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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
If you want to get onto an H1-B, the time is pretty good right now. Due to the economy, the number of applications for H1-Bs have dropped so much that they no longer have a lottery (not necessary). Basically, if you fill out the I-129 properly and get the prevailing wage set immediately, you should be able to walk right through the process. My wife got an H1-B as a teacher - she just had an employer who would play ball. Getting an H1B is fairly lucky, but as a teacher, the only way it was going to happen was in this economy.
Note: To date, ~30,000 of 65,000 spots have been taken. The application process started on April 1, 2010, so you can see how slow things are (compared to years past when USCIS would receive 200,000+ applications in the first week and shut off accepting packages in order to have a lottery).
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Thanks for the tip, no wonder they're pushing me to move over to H1B right now. What do you mean a prevailing wage? I am a salary employee.
(Also Q: What are my chances and how long to get a Greencard from the time I start an H1B? I started on TN this summer. I have a MSEE... salary employee... uh, did an internship in a big engineering company and now I'm fulltime in another big engineering company.)