nihal advani co- wrote the op- ed piece in crain's - american businesses losing out in antiquated immigration lottery. the demand for those visas as well as the number of jobs waiting for these workers is much higher than 85 thousand. >>absolutely. in fact, this year alone there was 172 thousand applicants for this h1- b. >>7 years ago you were working for microsoft. they loved you and wanted to keep you so you were faced with this same problem. >>yes. i've actually been unlucky and on the wrong side of that lottery and i had to move to canada for a year. fortunately, microsoft was great about it and they helped me work remotely. i had to be out of the country for 365 days before i was eligible. once i was they got me back. >>now here you are 7 years later, you are the ceo of a company you co-founded-- georama, an interactive travel discovery platform. but you are frustrated once more because you have people you want to hire yourself now and you can't. >>absolutely. in fact, i have one employee right now who is anxiously awaiting the results of this lottery. he is a very key employee and we w