Is there a reason why you are posting this a second time in a week?
No_h1b_visas_ever_again wrote:
>
> The H1B program started as a way to let people with "critical skills"
> enter the US. It was said there were not enough Americans with these skills
> to do the work. For a long while most H1B workers came here to do computer
> work. With the slowdown in IT spending many are now coming to do nursing or
> other medical work.
> An H1B is a work visa that must be held by an employer. It is different
> from a green card which can take 5 years or more to obtain. The green card
> allows a foreign citizen to stay and work in this country for as long as he
> wishes and no employer has to hold his visa.
> There are many rules that apply to H1B workers. Most of the employers
> who hold H1B visas are agencies that rent their employees out to American
> companies. The agency might bill the American company $95/hour for
> senior-level DBA services and pay the H1B worker $45/hour. The $50/hour
> difference is profit for the holder of the H1B visa. Employers are supposed
> to pay their H1B workers whether they are able to rent them out or not. If
> the employer doesn't pay the H1B worker, the employer is supposed to ensure
> the H1B worker returns to his country of origin within a few weeks. In
> practice there is no enforcement of these rules. Generally if the employing
> agency cannot find work for the H1B visa holder, he stops paying the worker,
> but the worker remains in the US. The INS has no way of tracking this.
>
> This will probably change. American companies are starting to realize
> that instead of paying a huge markup to an employer who has H1Bs to rent,
> they can simply go to the H1B's country of origin and hire him there. A
> mid-level H1B Oracle DBA with the markup, costs an American company
> $65,000 - $95,000 a year in America. In India that same worker costs under
> $10,000 a year.
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Received on Thu Oct 23 2003 - 08:03:12 CDT
