[IP] more on H1-Bs again: WSJ.com - Businesses Make a Push For High-Skilled Foreign Workers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Kevin Marks <kmarks@apple.com>
Date: April 12, 2006 6:56:36 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] H1-Bs again: WSJ.com - Businesses Make a Push For  
High-Skilled Foreign Workers


> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:41:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: reece@pobox.com
> By the way, pardon my xenophobia, but have you noticed that the  
> only time you see or hear the words "indispensable" or "talent"  
> associated with members of the American workforce it's only with  
> regard to the foreign ones?

Well, that is the language of the visa:

http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/h1b.htm

> What is an H-1B?
>
> The H-1B is a nonimmigrant classification used by an alien who will  
> be employed temporarily in a specialty occupation or as a fashion  
> model of distinguished merit and ability.
>
> What is a specialty occupation?
>
> A specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical  
> application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least  
> a bachelors degree or its equivalent. For example, architecture,  
> engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences,  
> medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting,  
> law, theology, and the arts are specialty occupations.

When I got mine, I had to show requisite qualifications and  
experience, and my employer had to show they were paying more than  
the normal wage for the job.



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