OT: U.S. firms move IT overseas + H1B's here at home

[Hanasaki JiJi]

H1B Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.ins.gov/graphics/howdoi/h1b.htm
http://www.doleta.gov/business/dflc.asp
	- Application is $130
	- regular H1B is 6 yrs and then 1 yr outside USA
	- H1B's allowed on defense projects for 10 yrs
	- 195,000 H1B's issued per year

Why will the offshore increase so much?
"In 2004, the number of aliens who can be issued an H-1B visa or be 
provided H-1B status otherwise will revert to 65,000."

Jeremy Fowler wrote:
> U.S. firms move IT overseas
> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-976828.html
> 
> <rant>
> This just makes me sick. "By 2015, a total of 3.3 million U.S. jobs and $136
> billion in wages will transfer offshore to countries such as India, Russia,
> China and the Philippines, according to Forrester." We're in a major recession!
> Unemployment is at an all time high! What the hell are these US companies doing?
> Outsourcing to other countries! Are they out of their friggen minds? Do they
> realize what this will do to our already dismal economy? "as much as 40 percent
> to 50 percent of U.S. IT services work could be done overseas in the next five
> to 10 years" What's sad is that our government probably won't do anything like
> set tariffs because these same companies have our congressmen in their pockets.
> This is bad, very, very bad.
> </rant>
> 
> PS> Sorry about the non-Linux post. -Jeremy
> 
> 
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