[mansigandhi]

Hmm. From my understanding, a person's chances of getting an H1-B are substantially higher from a large corporation as opposed to a 5 people startup because the large corporations' lawyers submit multiple applications per person (through the subsidiaries)

My brother has to leave his job this month and move back home, after 4 years at UIUC and 3 years in the Bay Area because he chose to work at startups (instead of the large tech companies) and both years the lottery system failed him.

[gumby]

What you say is true only for the outsourcing companies that are in fact gaming (abusing) the H-1 system.

Google and your startup both put in a single application per person for an H-1, and at the end of the day spend more for the H-1 candidate than they would for a local hire (citizen/green card), which is how the system should work.