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> an extremely highly skilled worker for which there is no local supply People keep saying this. Where is that documented?

by serge2k 10y ago

seanp2k2 10y ago
http://www.h1base.com/visa/work/Information%20Obligations%20for%20H1B%20Employers%20Sponsors/ref/1172/ http://www.h1base.com/visa/work/Information%20Obligations%20... """ Recruitment efforts: The H1B dependent employer must also attest to making good faith attempts to recruit US workers and offering prevailing wages for this position. When hiring an H1B worker, it is important for employers to recognize the attendant responsibilities that they must shoulder. Although the requirements are not excessively burdensome, the employer is required to maintain some paperwork to demonstrate its compliance with the law. A clear understanding and fulfillment of these requirements will minimize possible civil penalties and ensure that the employer will be permitted to petition for future H1B workers """ http://www.h1base.com/content/h1bvisarequirements http://www.h1base.com/content/h1bvisarequirements """ The requirements to qualify for an H1B visa are: You must have ONE of the following 1) A Bachelor's degree or Masters Degree (or the foreign equivalent degree from your Country), OR 2) 12 years work experience, OR 3) A mix of further education + work experience The general H1B visa qualification rule is: - for every 1 year of studies at University / College = 3 points - for every 1 year of work experience = 1 point 12 points in 'total' are required to qualify for the H1B visa program """
- serge2k 10y ago
  So "highly skilled" just means a bachelors degree in a specific set of fields. People seem to be implying that it requires skills well beyond that.
  - sidlls 10y ago
    It's not just the degree or experience requirement, it's the exclusivity factor. These aren't "typical" BS/BA holders. That's just a bare minimum and only one component of the requirement. Other pieces include a shortage (or even non-existence) of labor available for the job. This necessarily implies the target candidate has skills that aren't in supply domestically, and therefore is (more) "highly skilled" even than a Bachelor holder is.
geebee 10y ago
There are two things to consider - the legislation itself, and the legislative history. If you read the legislative history, that is, the testimony and claims of lobbyists, the floor debate, the PR releases, the statements made by congressional representatives, and so forth, I do think it's overwhelmingly clear that this legislation was presented and sold as a program to bring highly skilled, highly paid workers into the US who were supplementing rather than replacing the existing US workforce.
sidlls 10y ago
The minimum requirements are a Bachelor's degree or some ridiculous amount of work experience. That's actually very selective (30% of adults have a BS or BA, 10% have any graduate degree), and 12 years of work experience is a lot of experience. There is also language in the legislation that displacement of American workers is disallowed. It's pretty clearly meant to be for companies to hire very skilled talent for which there is no American source.

> an extremely highly skilled worker for which there is no local supply People keep saying this. Where is that documented?

by serge2k 10y ago

> an extremely highly skilled worker for which there is no local supply People keep saying this. Where is that documented?

seanp2k2 10y ago

http://www.h1base.com/visa/work/Information%20Obligations%20for%20H1B%20Employers%20Sponsors/ref/1172/ http://www.h1base.com/visa/work/Information%20Obligations%20... """ Recruitment efforts: The H1B dependent employer must also attest to making good faith attempts to recruit US workers and offering prevailing wages for this position. When hiring an H1B worker, it is important for employers to recognize the attendant responsibilities that they must shoulder. Although the requirements are not excessively burdensome, the employer is required to maintain some paperwork to demonstrate its compliance with the law. A clear understanding and fulfillment of these requirements will minimize possible civil penalties and ensure that the employer will be permitted to petition for future H1B workers """ http://www.h1base.com/content/h1bvisarequirements http://www.h1base.com/content/h1bvisarequirements """ The requirements to qualify for an H1B visa are: You must have ONE of the following 1) A Bachelor's degree or Masters Degree (or the foreign equivalent degree from your Country), OR 2) 12 years work experience, OR 3) A mix of further education + work experience The general H1B visa qualification rule is: - for every 1 year of studies at University / College = 3 points - for every 1 year of work experience = 1 point 12 points in 'total' are required to qualify for the H1B visa program """

serge2k 10y ago
So "highly skilled" just means a bachelors degree in a specific set of fields. People seem to be implying that it requires skills well beyond that.
- sidlls 10y ago
  It's not just the degree or experience requirement, it's the exclusivity factor. These aren't "typical" BS/BA holders. That's just a bare minimum and only one component of the requirement. Other pieces include a shortage (or even non-existence) of labor available for the job. This necessarily implies the target candidate has skills that aren't in supply domestically, and therefore is (more) "highly skilled" even than a Bachelor holder is.

geebee 10y ago

There are two things to consider - the legislation itself, and the legislative history. If you read the legislative history, that is, the testimony and claims of lobbyists, the floor debate, the PR releases, the statements made by congressional representatives, and so forth, I do think it's overwhelmingly clear that this legislation was presented and sold as a program to bring highly skilled, highly paid workers into the US who were supplementing rather than replacing the existing US workforce.

sidlls 10y ago

The minimum requirements are a Bachelor's degree or some ridiculous amount of work experience. That's actually very selective (30% of adults have a BS or BA, 10% have any graduate degree), and 12 years of work experience is a lot of experience. There is also language in the legislation that displacement of American workers is disallowed. It's pretty clearly meant to be for companies to hire very skilled talent for which there is no American source.