Outsourcing firms set to demand US visas for foreign workers during recovery

[mule_train]

Source: Global Visas

Outsourcing firms set to demand US visas for foreign workers during recovery
November 03 2009 by Liam Clifford

US economy said to be improving as the number of applications for US H-1B visas increases.

The number of outsourcing firms applying for H-1B visas for foreign workers is expected to increase in line with the recovery of the US economy.

Outsourcing firms are currently the highly skilled US work visa scheme’s top users and they claim the dip in demand that is currently being experienced in the US will not last.

Peter Bendor-Samuel, the founder of outsourcing consultancy Everest Group, said, “unless we are heading into a Great Depression, pressure on the H-1B visa program will increase as the economy rebounds.” He continued, "it's almost impossible for me to believe demand will lessen long term. I find it mildly surprising there are some extras left now."

The impending retirement of skilled workers currently working in the US, along with a greater number of foreign students studying in the US for subjects including maths and science, are both factors that will lead to an increase in H-1B petitions.

Indian technology firms are especially keen to use the US skilled work visas to enable their staff to travel back and forth to the US to consult on major projects. Som Mittal, from trade group NASSCOM, supported Bendor-Samuel's comments, claiming “the reduction in applications is completely linked to the economic downturn. I think that as the economy turns around, the cap will again be reached quickly."


Read more: http://www.globalvisas.com/news/outsourcing_firms_set_to_demand_us_visas_for_foreign_workers_during_recovery1773.html

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will our 'Change' be more H-1b visas?

Obama already defended Bush's F1-OPT increase (effectivly the same as an H-1b increase) His lawyer argued that american workers 'have no standing in court'

dont believe me?

Tech workers dealt setback in H-1B case (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135952/Tech_workers_dealt_setback_in_H_1B_case)

Appeals court affirms lower court decision, cites lack of 'standing'
By Patrick Thibodeau
July 27, 2009 07:45 PM ET

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has ruled against the tech workers that have been fighting a federal decision to allow foreign students to work on a student visa from one year to 29 months.

The Programmers Guild and others fighting the student visa extension, approved during President Bush's administration and subsequently backed by President Obama, argued that the extension was a backdoor H-1B increase that has brought more competition to the labor market, hurting wages and job prospects of U.S. workers.

The Bush administration extended the visa in 2008 because of the high demand for H-1B visas at the time, and concern that students, unable to get a visa, would return.

The recession has changed that. Of the 85,000 visas available under the cap, about 20,000 remain. Last year, the entire cap was exhausted in just a few days.

[xchrom]

1. ...

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[mule_train]

2. the US citizen pays for the bailout, India gets the recovery - that's globalism nt

[madrchsod]

3. why would an american student spend tens of thousands of dollars

knowing that someone from overseas will work cheaper and do not have huge debt to pay for the rest of their lives?

our country has become a ship of fools.

[OhioChick]

4. That's fucked up with so many US citizens out of work. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Stupid, stupid stupid.

We Americans are spending 30 to 40 thousand dollars a year to get our kids educated in American Technology University, when we should be sending them abroad to India for education.

[superconnected]

6. What do you expect, they're outsourcing firms. Obviously giving them

US labor will NOT help the economy no matter how much they cry they want a piece of the pie.

I'm glad this is in the news. I think America needs to do a huge outcry on this - we need to way limit H1 and L1 visas not give theses outsourcing companies more. I heard on my local NPR that people applying for them are way down anyway because there aren't even jobs here for them. I think these outsourcing companies are looking to the future - when there are more jobs - outsource by being able to get more visas. Which obviously had a big hand in bringing down our job market in the first place.

[mule_train]

7. you always hear the big LIE, that H-1bs 'are better than outsourcing'

but who's demanding the H-1b visas?

OUTSOURCERS!