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Trump Administration to Slash Green Cards by 50%, Affecting H1-B/EB

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Re: Trump Administration to Slash Green Cards by 50%, Affecting H1-B/EB

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Post by hourislate »

Thank goodness.

The Indian H1B folks have over run DFW. I was just told today that one of the H1B folks is going full time and the company is doing the paper work to make it happen (Green Card). It's a shame because they could have certainly hired a local person or a kid out of school but I suppose they can pay this person a pittance in comparison.

H1B program needs to to be done away with. It is being gamed and no longer serves its real purpose.

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Post by marcell »

hourislate wrote: post #3

Thank goodness. The Indian H1B folks have over run DFW. I was just told today that one of the H1B folks is going full time and the company is doing the paper work to make it happen (Green Card). It's a shame because they could have certainly hired a local person or a kid out of school but I suppose they can pay this person a pittance in comparison. H1B program needs to to be done away with. It is being gamed and no l…

Source? I knew a lot of Googlers who were on H1B visa. Not all were Indian. Anecdotally, I know other large companies (FB, etc.) use it as well.

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Post by godzillabrennus »

This will send shockwaves through corporate America.

I was at a Capitol One office last summer talking to their engineers. It was over 90% H1-B visa holders.

Either they have to open foreign offices in other countries for talent or hire American citizens.

It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

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Post by arcticbull »

hourislate wrote: post #3

Thank goodness. The Indian H1B folks have over run DFW. I was just told today that one of the H1B folks is going full time and the company is doing the paper work to make it happen (Green Card). It's a shame because they could have certainly hired a local person or a kid out of school but I suppose they can pay this person a pittance in comparison. H1B program needs to to be done away with. It is being gamed and no l…

It's clear you've never been on the employer side of an H1 petition let alone a green card, or spoken to an immigrant before.

H1s cost $6000+ and are available 4 days out of the year in April, and even then you have a 33% chance of getting one. And should you get one you can't start until the new USCIS fiscal year in October.

What about that makes you think they'd rather hire a foreigner? The green card burden is years and many more thousands of dollars. Those people are probably just really good.

Also, your statement about H1s getting paid way less isn't usually true, they're required to be paid the prevailing wage for the job they're doing in their geographical area.

Now if you're talking about body shops, well that's a totally different conversation and needs to end but if those people were sponsored directly by your employer there's some good reasons. And if your employer is using a body shop you should be mad at them not USCIS -- for this, there's plenty of other reasons to be mad at USCIS haha.

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