Some thoughts on a Pre-Election year ! (h1 ban)
This will be a politically a correct statement for politicians to either Ban or Reduce H1s. but MNCs will push for it through their backdoor..it is hard to fight that.
I guess - No more H1 B, and showing that H1 B is taking away the Job of americans pitch would make an impression among general public - Folks like Lou Dobbs and others will bite this info.
But, on the other hand, if you see the realities, for those who have been getting approvals on Perm ( > 2005 filing), Plus the 200,000 BEC folks who are also waiting to file, would mean there is less hope for the folks in the Que.
The best option would be is to request more funding for INS to expediate, since Americans are not impacted, the quantum of funding is very low here. Take IRS for instance, how quickly they do the tax return in comparison
. This process of sending the message to INS straight is via a Law suit for SS Claim, when they have to answer back with GC approvals possibly. Pls do not get me wrong - US Govt or MNC have no interest in giving GC, however they have everything to gain from h1s. Why should they give GC out, when they can import h1s for a cheaper costs ?, pls they will work more harder than a GC seeker who is already in mid 30's with a small family and trying to keep his job...
I guess asking for SS Tax via lawsuit sounds more like a reasonable proposition, " Retain the SS Tax for those who are in 1 485 stage" if not find a way that could be repatriated to the country of origin. Some of you have said, SS money cannot be taken out. Then why does Canada, Australia, UK all have treaties ?/ I talked a Australian who works with me, he moved back from here to Melbourne, Aus recently, he was on h1. He filed paper work to have his SS transferred back. So it is indeed possible to do this. Except that India does not have a treaty for SS. If the Indian Govt smells big money, they would go after it for sure. For us., at this time, even though I have also paid a decent amount to Immi Voice, i am not entirely sure if they have the Muscle to take on the Govt, pleading, Faxes to Senators, and Bothering them with 1000's of phoen calls would be seen more from a nuisance point of view. A simple law suit and making sure CNN, BBC gets the wind of this is enough to make the US govt look into the EB retro issues, as many H1s are in their 8 and 9 th year. I have seen a few employees at work who are in their 9 th year of H1 extensions.
Not sure if you all agree on this. There is no otherway to tell the GOVT to address this issue. Petition are not good enough., even lobbying costs lot off money. Also, a lot of folks just visit the forum to see what others are doing, this is not going to benefit anyone.
sunjoshi said:
There's also a chance for EB visas to be reduced 'coz lesser High skilled workers come in???