I think these are dimensions it’s fruitful for employers to lobby to streamline, rather than fallback to H-1B. Prevailing wage determination, in any case more bureaucratic hassle than effective control, is less important when the recruit will have a green card and can quit for better work. 1/
The Biden Administration was about to effectively end it for lots of roles H-1Bs are used for. Which was fine. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart... 2/
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In any case, however much the process annoys employers, I think the EB visas are generally fully subscribed to their cap. That’s not to defend rationing them by bureaucratic hassle! It’s a bad form of rationing. 3/
But we’d know we’d have a problem if we fold H-1Bs into the EB cap but employers fail to use the extra slots. We should still reform the process (as people constantly suggest of the H-1B program too) so slots are allocated neither randomly nor by makework. /fin