I have been in many comp planning meetings at companies like Google and Microsoft for the last two decades, and can assure you that no one in the room even knows the visa status of people in their division. That is not a factor when considering promotions and raises.

Why are you sure? I’m a former H1B that was said a salary comparable to my coworkers (I know this for a fact). There are employers that abuse the visa but not all do.

They don't. Not to mention the H1B application only mention base salary, which is fairly irrelevant for those companies.

Why are you sure of that? I certainly never saw a change in salary when I went from H1B to citizen.

False. Visa status does not play into comp discussions at high-end tech companies (FAANG, or many smaller high-quality startups.)

> I am sure they pay their H1B workers less than their non-H1B workers.

I’m quite sure they don’t. My friend makes over $1M total comp. Are you saying he would be paid $2M if he were a citizen?