Candidate Eligibility

Who qualifies as Cap exempt in the H-1B lottery? We aim to clarify who and who doesn’t qualify for the H-1B lottery and how to how your organization might be able to create a more predictable talent funnel. As the number of applicants for H-1B lottery increases, finding alternative immigration strategies to fill talent gaps becomes increasingly important for growing teams. 

When can an international candidate start? Or how soon can she start working with us is among the most common questions we receive when working with HR and Talent teams. The answer is a little more complicated than determining a date for non-visa counterparts. We explore a few scenarios for visa and non-visa holders and recommended start dates.

With guidelines in place to help Talent teams gather candidate immigration information, you now have a repeatable process to help mitigate the risk of surprise immigration issues late in the recruiting process. Providing training and resources to guide the talent acquisition team will help to ensure you address any gaps in your program and deliver a consistently positive candidate experience across your entire organization.‍

You have taken clear steps to standardize the process of determining candidate immigration options, but the next challenge is ensuring recruiting teams use it consistently. Thankfully, bringing more structure and consistency to the way you handle candidate immigration eligibility can result in a smoother hiring process and help you gain more clarity about start dates. By continuing to build on your existing talent acquisition program you can create more transparency and build more predictability.

If you are relying on an ad-hoc and reactive immigration process, you can experience delays that will only slow down your ability to fill open positions with best-fit candidates. Worse, you can end up moving candidates through the interview and selection process, only to find out later that they don’t have viable immigration options. When your organization routinely recruits non-U.S. workers you need mechanisms in place to facilitate well-rounded candidate assessments.

The H-1B visa is by far one of the more popular work visas. The H-1B is a temporary work visa which allows a foreign worker to work in a specialty occupation.