> On Jul 2, 2025, at 8:58 AM, mike/r via PLUG-discuss > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Yep, I should've been more clear. The 85K is annual, and H1-B visas can > potentially be in force for 6 years,
All visas have a limited life span. Some can't be renewed; some can be renewed by the applicant with their Sponsor’s agreement, and some can/must be renewed by their Sponsor. I’ve seen someone say that H1B visas have a 3-year term, and their SPONSOR (ie, their employer in this case) can file to renew them. Given that the backlog for Adjustment of Status for people from India are literally taking 10 years right now, it’s clear that there’s quite a long line of people with multiple renewals of their visas pending their Adjustment (ie, Green Card), far beyond 6 years. If the visa is not renewed for any reason, then the Adjustment of Status filing gets cancelled and they’ll have to start over. For someone from India, if their visa is not renewed in, say, year 9, then everything has to restart from scratch. > so that's up to 510K. Somewhere around another 50% are issued to entities > outside the cap (education, government, and non-profit research), so around > 700K outstanding seems reasonable. Thanks for clarifying. > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
