Was going through my immigration tag earlier and ran into this super interesting study from 2015, by researchers from Brown University and MIT. This could provide a deeper look into the institutional racism at play in the government and its immigration process.
- “Even when the researchers controlled for as many variables as they could…they found that approval rates varied widely from one nationality to the next.”
- 90.5% of Asian immigrants were approved for labor certification. But only 66.8% of Latin American immigrants were.
-Latin American immigrants were over 25% less likely to be approved to work as computer software engineers than Canadian and Asian immigrants.
- “The researchers looked at immigrants who were already on H1-B high-skilled visas (99% of whom have a bachelor’s degree or higher) but were applying to upgrade to green cards. Among that group, Asian immigrants were still 11% more likely than Canadians to get approved for green cards — and H1B-holding Latin American immigrants were 20% less likely.”
You can read the entire article, with more details here: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/6/7495947/immigration-discrimination-visa
H1B- the US work visa- is an extendible visa allowing you to work with new US employers without any time restrictions. It implies one can apply for H1B transfer as many times as needed. H1B visa transfer is the legal procedure to change employment from existing employer to a new employer, provided that the new employer applies for a whole new H1B visa petition with USCIS on behalf of you. see more.. https://goo.gl/1QQiTW
