Reconsider if you want to join this company. Now they stopped perm program, and anyone who has sufficient time left in their h1b or has a pd from previous employer will be depriotized in their queue. Delay could be 1-2 years. Their immigration team and leadership has no transparency on this major change, and refuse to response to employee inquiries. If you have a Microsoft offer or thinking about moving here when still on visa, please be aware your green card process will be significantly delayed as compared to joining other companies. There has been history that Microsoft internally paused perm for one year when they need to lay-off people. They constantly do this almost now and then, and in secrete. The stories weren’t publicated to outside audiences so innocent people become victims of this ill policy again and again. These people could have a brighter future and well planned career and life elsewhere.
source??
Thanks for update. Hope its authentic
Please tag Microsoft and let’s see what employees think
PD from previous employer getting deprioritzed makes sense if it's far in the future. What's the point in updating it? You're likely going to be at another employer when it comes due anyway. Lots of legal paperwork for no benefit to anyone there.
Point is pd is in very near term. But Microsoft still deprioritize. Sadly
Well that sucks in that case
can confirm
All the heads and executives of big companies went to that meeting with Trump.
Pic or didn’t happen
why?? are they laying off?
Makes sense because if you have an established PD with a I140 that is older than 6 months MS can keep extending your h1b even if that I140 is from a previous employer. This is a money saving tactic and a tacit admission that Indians stuck in the GC queue will not get their GCs in this life time.
Satya knows too well as an Indian himself. Expect Google to follow.
Thanks Trump
Could be layoffs. Anyway, it’s not good time to join this company