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US suspends expedited processing of H-1B visas

I think Trump is harming the American tech industry by not allowing Indian brains into America, the big tech companies will setup shop in India.
Trump does not have the eyes to see the big picture, he is short sighted in this regard.
 
US suspends fast-track processing for highly skilled H-1B visa
By AFP
Published: March 5, 2017
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The United States offers 85,000 H-1B visas every year. PHOTO: AFP

WASHINGTON DC:
US authorities are temporarily suspending the speedy, premium processing of a visa which is often used by tech firms to recruit foreign skilled workers.

Although the move comes as President Donald Trump pledges to prioritise jobs for Americans, US Citizenship and Immigration Services said the suspension was only meant to help the agency reduce overall processing time.

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The H-1B visa is issued to tens of thousands of highly skilled foreign nationals each year, but as of April 3, applicants will no longer be able to use a costly shortcut to rush the processing of their visas.

On Friday, USCIS announced that the “premium processing” of H-1B visas – which saw wait times reduced from several months to 15 days for the price of $1,225 – would be temporarily suspended for up to six months.

The visa has drawn particular attention since Trump’s election, with White House spokesperson Sean Spicer suggesting that presidential and congressional action could be taken on H-1B visas as “part of a larger immigration reform effort.”

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According to USCIS, the visas go to scientists, engineers, computer programmers or anyone “in specialty occupations that require the theoretical or practical application of a body of highly specialised knowledge.”

The United States offers 85,000 H-1B visas every year, most of which are snapped up by Indian outsourcers whose employees fill a skill gap in US engineering. Applications are vastly oversubscribed and are allocated via a lottery system.
 
your lipstick on a pig approach will not work here little man...

No cheap labor now
The legislation called the ‘High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017‘ and introduced by California Congressman Zoe Lofgren, calls for doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000, which is more than double the current amount of $60,000, established in 1989. This will pose as a challenge for tech firms to induct workers from abroad.

It will also cancel the lowest-pay categories and raise the salary at which H-1B employer is exempt from non-displacement and recruitment attestation requirements. With regard to startups, the Bill would set aside 20% of the allocated H-1B visas each year for startups and firms that have 50 or less than 50 employees. It would also establish wage requirements for L-1 workers and improve H-1B wage requirements to encourage companies to hire qualified American workers and prevent them from using foreign workers as a source of cheap labor.

If the Bill does go into effect, IT firms in the country that are running their business model on managed services will be hit badly as India will not be an economically viable country for recruitment and off-shore employment. There will be lesser visas for Indians and IT engineers or advance degree holders in the technology segment going to or being sent to the US will become a very costly affair.
http://techseen.com/2017/01/31/h1b-visa-reform-indian-info-tech-crash/

once again you exhibit your ignorance and impotent jealousy of Indians. I guess I have to further simplify it for the likes of you. The US companies want the talent, Indians have it and there isn't enough local supply within the US. So either the work gets done in the US by importing the talent or offshoring the jobs. Companies are fully prepared to move the projects to 3rd party countries and have Indians work from there.

If you still cannot understand this, I will give you an analogy. When most A-list players wouldn't come and play in Pakistan, the tournament got moved to Dubai.
 
once again you exhibit your ignorance and impotent jealousy of Indians. I guess I have to further simplify it for the likes of you. The US companies want the talent, Indians have it and there isn't enough local supply within the US. So either the work gets done in the US by importing the talent or offshoring the jobs. Companies are fully prepared to move the projects to 3rd party countries and have Indians work from there.

If you still cannot understand this, I will give you an analogy. When most A-list players wouldn't come and play in Pakistan, the tournament got moved to Dubai.

LOL! I am not jealous of people I look down upon.
You people have no dignity or respect even among whites let alone Muslims.
They just need you for cheap labor and as cannon fodder against the Chinese.


And no matter how much BS you spew, which is typical of you hindus. The reality is that H1B visa ban / restriction has partisan support. So even what you say is true it is still irrelevant because the politicians will do what their constituents want to stay in power.

I am a tech worker here in Turkey and I am actively working with other tech workers in US to stop this nonsense H1B visa program and believe me not a single American tech worker is in favor of H1B regardless of their political affiliation.

the only ones in the US and some in Turkey that are in favor of H1b are those that have a strong stench of curry
 
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