[foldr]

You're saying there was a major change to the H1B rules, and that Obama then reversed this change, and that there is no reference to this anywhere?

[suryacom]

They were allowed to move out of H1B visa to EAD status (non-visa legal status). The same legal status DACA recipients got from Obama administration. So, technically nothing was changed to the H1B rule.

[foldr]

Broadly speaking, this is allowed now, no? There is a route to an EAD for H1B holders (and various advantages and disadvantages to each).

https://www.murthy.com/2012/10/26/using-the-ead-as-an-option...

[suryacom]

80% of the H1B holders today are from India. And they cannot reach that step; because the wait time to reach there (485-EAD) is 70+ years.

[suryacom]

mavelikara's comment blow has the references to Bush's changes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13402891

[foldr]

Yeah, I saw that. But the way you initially described them was very inaccurate.

[suryacom]

Yeah, if I had said Bush made "the priority date current" so that H1B could file 485-EAD; I don't think anyone would understand what that mean.

So, I tried to keep it simple by mentioning "job mobility".