| I've done h1b transfers before, as an employer. I wouldn't say it's "very easy", but it's not super hard either. I don't disagree with what you're saying in general, but shouldn't there be some cost incurred by the new company? Remember, like it or not, the h1b program is technically designed to only come into play when a company can't find suitable local talent to fill a position. In our case it was a few thousand dollars of legal fees and gov "expedite" fees If we were doing a lot of them our legal fees could go way down, and we'd get good at doing them. The cap is a big deal, and the reason most h1bs get rejected. Like you said, if an h1b worker is already here, the cap doesn't apply -- I think that's a good thing. It seems to be a common misconception that h1bs are bound to their employer. I simply don't think that's true. |