Tech companies accused of surpassing job ad rules in US H-1B hiring

The discourse on H-1B visa has taken yet another turn where companies are accused of advertising employment for foreign job-seekers for the roles designated to American-borns.

According to a report published by Newsweek on August 16, companies like OpenAI, Udemy, and Instacart posted listings in a local newspaper mentioning sending resumes to "immigration or global mobility departments".

As per Jobs.Now, a website seeking out H-1B roles to share them with Americans, Americans are not aware that major companies are routinely discriminating against them for the simple fact of being Americans in their own country. 

According to the website, when tech giants aim to sponsor an H-1B visa holder for a green card, they must legally prove that no qualified US workers are available for the role. This involves advertising the position in specific outlets, like Sunday newspapers. If a qualified US citizen applies, the company is obligated to offer the job to them instead of proceeding with the visa sponsorship.

Jobs.Now claimed that the ads request applications to immigration or global mobility departments, the use of paper mail or email-only applications suggests these roles are being recruited separately from the companies standard recruiting process.

They also said that these 'unusual' application methods are likely to drive fewer applications than normal processes like posting ads on the company job board or on mainstream career sites like LinkedIn.

A strict action from the US government was demanded by the group against the illegal practices adopted by the tech companies.