https://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/3003798/highest-paying-h1b-visa-salaries-denied?_ga=2.19745912.1500133581.1589945477-1558078607.1589945477 Google's renewal rejections included applications for a software engineer and a business analyst, both on $1.3m in Menlo Park California. The visas were to have begun in July 2020. A 'compensation associate' in Mountain View on a $985k salary also had his/her visa refused recently. At Facebook, an H1B visa renwal application for a software engineer on $2m that was due to start in February 2020 was refused. And at Amazon, a Seattle operations engineer on an $840k salary had his/her renewal application denied in February. It's not unheard of for H1B applications to be refused: last year Google had around 60 refusals and Amazon had around 35. However, most refusals in 2019 were for comparatively junior staff: it's usually to argue that a senior individual has the kind of specialized knowledge that merits a renewal or a transfer. This years' refusals suggest that might no longer be the case. Although some high paying H1B applications are being refused, there are signs that others are slipping through. Deutsche Bank, for example, has recently had an application approved for a New York managing director on a salary of $1.8m (starting August). Facebook has a software engineer on a salary of $1.9m. And Amazon has a level III programme manager in Seattle earning a salary of $1.3m. These roles are likely to pay stock bonuses too.
Software engineers are earning $2m!!! Holy $h!t
They were rejected because those salaries were typos. Law firms make these mistakes all the times.
What kind of people were getting these salary
I think at least some of these had an extra zero on the end as a typo.
Are you saying 1.5-2M without equity. No way it’s possible. Fake!
Bullshit!
Bullshit article. LCA never has RSUs or bonus amount listed. It has “minimum” wages. Yes, FAANG is capable for paying really high salaries but “base” can never be in millions which is what gets put on LCA. Also why the hell anyone cares if I call a data scientist an Ops specialist or whatever the heck I want to call it. This is pure racism from USCIS. No wonder they are getting bankrupt and begging for money from congress
Typos LMAO
Lmao yeah right. You think someone bringing that level of value would get a renewal rejected?
Still don't understand why their visa was refused?
Probably because their degree didnt match the job description. Its not just about TC
Whaatttt? When company is paying so much for their skills and degree did not match? Seriously there is a problem with the system