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0 pointscalvinbhai10y ago0 comments

I think he meant, change jobs without needing to file for an H1b transfer or any documentation. Once a high skilled immigrant is in US, instead of giving work permit to a specific employer, make it so that its a work permit, with a time limit.

3 years, immigrant can work anywhere, any number of employers.

Guess how many illicit h1b employers will be interested in bringing an immigrant, if they are not guaranteed that the immigrant will stay with them?

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prostoalex10y ago

The transfer documentation is not that onerous, to be honest. Allegedly it's a gatekeeper against H1 program turning into a spout for unqualified immigration where "an employer" hires you for extremely high salary, and you quit on day 2 to start an exciting career in dishwashing.

bsder10y ago

The simplest way is to convert to a green card after being employed for 12 months. Employer is responsible for all legal fees, background check fees, etc. over the course of your employment.

If you quit at day 2, the employer is still on the hook for all the fees.

It can be gamed, but if you make the fees something like 30-40K, genuine employers will simply shrug as they'll amortize that over 3-4 years. Sweatshops, however, will lose bad.

prostoalex10y ago

My understanding is that current employment-based green card process is constrained entirely by slow turnaround by Department of Labor and USCIS, not some company shenanigans or legislative provisions for artificial delays, at least according to http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/E2e... And that slow turnaround is predicated by DoL / USCIS budgets and their ability to hire and train proper employees.

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0 pointscalvinbhai10y ago0 comments

3 years, immigrant can work anywhere, any number of employers.

Guess how many illicit h1b employers will be interested in bringing an immigrant, if they are not guaranteed that the immigrant will stay with them?

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prostoalex10y ago

bsder10y ago

The simplest way is to convert to a green card after being employed for 12 months. Employer is responsible for all legal fees, background check fees, etc. over the course of your employment.

If you quit at day 2, the employer is still on the hook for all the fees.

It can be gamed, but if you make the fees something like 30-40K, genuine employers will simply shrug as they'll amortize that over 3-4 years. Sweatshops, however, will lose bad.

prostoalex10y ago

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