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posted by martyb on Friday February 01 2019, @01:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-a-start dept.

The Department of Homeland Security announced a rule change Wednesday that will transform the lottery that decides who gets the 85,000 H-1B visas granted to for-profit companies every year.

Previously, an initial lottery granted 20,000 visas only to those holding advanced degrees granted by U.S. institutions — master’s degrees or doctorates — and then a general lottery granted 65,000 visas to all qualified applicants.

The Department of Homeland Security switched the order of these lotteries, it said in a notice of the final rule change, which will bolster the odds for highly educated foreign nationals. The change reduces the likelihood that people with just a bachelor’s degree will win in the general lottery, said Lisa Spiegel, an attorney at Duane Morris in San Francisco and head of the firm’s immigration group.

The program shift could hurt technology staffing companies, also known as outsourcers, who have a reputation for flooding the lottery with applications. Three Indian firms — Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro — often account for a majority of the H-1B applications, an analysis of government data shows.

LINK:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/H-1B-visa-lottery-changing-to-favor-those-with-13574410.php


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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday February 01 2019, @04:49PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Friday February 01 2019, @04:49PM (#795069) Journal

    I would argue, that it may not hurt those in developing countries. Sure, it may eventually turn into a negative, but I'm thinking right now it's not. In fact, all this outsourcing to India could be extremely helpful to the local population. It sure isn't helpful for the American populace, though. It also seems to be hitting Australia as another recent article pointed to.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday February 01 2019, @05:48PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday February 01 2019, @05:48PM (#795096) Homepage Journal

    Outsourcing is the opposite of what's being done with H1-B. You're harming India by taking their best and brightest and harming America by depressing wages. Putting data centers or what not in India is actually a good idea for both nations. It provides cheaper services for the US population and/or frees up profits to be spent expanding your business and thus creating jobs. What jobs you have available in a nation isn't nearly as important as how much they pay and that they exist in the first place.

    Not call centers, mind you. If you work in a communication job being able to communicate effectively is pretty fucking important.

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