that salaries have gotten significantly higher in both countries now ($60k-80k TC mid career) At this point, most H1B sponsorship is for a candidate on an OPT, but now there is an incentive to relocate those employees back to a foreign office (Canada, India, Singapore, etc). And, leaving aside tech - healthcare workers like nurses and doctors, along with academics are overwhelmingly sponsored via H1B - not O1. Say goodbye to the Phillipines-to-US pipeline that was helping keep rural healthcare infra on it's last legs.