" Most of the time it is just easier to hire Asian/Indian employees because they are readily available "
- I doubt that. It's "easier" to hire because they "agree" to lower wages and its easier to retain them, because their visa status is tied to the employer. The employers have H1B workers on a leash.
The process of hiring an H1B worker in short.
- Hire an immigration lawyer.
- Post an LCA.
- Apply petition to USCIS.
- Pay petition fees (higher for fast track process)
- Respond to USCIS queries.
- Get petition approved.
- Done
- Its a different game if the employer wants retain the H1B worker after 6th year of H1B.
So hiring is not easy. But retaining and paying them is "easy". So why do these corporations take this much pain in hiring H1B workers ? No its not the skills they are after. (after all H1B is lottery based not skill based right ? )
- I doubt that. It's "easier" to hire because they "agree" to lower wages and its easier to retain them, because their visa status is tied to the employer. The employers have H1B workers on a leash.
The process of hiring an H1B worker in short.
- Hire an immigration lawyer.
- Post an LCA.
- Apply petition to USCIS.
- Pay petition fees (higher for fast track process)
- Respond to USCIS queries.
- Get petition approved.
- Done
- Its a different game if the employer wants retain the H1B worker after 6th year of H1B.
So hiring is not easy. But retaining and paying them is "easy". So why do these corporations take this much pain in hiring H1B workers ? No its not the skills they are after. (after all H1B is lottery based not skill based right ? )