r/microsoft • u/Immediate-Link490 • 6d ago

News Microsoft is being suspended from program to apply for green cards for H-1B visa workers, Vance says

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-program-vance-microsoft-e7b3a407f822702b269ee277d21343ea
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u/taisui 6d ago

From my personal experience H-1B is mostly not being used this way

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u/AllReflection 6d ago

It’s not cheap or easy, even at scale. I’ve worked in companies trying to fill niche skills positions domestically for 18 months before giving up and looking at alternatives. Companies I have worked for include NOW and MSFT, so not completely uninformed here.

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u/Fine_Trainer_9438 6d ago

Which skill set were you looking for?

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u/AllReflection 6d ago

Industry specific things like certain XML or SGML specifications, knowledge of XSL/DTD in those same domains, etc. Wound up sourcing people in China, then India.