U.S. lawmakers propose restrictions on H-1B, L1

[princeofheaven]

19 minutes ago, 150bryant said:

i think veelu ee immigrant visa laws anni shd start from Univ level.. appdu problem avadhu ankunta

adhi apparu endukante Univ lobby ki fees taggipothai, I am encouraging my cousins to apply for CAN/AUS. US lo osthe H1 trisanku swargam lo kottu mittadadame

 

ee employers maya lokam lo

[k2s]

Very nice

[bussuboy]

1 hour ago, JANASENA said:

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New bill proposes to bar companies that have over 50 employees and fifty percent of them on H1-B, L1 visas, from hiring more and encourage recruitment of American workers.

In yet another move to recast the H-1B and L1 visa programmes that allow thousands of Indian skilled workers to move to the U.S, two U.S lawmakers have introduced a new piece of legislation in the House of Representatives.

The new bill proposes to bar companies that have more than 50 employees and fifty percent of them on H1-B, L1 visas, from hiring more. The bill will encourage companies to recruit American workers. The bill proposes new wage requirements for H-1B visa-holders and establishment of wage requirements for L1 workers. The bill, if passed into law, will also provide more authority to the Departments of Homeland Security and Labour to investigate fraud and abuse in the H-1B and L-1 programs.

List of rights for visa-holders

The visa-holders will be given a list of rights to protect them from exploitation, according to the proposed bill, Representatives Bill Pascrell and Dana Rohrabacher said in a statement.

 The bill echoes concerns that critics of the H-1B, L1 visas have been raising for years -- that companies are using the programmes to undercut American workers; that they are replacing American workers, a practice the existing guidelines prohibit. Companies are also accused of exploiting workers on visas. The same members had moved a similar bill in 2010 also, but such proposals have not gained enough momentum until now, to be passed into law.

‘50-50’ formulation 

The ‘50-50’ formulation – companies with more than 50 employees that have 50 per cent of them on visas – specifically target Indian companies in effect, and less Indian workers. For instance, Facebook, Google or Microsoft will continue to be able to hire workers on visas until 50 per cent of their employees are visa holders.

But Indian companies such as Infosys, Wipro or TCS that already have more than 50 per cent of their employees on visas could be prevented from hiring more. Last year, when additional visa fees were introduced for H-1B and L1 categories, the ‘50-50’ provision  -- as it has come to be called -- made it applicable primarily to Indian companies.

Therefore, this year, on each H-1B visa, an Indian company paid nearly $5,000 more than an American company. Also, an American start-up, which usually has less than 50 employees, can run its entire operation by hiring people on visas.

Foreign outsourcing firms top users 

“Foreign outsourcing companies are the top users of the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. Over the years a number of concerns have been raised about how certain companies have been using these visa programs,” Mr. Pascrell said.

 Outsourcing of American jobs becomes a live topic during elections, and in the past, John Kerry and Barack Obama have spoken against it. But there has never been a move that actually restricted the visa regime, though the visa processing fees has been going up. But the cap of 85,000 has remained constant for several years now. Of this, 20,000 are reserved for U.S-educated applicants.

Cap may not go up in future 

Given the political sentiment, what is clear is that the cap is unlikely to go up in future, and Indian companies are on a drive to ‘localise’ their workforce, representatives of several firms told The Hindu. No company offered specific figures, but a TCS spokesperson said the company is among the “top three recruiters of local IT talent in the USA for the last five years.” 

Mestris will open small shops with less than 50 employees in xyz firm and will start to exploit/avoid this law ?.

[Rao_Garu]

1 minute ago, princeofheaven said:

adhi apparu endukante Univ lobby ki fees taggipothai, I am encouraging my cousins to apply for CAN/AUS. US lo osthe H1 trisanku swargam lo kottu mittadadame

 

ee employers maya lokam lo

India lo new OPT rules gurinchi telusukuntunaru....maa relatives lo ne Btech grads unnaru US ki vadaamani drop ayipoyaru

[150bryant]

21 minutes ago, loveindia said:

when a person is getting into the country, f1 aitey inni years , h1 aitey inni years or total inni years stay ki PR types lo start cheyyali veedu slow ga... like NZ, Aus + some conditions... then only ee backlogs or gola taggutaai... appativaraku same exploitation continues man...

agreed... 

AUS CAN good options. good money kuda for now. akkada IELTS vastey faster PR kuda

8 minutes ago, princeofheaven said:

adhi apparu endukante Univ lobby ki fees taggipothai, I am encouraging my cousins to apply for CAN/AUS. US lo osthe H1 trisanku swargam lo kottu mittadadame

 

ee employers maya lokam lo

 

[perugu_vada]

1 hour ago, kakatiya said:

It is a good rule..it will be helpful to optredens because..people like it serve will open mushroom coMpanies every year and apply h1b where as CTS TCS will have no option other to hire opt students corp to corp..win win for students.

