I work in corporate recruiting for a global company and manage the case files (the actual legal work is done by our immigration lawyers with some cases referred to outside counsel- the top immigration firm in the US) for folks we’d like to hire but who don’t have the legal right to work in the US. Sometimes it’s our own employees who are overseas and need a transfer. Sometimes it’s professionals we are recruiting. Sometimes it’s the spouse of someone we’d like to hire in the US if the individual makes it clear that without the spouse’s visa they won’t accept the transfer.
Over the last 30 years it’s gotten harder, not easier (that’s how long I’ve been in recruiting). Things can shift on a dime. Someone may be relying on last year’s process. When the government shut down (twice during the last administration) cases got backed up for 6 months- things that seemed like a slam dunk during the Obama presidency became “no way no how” under Trump. After 9/11 cases that were already in process got put on hold just because the individual had a middle name which made them suspect. Covid has thrown a monkey wrench into the entire system because there are parts of the immigration infrastructure where offices are still running at 1/10th the manpower. I am not smart enough to predict the future, but can only describe the past- things change quickly and usually not for the better if you are a foreign national who wants to work legally in the US.
Those are my qualifications. You?