Re: Dissed-belief

Karl wrote:
The real issue isn't whether or not you have better than average programming skills, or how many programmers have better than average skills. The issue is that the H1B visas are supposed to be issued to foreign workers to work for companies that can't find local people to do the work. The people who are being brought in on these visas are not more highly skilled or better qualified than the people they are displacing. They are simply working for lower wages, and in many cases local workers are laid off to make room for the lower wage earning foreign workers. And the even larger issue isn't the foreign workers who are already here, it is the fact that the floodgates have not been closed, but opened even wider due to the increasing number of visas being issued annually.

Karl -
I'm no immigration lawyer, but I AM (now) an expert on this issue.

I agree with everything you have said except for one thing (see above).
There is NO requirement placed on American companies to find qualified American worker before submitting an LCA for an H-1B worker.

This is simply a myth...

Although it is somewhat true for "green" card (permanent resident) visas, it is absolutely NOT a requirement for H-1B workers, and the "prevailing wage" requirement is also sham - it is easily manipulated by
changing the job title of the worker.

You obviously missed the YouTube seminar video by the law firm of Cohen & Grigsby. The original video has since been taken down, but you can watch it here:
http://lyrelyrepantzandfier.com/

Also, please read these articles by Norm Matloff:

http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/Archive/YouTubeVideosH1B.txt
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/Archive/CohenAndGrigsbyPrevailingWage.txt
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/Archive/LegalNewspaperViewOfTubeGate.txt
http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/Archive/PittsburghYouTube.txt

- sjl