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Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by Goronmon on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @02:00PM (#18294805)
Why is a planned end point necessary? An average of say $100k per year isn't impacted whether you pay that person $50k for 6 months or $200k for two years.
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Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by pc86 on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @02:03PM (#18294833)
It's to prevent you hiring an H1B for a one-month, $50,000 contract, then hiring them for a separate 11-month, $50,000 contract after. The company will argue the initial hire is a $600k/yr rate.
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Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by VintageLight on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @02:41PM (#18295160)
You could argue that they would get a one-month visa and top priority for that first month. The employer would have to go through the visa process again for the second contract.
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Re:America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away by pc86 on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:03AM (#18300545)
They're already here, renewal is a completely separate process. The biggest hurdle is getting them off the plane, if they're employed, sponsored, and here it's much easier to keep them here.
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