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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by prostoalex on Friday December 26, 2014 @06:47PM (#8800997)
> The largest users of h1b visas are firms that bring people to the US for a period of time to get trained, then have them return to their country of origin, offshoring the work

Minor detail, but if it's the same employer in both countries, they don't need to apply for H1, L1 would do the trick. It's also not subject to a cap and is much cheaper administratively.

So if companies are using H1 program for foreign employee training, that's a very inefficient practice.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by Amadou on Friday December 26, 2014 @07:03PM (#8801053)
The L1 visa program forbids placing the employee at a third party site as part of a labor arrangement. Thus the L1 visa is not applicable to this sort of "training." I'm sure plenty of L1 employers play fast and loose with that rule because there is essentially no formal enforcement mechanism. Nevertheless, H1B is the official visa for that sort of work.

http://www.technologyexecutivesclub.com/Articles/outsourcing...

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by prostoalex on Friday December 26, 2014 @08:33PM (#8801290)
Correct, when a third-party is involved, it's no longer the same employer in both countries.
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