Not "high value", but rather "high skill". Some examples of occupations that need a professional degree in order to be filled.
Information Technology
Software engineers
Database administrators
Teachers
Primary
Secondary
University
Health care professionals
Physicians
Nurses
Dentists
Psychologists
Engineers
Civil
Chemical
Mechanical
Industrial
Surveyors
... and Fashion models
With an auction approach, would the software engineers completely at big tech companies (or consultancies capable of demanding big tech compensation) continue to be able to drown out the other professions?
The visa lottery makes it difficult to reliably get H1B visa teachers. H1B visa abuse makes it even more difficult. An auction would make the H1B visa program into a "visa for software developers where consultancies charge high prices to win auctions and pay their employees little."
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The visa lottery makes it difficult to reliably get H1B visa teachers. H1B visa abuse makes it even more difficult. An auction would make the H1B visa program into a "visa for software developers where consultancies charge high prices to win auctions and pay their employees little."