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0 pointsstrongpigeon1y ago0 comments

It's enabling companies to bring highly skilled individuals to work in the USA rather than having them open offices in other countries.

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margorczynski1y ago

That's how it is marketed to the masses. From what I hear from many US citizens it actually looks quite different in reality.

dilyevsky1y ago

The 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.

carlosjobim1y ago

If 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?

rbanffy1y ago

For the “highly skilled” there’s the O-1 visa.

0x4571y ago

Not 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.

nirav721y 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.

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