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>I suspect an H1B decision reduction is a step in the correct direction here, but

Already being changing. Singapore is now exempt. As more palms are greased, I am sure more exemptions will follow.

I think you are mistaken in this, unless there is news I am not aware of. Chile and Singapore citizens have a H1B1 work visa available to them with similar conditions as the H1B, except for a restriction on intent to immigrate, and a different quota pool; this was instituted by respective bilateral FTAs. The recent news about them is just that the H1B1 is not subject to the recent developments concerning the H1B.

You made me do s search. I do not know about Chile, but this:

https://www.visaverge.com/visa/singapore-citizens-exempt-fro...

Where I use to work, there were a few people, not many, working there from Singapore. Most were from India and China.

Yes, this news is the US administration clarifying that H1B1's aren't affected by the increased fee for H1B's. Chile and Singapore have small populations, and even with the minute few Singaporeans working in the US (under the H1B1 and otherwise), they are likely overrepresented as a fraction of their total citizenry, owing to their intensive education and hence relative global mobility.

The H1B1 has been around for over 20 years now. It's just... something that exists. These are concessions that a large country like the US can easily give in bilateral agreements to small countries because demographic issues owing to immigration are not likely owing to how small these countries are to begin with. It's not something possible for countries like India, China, Indonesia, etc.

True, it's almost certainly for show and will amount to nothing, as with most things in this/every administration.

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