Posted on 06/02/2015 6:41:45 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
Companies eager to hire foreign talent, mostly in the tech sector, and workers hoping for jobs in the U.S. have found ways to game a government lottery used to distribute a limited number of visas each year.
Immigration lawyers involved in the process say they have helped companies file multiple H-1B skilled-worker visa applications for the same person. Some workers, meanwhile, are accepting offers from multiple employers, each of whom files a petition on their behalf, the lawyers say.
Such practices, which aren’t illegal, likely have occurred in the past without public notice but appear to be proliferating as the economy rebounds and competition for the coveted visas intensifies, immigration lawyers say. Smaller businesses say such moves disadvantage them because they can’t afford to match them. Lawyers charge $2,000 to $4,000 to prepare each petition. [...]
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We are so screwed. I hate the Yangste river.
End the program! We do not need more H1B taking American jobs and driving down our wages. There are plenty of American workers for most of these jobs—if competitive wages offered and relocation, etc. addressed.
The CoC and GOPe (but I repeat myself) think it's a great idea to take American jobs and drive down our wages. I guess they figure by the time they've gutted the American middle class they'll be rich enough to retreat to island fortresses.
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