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Because the reason you were allowed to in to the country was for that job for which there were no acceptably qualified american applicants. H1B is not simply a

Because the reason you were allowed to in to the country was for that job for which there were no acceptably qualified american applicants. H1B is not simply a skill-based immigration policy, it exists to allow American businesses to hire outside talent when our own pool is running dry. There may be different programs for other purposes.. for instance, some other countries allow you to move there to start a business if you are going to make a minimum investment and hire a minimum number of people.

ajju 18y ago
Now that is actually a logical point versus OP's "quit complaining coz this is not your country" logic. I upvoted you. As an H-1B, I can only shift to other H-1B jobs. Which means other jobs where no acceptably qualified american applicants can be found. I don't even want to change this. I am just asking that my greencard application not restart if I shift from one H-1B job to another. So in this specific instance, my question still remains unanswered. However, you are right on the general idea that I am arguing for skill based immigration instead of a specific job based immigration.
bokonist 18y ago
Because the reason you were allowed to in to the country was for that job for which there were no acceptably qualified american applicants. The formal reason for a policy and the real reason have nothing to with each other. The phrase "job for which there were no acceptably qualified american applicants" is pure nonsense - the number of applicants is always dependent on the wage, make the wage low enough, you'll get no applicants, make it high enough, and a bunch of bankers will start retraining to go into software.
wheels 18y ago
If it works anything in American companies like it does in German companies (I'm an American that moved to Germany on the equivalent of a H1-B), they decide who they want to hire, take their résumé, inverse it to submit an application for exactly that. I don't think there's another human on the planet that would have fit for the qualifications that they submitted for my residence permits. My last one included literally every programming language that I'm good at, being a native English speaker, having a background as a music teacher (it was a pro-audio company, so that wasn't a real stretch) and most of the skills that I'd picked up along the way, regardless of if they were relevant to the job I was taking. Fortunately, the German system doesn't have the no-job-switching provision, in the 6 years I waited to get permanent residence I was able to have two different jobs. You do however run the risk when switching that your visa won't be renewed for the next job.

ajju 18y ago

Now that is actually a logical point versus OP's "quit complaining coz this is not your country" logic. I upvoted you. As an H-1B, I can only shift to other H-1B jobs. Which means other jobs where no acceptably qualified american applicants can be found. I don't even want to change this. I am just asking that my greencard application not restart if I shift from one H-1B job to another. So in this specific instance, my question still remains unanswered. However, you are right on the general idea that I am arguing for skill based immigration instead of a specific job based immigration.

bokonist 18y ago

Because the reason you were allowed to in to the country was for that job for which there were no acceptably qualified american applicants. The formal reason for a policy and the real reason have nothing to with each other. The phrase "job for which there were no acceptably qualified american applicants" is pure nonsense - the number of applicants is always dependent on the wage, make the wage low enough, you'll get no applicants, make it high enough, and a bunch of bankers will start retraining to go into software.

wheels 18y ago

If it works anything in American companies like it does in German companies (I'm an American that moved to Germany on the equivalent of a H1-B), they decide who they want to hire, take their résumé, inverse it to submit an application for exactly that. I don't think there's another human on the planet that would have fit for the qualifications that they submitted for my residence permits. My last one included literally every programming language that I'm good at, being a native English speaker, having a background as a music teacher (it was a pro-audio company, so that wasn't a real stretch) and most of the skills that I'd picked up along the way, regardless of if they were relevant to the job I was taking. Fortunately, the German system doesn't have the no-job-switching provision, in the 6 years I waited to get permanent residence I was able to have two different jobs. You do however run the risk when switching that your visa won't be renewed for the next job.