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Originally Posted by centaur
(Post 4122016)
Congress has just re tabled a bill asking to increase the minimum wage for H1B to $100,000 from the current $60/65k. Last time around it was shot down as it met with lot of opposition. Not sure what will happen this time. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/b...w/56349877.cms |
Originally Posted by Samurai
(Post 4100463)
Looks like H1-B visa may soon become history... or at least change drastically. http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/rEL3...ald-Trump.html |
Originally Posted by amitoj
(Post 4123049)
If the cap remains the same and the salary is increased, does this mean number of applicants will reduce? If yes, then it might improve my chances of getting through the lottery in what would be my 4th attempt please: |
Originally Posted by JMaruru
(Post 4123052)
Seems you are in USA for long now. Why do you need H1? |
Originally Posted by blackasta
(Post 4137278)
Also - anyone wishing to check out the simple version of the bill that's the subject of discussion: https://lofgren.house.gov/uploadedfi...017__final.pdf |
Originally Posted by Samurai
(Post 4137289)
Actually, these are very fair terms, for both H1-B and American employees. Only companies that thrive on exploiting employees will weep and scream. Nothing wrong in doubling 60K salary cap after 20 years. |
Originally Posted by Samurai
(Post 4137289)
Actually, these are very fair terms, for both H1-B and American employees. Only companies that thrive on exploiting employees will weep and scream. Nothing wrong in doubling 60K salary cap after 20 years. |
Originally Posted by blackasta
(Post 4137327)
Well, if you think of a free market, if someone (an Indian) is willing to work for a salary (around 60K USD) in USA, should the USA govt interfere? I do not know if the analogy is right, but if we think of Indian exports as human resources and US exports as cars, if Ford wants to sell a CBU car (say Ford Mustang) in India for Rs 5 lakhs, undercutting their Indian competitor (for the sake of the argument, Tata), should the Indian govt interfere? |
Originally Posted by N.r.K
(Post 4137355)
Your analogy does seem wrong. The Indian government does impose exorbitant taxes on direct imports to promote local manufacturing. Again only talking about the analogy. I'm not really commenting on the subject matter! lol: |
Originally Posted by blackasta
(Post 4137327)
Well, if you think of a free market, if someone (an Indian) is willing to work for a salary (around 60K USD) in USA, should the USA govt interfere? |
Originally Posted by blackasta
(Post 4137327)
Well, if you think of a free market, if someone (an Indian) is willing to work for a salary (around 60K USD) in USA, should the USA govt interfere? |
Originally Posted by blackasta
(Post 4137327)
I do not know if the analogy is right, but if we think of Indian exports as human resources and US exports as cars, if Ford wants to sell a CBU car (say Ford Mustang) in India for Rs 5 lakhs, undercutting their Indian competitor (for the sake of the argument, Tata), should the Indian govt interfere? |
Originally Posted by Samurai
(Post 4137381)
Free market feels like a good idea, but is not a fair one in the globalization era because the playing field is not level. Companies talk about free market only when it benefits them. In any country, foreigners shouldn't enjoy equal rights as citizens when they don't have equal responsibility. I understood this when I was on H1-B in the 90s, where many of my colleagues were either war veterans or direct relatives of war veterans/martyrs of Vietnam or the first Gulf war. And they are forced to compete for jobs in their own country with foreigners who had made no sacrifices to their country. The resentment had started right then. Businesses only care about their profits, so they can't be trusted to provide justice to the society. So it becomes government's job to provide that justice via such laws. |
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