Agreed, indian companies ki avasaram lekapoina vichala vidi ga every yr h1 file chesestunaru, quota ni waste chestunaru

[ronitreddy]

1 minute ago, perugu_vada said:

Agreed, indian companies ki avasaram lekapoina vichala vidi ga every yr h1 file chesestunaru, quota ni waste chestunaru

Agreed daa

[bongu_balraj]

Monnati varaku OPT valla G* 10garu, Ippudu H1 G* 10guthunaru ... What is this ? is this the sign that Amerika will also become like UK in next coming days ... and more over contract jobs aney concept ey lekunda cheyali anukuntunara endhi .... 

[mastercheif]

1 minute ago, perugu_vada said:

Agreed, indian companies ki avasaram lekapoina vichala vidi ga every yr h1 file chesestunaru, quota ni waste chestunaru

avsaram lekunda apply chesthunnaru ani anukuntunnaru. think as a manager at offshore

client new phase approve chesadu and want to have certain resource at onsite cause he proved his skills in last phase. Ippudu manager should say that " Mr.Client coming April lo apply chestam approve ayethey Nov lo travel chesthadu I hope this is okay with you ?"

Or imagine a senario when onsite person has quit because he got decent salary offer from other firm . Appudu client will tear his dayar , should Offshore manager say same or above ?

 

MS Students hate H1b

H1b guys hate fake MS students

tellolu hate all desi .

circle of life ha ha 

 

[loveindia]

5 minutes ago, mastercheif said:

avsaram lekunda apply chesthunnaru ani anukuntunnaru. think as a manager at offshore

client new phase approve chesadu and want to have certain resource at onsite cause he proved his skills in last phase. Ippudu manager should say that " Mr.Client coming April lo apply chestam approve ayethey Nov lo travel chesthadu I hope this is okay with you ?"

Or imagine a senario when onsite person has quit because he got decent salary offer from other firm . Appudu client will tear his dayar , should Offshore manager say same or above ?

 

MS Students hate H1b

H1b guys hate fake MS students

tellolu hate all desi .

circle of life ha ha 

 

andukenaa man dp lo circle bomma with three pins (MS, h1, tellolu) pettukunnav....

[LivingLegend]

5 minutes ago, mastercheif said:

avsaram lekunda apply chesthunnaru ani anukuntunnaru. think as a manager at offshore

client new phase approve chesadu and want to have certain resource at onsite cause he proved his skills in last phase. Ippudu manager should say that " Mr.Client coming April lo apply chestam approve ayethey Nov lo travel chesthadu I hope this is okay with you ?"

Or imagine a senario when onsite person has quit because he got decent salary offer from other firm . Appudu client will tear his dayar , should Offshore manager say same or above ?

 

MS Students hate H1b

H1b guys hate fake MS students

tellolu hate all desi .

circle of life ha ha 

 

hate is human birth right bredar.. chill. jarigedi jaragaka manadhu, jaraganadi ennatiki jaragadu 

[mastercheif]

3 minutes ago, loveindia said:

andukenaa man dp lo circle bomma with three pins (MS, h1, tellolu) pettukunnav....

no indabhai... adhi videogame icon le. Halo game gurinchi vinnava ? your jan jigri microsfot gadidhey.

andhulo oka pedda ring (10,000 kms diamter) untundhi space lo adhi oka weapon, adi fire ayethey galaxy lo unna anni planets lo life nashanam avthundhi.

its range is 25,000 light years man. so andhuke pettukuna. 

[krishna0125]

2 hours ago, 150bryant said:

if a company has more than 50% of H1 B's then those companies should be stopped/barred from applying H1-B visa.

this will allow companies like Google FB etc to hire h1-b and citizens,while cts wipro infy will be stopped from applying h1-b and encouraged to hire from USA not import

This rule is good, atleast h1b from big desi companies will stop. Small desi brokers can also bring small numbers though by opening mushroom companies. But they dont go beyond the limit as they know usics will audit and more over its not easy now to apply for h1b with out proper inhouse or client letters.

 

So, no new comers on h1b and current h1b holder's can get jobs easily. opt-h1b convert ayya valli ki kuda kastama, may be they need to do CPT until some thing get changed or go to FT for less salaries to client who can apply h1b. No lottery system anymore since TCS, WIpro.. will stop h1b's.

 

GC dates possibly will move faster becuase TCS, CTS will slow down their eb1c as they dont dring new h1b or L1 any more new into usa.