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This is a very misleading interpretation of the data. All it shows is that large companies like their best employees working at HQ. For Indian companies, that m
by seldo 17y ago
This is a very misleading interpretation of the data. All it shows is that large companies like their best employees working at HQ. For Indian companies, that means they go back to India (5% immigration rate). For American companies, it means they stay in America (50%+).
Also, the idea that the H-1B program is supposed to be about attracting the "best and brightest" is new to me. The whole point of the H-1B is that America doesn't want any immigrants -- the government agrees, metaphorically, to hold its nose for 6 years while we dirty foreigners get the work done, but we're not invited to stay. That's why the H-1B expires.
If the government really wanted the best and brightest from overseas to come and stay, they would have a points-based system and give us green cards, not temporary visas.
- ajju 17y agoIt's not a misleading interpretation of the data, it is a misleading interpretation of the purpose of the visa, and not necessarily by the authors alone. They are merely saying that a majority of the people who work on an H-1B visa, do not stay in the U.S. beyond their terms. The H-1B is officially a "Temporary Employment Visa", so, as you say, this was the intent. Where the intent is muddled is in letting H-1B applicants apply for permanent residency permits, but choking the supply of these permits so it takes a decade to get one. I agree with you that there should be a point based system for green cards.