IT professionals happy with proposed US Bill
Posted on: 19/Apr/2013 1:09:41 PM
IT professionals in India have welcomed the proposed bill in the US Senate to extend the quota for H1B visa. According to the yet to be passed Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, a person is given a 60 day period to find a new job if he loses his current one. Currently, the person is required to leave the country on the last day of his visa no matter what.
Says Shoji Mathew, Member of the North American Association of Indian IT Professionals (NAAIIP), ‘This was a total flaw of the H-1B system and all H-1B skilled workers were worried about this. Employers are using this tool to squeeze the maximum out of the H-1B employees and this was totally inhuman.
‘The current lay off period is zero days, H-1B employees are forced to leave the country on the same day of layoff. We need to retain qualified IT professionals. 60 days settlement period will help employers as well as employees to complete formalities with ease or find another employment. Few of the members debated for a 30-day transition period and the bill shows that I was able to convince them for 60 days.’
