This is what Free Trade has wrought, the "duty free" importation of labor.
you will be enlightened if you read the entire article. Of note: IT Outsourcing accounts for 3/4 of Indian revenue in trade with the US.
Scandalous.
Indian workers - (++)
US government - (++)
US workers - (- - -)
Pretty slick deal..! Uncle Same and Rajiv split up the LUNCH of honest Americans..!
Picture getting very clear!
So India’s complaint that their economic warfare against America isn’t profitable enough?
Fine, GTF OUT.
Make your own damn companies if you’re so freaking smart.
...[India complains that] the [American government] moves treat Indian IT workers in the United States less favorably than their American counterparts.
Try THIS one on:
The US complains to India that Indian measures treat American workers less favorably than Indian workers.
Doesn't that sound ridiculous...? Cuz it SHOULD.
The $4,000 H1b processing fee is paid by the US company, or intead by an Indian company..?
Both are bad, sure, but one is worse.
Anyone know?
I used to process twenty or thirty I-9 work forms a week for mostly Indian and Pakistani workers mainly for Microsoft or for other software firms. Some spoke decent English, some were way out there, very hard to understand. They were on an 18 month visa. Whether they returned or not, not sure.
Well, it sounds like there is a duty on them. And doubled in December. Trump effect?
H1B visa is for US company to use. Why Indian Govt had get involved?
H1B visa fee is for US company. If US companies hires foreign nationals, they have to pay fee.
Why its giving heart burn to India?
Screw India and these HB-1 visas. There are plenty of Americans that can do this job competently. This is just a way for American businesses to put Americans last. They should be ashamed of themselves.
the moves treat foreign nationals less favorably than American nationals (while the foreign nationals are making a month's worth of salary back home in one day here)? boo hooo