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SeattleBattle t1_j1gkgnb wrote

Reply to comment by Scrofuloid in Tech Layoffs Set the Clock Ticking for Foreign Workers by buncley

The former. 86% of new H1B visas given in 2021 went to India (74%) and China (12%). So the problem you referred to of these countries being overrepresented as H1B holders is only exacerbated by the continued heavy proportion of visas given to citizens of those two countries.

I will note that I am trusting a site called www.y-axis.com for this data though, and I've never heard of them before.

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Scrofuloid t1_j1gpvap wrote

Got it. I found almost the exact same numbers on the USCIS site, except that in this case it says it includes both new and continuing cases: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/h-1b-petitions-by-gender-country-of-birth-fy2019.pdf

So if I'm reading this right, it looks like the latter of the two scenarios I described.

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SeattleBattle t1_j1i3csx wrote

Ahh ok, I definitely could be wrong. I am not an expert on H1Bs. Thanks for doing additional research!

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