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What has H-4 got to do with anything? You can't work on that.
You can't, but you can search for a job with an employer who would be willing to sponsor an H1-B. Being in the country makes it much easier.
What is wrong in doing that?
No matter how you frame the issue, call it an abuse, or try to solve it, I don't think anything will change other than some minor adjustments. Jobs are not going to magically appear or wages rise. India/China has a huge supply of engineers across the board (good, bad, senior, junior etc.,). And US companies always want to maximize their profits. So increasing the bar on H-1B visas will increase the quality of H-1B's…
The clients probably have a reason for wanting consultants onsite. Many modern software development processes ("agile methodologies") require ongoing communication between a customer and developers. This is a lot harder remotely, especially when you factor in language differences and time zones. So a significant number would probably pay more to keep a local dev team.
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Someone posted this link. https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-worker... There are whole IT divisions where there is not a single US citizen or GC holder. Tell me how can one distinguish between projects where the whole project members are H1B holders. Do you expect anyone to complain? The whole thing feels like a april fools joke to me....
Our entire company including founders are people on H1B. If USCIS harasses us we will move to Canada or some place else.
As far as the entire company being H1B -- is it even possible that not a single American was available for a job?
H1B is heavily abused.
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Our entire company including founders are people on H1B. If USCIS harasses us we will move to Canada or some place else.
If they are ALL on H1Bs, then why are they located in the states at all? I'm pro immigration (and H1B), but that just seems weird.
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Our entire company including founders are people on H1B. If USCIS harasses us we will move to Canada or some place else.
How are the founders on H1B? That's a temporary worker visa that requires employment sponsorship. An EB1 would be the more appropriate visa. If the founders are sponsoring their own visa -- well that would be a neat trick. As far as the entire company being H1B -- is it even possible that not a single American was available for a job? H1B is heavily abused.
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Someone posted this link. https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-worker... There are whole IT divisions where there is not a single US citizen or GC holder. Tell me how can one distinguish between projects where the whole project members are H1B holders. Do you expect anyone to complain? The whole thing feels like a april fools joke to me....
Our entire company including founders are people on H1B. If USCIS harasses us we will move to Canada or some place else.
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Easiest solution is stack rank all H1b applicants by salary and fill the quota with based on ranking. Top talent in theory should be making the most money so we wouldn't risk losing them.
Seems like an incredibly short-sighted strategy to ensure that only one type of person get's the visa.
http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2017-H1B-Visa-Category.asp...
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You know what's the fastest way to curb H-1B fraud? Make it so that if an H-1B visa holder complains, and their complaint is found to be valid, they are entitled to apply for a green card immediately, and get EAD for the duration of their application.
Then you get H-1B fraud complaint fraud ;)
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You can't, but you can search for a job with an employer who would be willing to sponsor an H1-B. Being in the country makes it much easier.
> you can search for a job with an employer who would be willing to sponsor an H1-B What is wrong in doing that?
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Someone posted this link. https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-worker... There are whole IT divisions where there is not a single US citizen or GC holder. Tell me how can one distinguish between projects where the whole project members are H1B holders. Do you expect anyone to complain? The whole thing feels like a april fools joke to me....
Our entire company including founders are people on H1B. If USCIS harasses us we will move to Canada or some place else.
Moreover, please walk me through your "I'll take my ball and go to Canada" ultimatum : if you don't employ a single American, why should Americans care about this particular threat? Are your contributions to the local economy that significant?