This change is meant to help new employees at big companies, not necessarily people in startups. Notice that the ruling follows on the heals of the 1-apr H1B 2008 application date, wherein the quota was exceeded on the first day, inducing a lottery. The same thing happened last year. Under this ruling new students graduating and going to work at big companies will have two shots at the H1B lottery.
That said, startups will benefit from the same treatment.
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This change is meant to help new employees at big companies, not necessarily people in startups. Notice that the ruling follows on the heals of the 1-apr H1B 2008 application date, wherein the quota was exceeded on the first day, inducing a lottery. The same thing happened last year. Under this ruling new students graduating and going to work at big companies will have two shots at the H1B lottery.
That said, startups will benefit from the same treatment.
(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B_visa#Quotas_and_changes_in_...)