Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay

Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by addicted on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @06:52PM (#24703329)

Those jobs will flee the US. What has happened over the last few years is that many of those jobs have flown to Canada. And that's just with talking about making things slightly difficult, and not succeeding in actually changing rules.

I don't understand how people can go through this pandemic, where at least 50% of the people on this site are of the view that we can all work from wherever we want all time, and think that a company who is willing to pay 90k to hire somebody in the US, will not be willing to pay half that to hire that same person in Bangalore or Kiev instead.

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by aksss on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:17PM (#24704980)

Canada has more restrictive immigration policies than the US.

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by sg47 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @04:01AM (#24706207)

For the kinds of jobs being moved, their merit-based points system grants permanent residency immediately and citizenship in 3 years. In the US, if you are from India, you can find yourself waiting for up to 20 years of indentured labor to get your green card.

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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by aksss on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @01:37PM (#24710642)

Yeah, getting through a merit-based point system being the key. Perhaps US should adopt an immigration-on-merit system?

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