re: H1B visa applications being approved at a breakneck speed

Looks like an $100,000 fee isn’t going to do shite to stop foreign workers from wanting to come here. Who would’ve thought?

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While H-1B application adjudications move at a breakneck speed—especially when using Premium Processing to get a decision within 15 days—the actual registration system and entry process have undergone major structural changes resulting in drastically fewer total entries and a highly competitive, salary-weighted selection process.

Key H-1B Program UpdatesWage-Based Selection: USCIS utilizes a weighted selection process for the H-1B cap, heavily favoring higher-skilled and higher-paid positions while keeping opportunities open for all wage tiers.

Slumping Application Volume: Employer hesitancy—spurred by the salary-based system and new fee structures—has caused a notable decline in total eligible registrations.

The $100,000 Fee: A substantial fee burden now applies to overseas hires for specific large employers, shifting hiring and sponsorship strategies.

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Application Pool Composition: The Trump administration's second-term policies, including changes to wage tiers and the lottery structure, resulted in fewer total petitions being filed. However, a much higher percentage of the selected applicants are individuals with advanced U.S. degrees and higher salaries, making their petitions stronger and easier to approve.
Policy and Legal Reality: The lower denial rates reflect the fact that many of the restrictive policies used to challenge extensions during his first term were successfully challenged and struck down in federal court.

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So it's YOUR team's fault.

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H-1B visa applications for the FY 2027 lottery dropped by 38.5%, falling from 343,981 in FY 2026 to 211,600.
This steep decline is primarily driven by new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, including a new wage-based selection system and a new $100,000 fee for off-shore candidates.
Fewer "Gaming" of the System: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that the drop in volume reflects the end of mass-registration practices by some outsourcing firms that sought to "game" the system by submitting multiple entries for a single beneficiary.

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That is the total number after the terms are up. Trump is on pace for 1.5m approvals in term 2. That would be 3m over his 8 total years as president, 800k more than Obama with a higher approval rate. It's actually over Biden's approval pace as well by about 20k per year.

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And the Jeets have gotten better at scamming the system since Obama. One gets in on an H1B, and he can bring in family members on different bullshite technicalities that don't affect the H1B count.

All current H1Bs and family members need to be sent back. Start over while applying the $100k ANNUAL penalty that Trump originally proposed. Actual useful H1Bs that don't frick over American workers should be under 5% of the current quantity.

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I’ll wait for confirmation from someone other than America Fist which is notorious for posting retard bait

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You need someone else to think for you?

Shocking

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Why would people be angry about leaving the US to apply for green cards?

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People on temporary visas (especially H-1B workers, students on OPT, etc.) are angry about this policy change for several practical, financial, emotional, and risk-related reasons.
Main Reasons for Anger
Major Disruption to Daily Life and Career
Many H-1B holders (and similar visa holders) have lived and worked in the US for years — often 5–10+ years while waiting for green cards due to backlogs (especially for Indians and Chinese in employment-based categories). They have jobs, mortgages, cars, kids in school, and spouses working on H-4 visas.
Forcing them to leave means quitting or taking extended unpaid leave, potentially losing income, health insurance, and career momentum. Employers may not hold positions open during uncertain processing abroad.
Family Separation and Upheaval
Families often include US-born children or school-age kids. Leaving could mean splitting the family or uprooting everyone. Spouses and kids on dependent visas face the same uncertainty. This is especially painful after building roots in the US.
Higher Risk of Denial or Delays
Adjustment of Status (AOS) inside the US is generally safer: You stay put while USCIS processes your case. Denials can sometimes be appealed or refiled.
Consular Processing abroad involves a visa interview at a US embassy/consulate in your home country. Decisions by consular officers are harder to challenge (limited appeal options).
There’s a real fear of being stuck outside the US if the application hits administrative processing, security checks, or a denial — especially if your current visa expires while you’re abroad.
Longer and More Uncertain Timelines in Practice
While consular processing can sometimes be faster on paper, backlogs at certain embassies (e.g., in India, where many H-1B holders are from) plus travel, medical exams, and potential delays can make the overall process more chaotic. People worry about being "trapped" overseas for months.
Financial Costs
International travel for the entire family, legal fees, potential loss of US income, housing costs abroad, and re-establishing life upon return all add up significantly.
Perception of Unfairness
Many argue they followed the legal pathway, contributed taxes, filled skill shortages in tech/STEM, and integrated into American society. They see this as moving the goalposts after years of investment — treating long-term legal residents as if they were still "temporary visitors" who should easily pack up and leave.

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Trump 2 is on pace to
authorize fewer than Trump 1

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I don’t think this is correct. Trump 2 authorized about 400,000 during 3/4 of one year. That extrapolates to over 2 million for his entire term. Maybe I read it wrong, but that’s the way it looked to me.

ETA: I went back and looked, and I had it wrong. It was for four quarters, so about 1.6 million for the year.

I don’t know if it’s fair to extrapolate from the first year of data. Maybe it took some time to get the bureaucracy functioning the way they want. That would be a good question for a White House correspondent to ask the president.

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Forcing them to leave means quitting or taking extended unpaid leave, potentially losing income, health insurance, and career momentum.

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I. Don't. Give. A. shite. 2008, a ton of them sold their condos and Audis in 30 days and got out. This is a consequence of you making "permanent" decisions based on a temporary visa. I didn't buy a fricking car or condo in Belgium while I was on a work permit.

US Citizen income, health insurance, and career momentum matters more.

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work for a large IT consulting company based in India.

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You're aware that US Citizens will get laid off first, I presume. It's too easy to use an H1B that will "work" for 13 hours a day at 1/3 your wage.

My last client at a middle-man, I started as the 1 citizen with one H1B on the project. When I got laid off, there were 11 H1Bs on the project, no US citizens.

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H1-B tool that’s on Twitter but don’t get any result

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They're probably "consulting" through Infosys, Cognizant, TCS, etc. which is why you don't see your company name explicitly listed.