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		Aperocky on Dec 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Updates to H-1B Think you would also lose everyone that's not working in IT/finance in an instant (or until whenever their visa expires). The biologist, geologist, physicists and the likes.

diebeforei485 on Dec 19, 2024 [–]

Lottery only applies for initial employment, not for renewals.

Most physicists and biologists and geologists work in universities or labs or other institutions, which are cap-exempt anyway and don't go through the lottery.

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