US to tighten H-1B visa
Posted on: 10/Aug/2013 4:15:11 PM
The US is likely to pass legislation that makes it more difficult and expensive to obtain H-1Bs for companies that already have a high proportion of employees in the US on H-1Bs. Infosys, for instance, is said to have 90% of its 15,000 employees in the US on H-1Bs.
Once the US tightens H-1B visa rules, enabling more Indians to settle abroad, the Indian IT companies are likely to step up sponsorship of green cards. Currently, their green-card sponsorship is tiny compared to their H-1B (work visa) applications, according to data available on myvisajobs.com and visasquare.com.
That`s because a green-card application process costs over $2,000. A green card-holder gets more benefits than an H-1B holder and can easily change jobs. Importantly, the average salary of a green-card holder is $15,000-$20,000 more than that of an H-1B holder.
