• MEDIA: Steep H-1B fee hike to burn a big hole in IT companies pockets

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 31 10:42:16 2024
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    Mayorkas at DHS.GOV: <URL:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/steep-h-1b-fee-hike-to-burn-a-big-hole-in-it-companies-pockets/articleshow/110372332.cms>
    | While product companies like Apple and Google, or banking
    | institutions may file one H-1B petition every three years and incur
    | minimal costs, companies that perform short-term contracts for an
    | end client - typically Indian IT companies - are likely to pay these
    | fees four or five times over the same period and are in danger of
    | being priced out of the visa process, he said.
    |
    | "It is no secret to anyone who practices employment-based business
    | immigration that USCIS has been trying for decades to eliminate
    | Indian IT companies from the H-1B program. This is merely the latest
    | tactic to achieve this goal," Wasden told ET. "They are trying to
    | make the process so expensive for companies doing third-party
    | placement that they will go out of business," he added.
    |
    | Wasden represents US industry body IT Serve Alliance, one of the
    | plaintiffs challenging the fee rule in court.

    Will Trump nominate NeverBackDown.ORG's Ken Cuccinelli to succeed
    Ur M Jaddou at USCIS.GOV and how much does Amy Swonger predict it
    will cost Trump to convince John Thune or Rick Scott to consent?
    John
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