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The idea of the H-1B program as it was initially conceived was to hire specialists as 1) non-immigrants, temporary workers, with 2) competitive salaries, 3) wit

The idea of the H-1B program as it was initially conceived was to hire specialists as 1) non-immigrants, temporary workers, with 2) competitive salaries, 3) with quotas. About 1): Non-immigrant means a person that doesn't have an intention to stay. In practice, many people with H-1Bs end up applying for a green card. Meaning that most do have an intention to stay. Note that grabbing a productive, educated, working-age professional from a country can be seen as a good thing. Similar to how large cities grab professionals from smaller cities. About 2): The wage requirements were not updated for many years, not even for inflation and this resulted in a lot of people being hired for salaries that were lower than market value. This is bad for local workers. About 3): Some companies like Infosys and Tata tricked the quota system by sending multiple applications per candidate until they got in. Personally I think that Infosys and Tata should have been penalized more aggressively. Mostly because of 2 and 3 I think the system needed reform. About spouses I am mostly neutral. Finally, there is more going on. There are a bunch of people interviewing at large companies violating interview NDAs and passing interview questions around in websites. The country of origin of most of those sites? India. While there is merit in learning CS, and there's merit in becoming a stronger software engineer, violating NDAs makes technical interviews harder for good faith applicants and is a good way to build a bad global reputation.

virtuabhi 8y ago
> About 1): Non-immigrant means a person that doesn't have an intention to stay. In practice, many people with H-1Bs end up applying for a green card. Meaning that most do have an intention to stay. H1B is dual intent (unlike, lets say F1). You are allowed to file for immigration if you want to. > About 2): The wage requirements were not updated for many years, not even for inflation and this resulted in a lot of people being hired for salaries that were lower than market value. This is bad for local workers. You are blindly comparing salaries of Bay Area and other tech hubs with salaries in midwest. In 98.7% of the cases, the companies with low salaries on H1B have employees in remote regions of USA with above average salary, or they work in different fields which have lower median salaries.
- partycoder 8y ago
  You are correct about the dual intent, I forgot that one. +1 Now, regarding the wages, that's a bit more controversial. IEEE-USA published this: http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/ieeeusas-stance-on-the-h1b-visa-program http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/ieeeusa...
  - partycoder 8y ago
    Now, some companies, like Tata, are extremely shady. They demand employees to give them power of attorney, they force employees to let them calculate their tax returns, and demand that employees give them their federal and state tax refund money. Maybe this is no longer the case, but doesn't change the fact they're shady AF. They could be possibly paying people less than what they're required to as well. Source: "Who Cheats and How?: Scams, Fraud and the Dark Side of the Corporate World" By Robin Banerjee Those guys should not be allowed to do business here.
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s2g 8y ago
> 1) non-immigrants It's explicitly a dual intent visa. Contrast it to the TN status available to Canadians/Mexicans, which is not dual intent. Having the intent to immigrate when taking a TN position is reason to reject the application. > Mostly because of 2 and 3 I think the system needed reform Oh absolutely.
- partycoder 8y ago
  The dual-intent mistake in my post was noted also by another user and I replied to it acknowledging that was the case. The are also other non-immigrant visa programs: professors, religious workers, agricultural workers, in addition to the specific temporary worker visas related to free trade agreements.

virtuabhi 8y ago

> About 1): Non-immigrant means a person that doesn't have an intention to stay. In practice, many people with H-1Bs end up applying for a green card. Meaning that most do have an intention to stay. H1B is dual intent (unlike, lets say F1). You are allowed to file for immigration if you want to. > About 2): The wage requirements were not updated for many years, not even for inflation and this resulted in a lot of people being hired for salaries that were lower than market value. This is bad for local workers. You are blindly comparing salaries of Bay Area and other tech hubs with salaries in midwest. In 98.7% of the cases, the companies with low salaries on H1B have employees in remote regions of USA with above average salary, or they work in different fields which have lower median salaries.

partycoder 8y ago
You are correct about the dual intent, I forgot that one. +1 Now, regarding the wages, that's a bit more controversial. IEEE-USA published this: http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/ieeeusas-stance-on-the-h1b-visa-program http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ieee-roundup/blogs/blog/ieeeusa...
- partycoder 8y ago
  Now, some companies, like Tata, are extremely shady. They demand employees to give them power of attorney, they force employees to let them calculate their tax returns, and demand that employees give them their federal and state tax refund money. Maybe this is no longer the case, but doesn't change the fact they're shady AF. They could be possibly paying people less than what they're required to as well. Source: "Who Cheats and How?: Scams, Fraud and the Dark Side of the Corporate World" By Robin Banerjee Those guys should not be allowed to do business here.

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s2g 8y ago

> 1) non-immigrants It's explicitly a dual intent visa. Contrast it to the TN status available to Canadians/Mexicans, which is not dual intent. Having the intent to immigrate when taking a TN position is reason to reject the application. > Mostly because of 2 and 3 I think the system needed reform Oh absolutely.

partycoder 8y ago
The dual-intent mistake in my post was noted also by another user and I replied to it acknowledging that was the case. The are also other non-immigrant visa programs: professors, religious workers, agricultural workers, in addition to the specific temporary worker visas related to free trade agreements.