kklisura5d ago

Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs

https://nationaltoday.com/us/tx/austin/news/2026/04/03/oracle-files-thousands-of-h-1b-visa-petitions-amid-mass-layoffs/

Oracle Files Thousands of H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs - Austin Today

Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle filed for 2,690 H-1B visas in fiscal year 2025 and 436 so far in fiscal year 2026, totaling over 3,100 visa requests.

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Show threadrdtsc5d ago

Wherever their major offices are look for newspapers in the small towns nearby advertising for "Software developers for Oracle" all written in the tiniest print, right next to classified that sell used bikes, car parts and other stuff.

- "Well, Uncle Sam, we looked so hard in US and nobody answered our job posts, we have to go to ... $othercountry to hire, there is no other way"

Show threadergocoder

Stanford also filed an H1B this year to hire an IT person.

https://x.com/chrisbrunet/status/2037376353461567734

Apparently, no citizen wants to do this job? Why do we allow things like this?

Chris Brunet (@chrisbrunet) on X

Stanford University (@Stanford) just posted a notice of intent to hire an H-1B Database Administrator Salary: $142,000 No software developer in the Bay area was qualified to administer this database.

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Apr 3 at 9:46pmWeb
Show threadandriy_koval5d ago
"we" don't allow, but also don't enforce (violators are rarely punished).
Show threadergocoder5d ago

I feel like this is legal i.e. we allow it.

Stanford wouldn't blatantly violate laws like this.

Show threadandriy_koval5d ago

it could be not blatant violation, but they more like don't track this on their side because don't think it is a big deal, so some individual can act like that.

Blatant violation would be if they do it on many cases and large scale.

Show threadjltsiren5d ago

Without knowing anything about that particular case, I would assume that the person was initially hired as an F-1 student and later changed to OPT status. University IT tends to hire students to entry-level positions all around the world. And now Stanford wants to keep the proven employee instead of going through the uncertainty of hiring a new person.

So maybe the actual question is what kind of a Stanford undergraduate would choose a university IT position in ~2021 instead of aiming for more lucrative tech roles. Perhaps the kind that wants to maximize their chances of getting H-1B.