We need to complain USCIS and some Indian companies abusing H1B system.
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While Gates had the ear of Congress, critics say the H-1B lowers wages or outright robs Americans of jobs. In addition, they say eligibility requirements are vague and the system is abused by foreign companies, who are only required to have a presence in the United States to use the H-1B visas for their employees.
Gates has been crusading the past few years on the topic of H-1B visas, which allow highly skilled immigrants to work in the United States, saying the cap of 65,000 per year is "arbitrarily low."
But there is a different picture forming, critics say.
Recent statistics put out by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services and the National Science Board show that many of the H-1B visas are going to foreign companies and that half of the recipients are from India.
Indian nationals received 54 per cent all H-1B visas approved in 2006, according to a study by the National Science Board. That same year, 51 per cent of all visa recipients worked in computer-related jobs.
A ranking released by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services show that Microsoft and Intel are the only true major U.S. technology companies ranked in the Top 10 of visa approvals in 2007.
Ironically, the top two, outsourcers Infosys Technologies and Wipro are both based in Bangalore, India. In fact, the data shows six of the top 10 are based in India.
The top two companies were also the top two in fiscal 2006, according to data released last year by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The two senators claim outsourcers are abusing the H-1B rules. Last year, the pair introduced "The H-1B and L-1 Visa Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007."