Nasscom (Indian IT Assoc.) to discuss H-1 B visa issue with US senator

[OhioChick]

Source: Economic Times of India

26 Aug, 2010, 05.12AM IST,ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: The apex Indian IT association Nasscom will meet US senator Charles Schumer in September as part of a delegation led by commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma on his trip to US, Nasscom officials said.

Senator Schumer was instrumental in introduction and passage of the US Border Security Act this month, that has led to a hike of over 100% in H-1 B visa fees.

“We have been meeting other senators in the past and making them aware of the Indian IT industry and how it helps US companies. We are likely to have a meeting with Senator Charles Schumer and his staff over the H-1 B visa issue in September,” Ameet Nivsarkar, vice-president Nassom told ET.

The meeting by Nasscom comes in the light of criticism by many experts that India failed in its lobbying efforts to get its point across before passage of the bill. Last year, Nasscom had met senators Charles Grassley and Senator Dick Durbin, who had introduced a bill which prohibited companies having more than 50% of their staff in US on H-1 B visas, from hiring additional workers on H1 or L1 visas. The bill did not get passed in US senate.



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I hope that Senator Schumer keeps this in mind:

U.S.: H-1B workers outnumber unemployed techies

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9133529/U.S._H_1B_workers_outnumber_unemployed_techies

[msongs]

1. will the payoffs be in cash or promises of other benefits to be named later? nt

[ChromeFoundry]

2. Go get 'em, Chuck! n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. It's not enough to just outsource everything to them, they have to be right here in our cities

stealing whatever good tech jobs have remained at sub-par wages. Fuck all those bastards.

[Dawson Leery]

4. The Indian "IT" industry is killing

our IT industry.

[musette_sf]

6. + 1M

http://www.brightfuturejobs.com/

[musette_sf]

5. "how it helps US companies"

:grr: :nuke:

WHAT A LOAD

[rpannier]

7. It does

In return for India getting to send their IT Pros to the US
US companies get to set up some of their operations in India to take advantage of lower waged employees

It doesn't help America or Americans, but it does help US Comapnies

[musette_sf]

8. no, it doesn't

as they say in the old project management adage:

GOOD QUALITY
PROMPT DELIVERY
CHEAPEST PRICE

PICK ANY TWO

[amandabeech]

9. Let's not call them U.S. companies anymore, even though most of them are still incorporated

in Delaware.

Let's get real and call them globally metastesizing companies.

The will eventually be a problem, one way or another, anywhere they go.