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>>ZacnyL+(OP)
Keep in mind that Twitter engineers are under extreme pressure, knowing that their H1B visas are at stake, to implement Elon’s whims as quickly as possible on systems they’re unfamiliar with. I doubt many of us would perform better in their situation.

>>rideon+ce
Do you know how many current Twitter engineers are on H1B? Is this based on some data, or just speculation?

>>xyzzyz+Af
Around 300. https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7z5px/twitter-employees-on-...

>>moreli+Mf
I think that may be outdated. Searching at https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employe... yields around 60 applications in 2023 (but note that I'm not sure how things are counted given that H-1B is valid for 3 years).

>>bialpi+0v
The year is also only half over.

>>moreli+hz
IIRC the H-1B application period is some time in the first half of April every year (so all the ones that would be filed this year have already been filed), but IDK if renewals need to catch that train.

Edit: clarifications.

>>bialpi+4F
H-1B approval has two stages, the registration period (March/April) and the petition period (ends 90 days after post-registration selection). AIUI this is counting petitions (i.e. I-129s), so won't be accurate until at least 90 days after selection notices - which would be around now - but then the site itself says it can further trail by a quarter.