Posted: 4/3/2017 3:52:02 PM EDT
If this happens, my 10 year retirement plan will be fulfilled. 
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/03/1744244/computer-programmers-may-no-longer-be-eligible-for-h-1b-visas The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department issued a memorandum that makes it harder for companies to bring foreign technology workers to the U.S. using the H-1B visa process. The new guidelines, issued late Friday, require additional information for computer programmers applying for the work visa to prove the jobs are complicated and require more advanced knowledge and experience. The new policy is effective immediately, so it will change how companies apply for the visas in an annual lottery process that begins Monday. Indian outsourcing firms, which have faced the most amount of criticism, stand to lose the most. The changes don't explicitly prohibit any applications for a specific type of job. Instead, they bring more scrutiny to those for computer programmers doing the simplest jobs. |