Mar 02
| In recent years we have learned that applications for the 65,000 H-1Bs allocated to foreign nationals was used up by mid April, and that applications were no longer to be accepted by then, although the actual visa grants don’t take place until October 1. |  |
More recently we received confirmation of information that has proven to be true in past years — that Indian Outsourcing Vendors top the list of H1B recipients. For 2008, Microsoft Corp. was the leading U.S.-based recipient of H-1B visas with 1,037 visas — up slightly from the number it received the year before. BUT… The four largest H-1B recipients were: Infosys Technologies Ltd., with 4,559 visas, followed by Wipro Ltd. With 2,768, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. 1,919, and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd at 1539. The number of visas issued to Infosys was identical to what it received the year before, but the other three vendors all saw their visa counts rise. In other news, we learned that IT employment declined by nearly 50,000 jobs in December, after falling by almost 34,000 in November. The global workforce has arrived. I am not saying that this wrong, and am instead suggesting that this needs to be looked at as part of overall immigration reform. We want to keep the development work in the US when possible, and when possible, we want to see American based companies as the beneficiaries of this legislation. - James |
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