USCIS has denied H-1B applications though. The interesting tidbit here is the salaries being offered by FANG for exceptionally talented employees. Never knew this! https://news.efinancialcareers.com/us-en/3003798/highest-paying-h1b-visa-salaries-denied 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. 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. #offer #tech
No they're not. USCIS only asks about base salary and there's clear legal definition for that.
How do you explain an amazon program manager making 1.3m base? Isn’t there a salary cap?
it's more like typo than intentional, which would make it perjury as defined by the fine prints on the very form.
Probably the attorney made a mistake when filing the H1B application. Can happen easily. And obviously USCIS would decline it!
Wonder why lawyers make such errors though. H-1B applications only ask for annual compensation. At least it would be fixed in the RFE or dispute resolution process.
^^ Yeah I agree with your points but G filed 4.5k H1B applications last year. Easy to get a handful of them wrong!
A principal PM does not make 1.3m at amazon. Is this the whole 4 year package?
Business analyst at Google gets $1.3 mi? We clearly need to step up our game folks.
The applications were erroneously filed with an extra 0, the article as usual is a clickbait!
What TF is a compensation associate anyway?
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What probably happened is they listed their full stock grant for 4 years. Technically it’s all part of the offer.
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OK! That makes sense! This seemed totally unreal at the first glance.