Reply #14: You are correct...

[OhioChick]

this is done very often. last year I was asked to match skills to an individuals skills for project requirements. This persons H1B was up for renewal. The paperwork was submitted to my manager, where he fudged the numbers even more, along with the help of the HR department. Required number of years required for the position are matched up with the number of years/months the individual has. This paperwork was then further reviewed with the legal department to make sure that the government will not question anything... finally it was submitted to the government and the position was posted in the local newspaper classified ads.

I'm not sure it would be easy to do this for someone that did not already work at the company for a new position, unless they hand picked someone. But if a company is hell bent on hiring only H1B workers... this could be done very easily.

I do not work at this company anymore.