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    Outsourcing not only for cost arbitrage

    Cisco shifts executives to India From -Yahoo news SAN JOSE, Calif. - Wim Elfrink's climb up the corporate ladder has taken him from Holland to France, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. But his latest promotion will take the Dutch polyglot far from his Western comfort zone. As...
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    Findings fly in face of UN's arguments

    Several people on this board have consistently claimed that US would not lose talent due to retrogression, immigrants constitute only a small portion of the workforce, it does not matter if people get discouraged and go back to their country due to retrogression etc. The article pasted below...
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    H-1 B workers paid less than locals with similar jobs

    Pretty disappointing article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1967955.cms (From Times of India) WASHINGTON: H-1B visa holders are "taken advantage of" and, contrary to claims by US industry, are paid less salary than similarly qualified American citizens, says a new study...
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    Anyone denied CZ for leaving employer before 180 days of AOS?

    Heres the deal, Person xyz files for AOS with employer A. He leaves his job with employer A before 180 days. Employer A does not revoke his I-140 and agrees this is a temporary layoff. xyz joins employer B and after 180 days informs USCIS using AC21. xyz receives his GC and lives happily for...
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    Demand big hike in pay after GC

    Despite posting several times on this forum that H1b employees were being underpaid, I was contradicted senselessly by joef and pralay. Now that Mr. Joe is no longer here, I would like to repost to anyone looking for a job change after GC to demand a minuimum 25% hike in pay. If you don't...
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    Pessimistic view about GC -- Every GC is a fraud

    Wonder how 'pessimistic readers of the law' would react to this: All GC's are frauds because: 1) There was never any future job that your sponsor recruited for. -- Most people work in the same job with higher pay/ promotion after GC. Change in duties after approval is rare. 2) Your sponsor...
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    If I have husband who is green card holder but I am H1b-visitor. And if I lose my job

    You have no chance to stay unless the marraige took place before he got his GC. If you married before the GC then you can try follow to join, else get ready to look for another job or study here.
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    Widespread retrogression -- bad news for 485 applicants!

    Check out the news flash on murthy.com. EB3 numbers may retrogress to 1998 for indian nationals and Eb2 to 1999. Even EB1 has not been spared and may retrogress to 2002. Very dissapointing news for people who planned to file their 485. They may have to wait several years now just to file! Really...
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    Life of immigrant childern in the US

    Question to parents whose childern are studying in school: How good are US schools in handling racial issues? Did your childern ever complain about 1) being teased about color, 2) childern of other races being cold or unfriendly, 3) not finding anyone to go out with if they are of the dating...
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    Documents needed when one quits a job after GC

    Does anyone know what documents are needed for records when you quit your sponsoring employer after GC? After talking to att. murthy's office I was told to keep the following: 1) E-mails showing that I was involved in projects for some time after GC approval 2) Reviews from supervisor showing...
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    EB2 for software pros. under PERM-- difficult!!!

    Under the DOT Code which we use for the current labor certification application, a number of IT occupations belong to SVP 8. These SVP 8 occupations are considered typical EB-2 occupations that require a Master's degree or a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of progressive experience. But with...
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