An article by the Economic Times reports that the US is implementing stricter screening measures for Indian professionals to get an H-1B visa.
The issue it seems stems from Indian companies that are commoditizing the H-1B visa process. So a professional in India wants to come work in the US. A company in India charges them a fee, and they in turn get the professional an H-1B visa and work in the US.
Remember that working in the US is not a trivial process, regardless of simple structures such as TN status under NAFTA. At the heart of foreigners performing work is the question “Why can’t a US citizen fill this role?”. So the concern is not that Indians are coming over and working. It’s whether fraud occurs in trying to fill positions in the US using questionable measures in India. Or at least that’s what I gleam from this article.
But there’s a bigger flag being waved here. Remember that when it comes to the border, Janet Napolitano has already said that she wants parity between the US/Mexico and US/Canada borders. Since they’ve already shown that they want to have identical measures and practices at both, expect that the extra scrutiny for H-1B visas will be extended to all countries and not just India.
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H-1B as a remedy for labor shortages and as a means of hiring "the best and the brightest" from around the world (which I
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H-1B visa holders may only work for sponsoring employers after approval by the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security.
Although most of the non-compliant H-1B workers had posted wages from employers in fields associated with technical or
specialty occupations, the report noted that one H-1B worker had earnings from a restaurant and janitorial service.
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