Indians grab maximum number of H-1B visas

[OhioChick]

WASHINGTON: Indian professionals took the largest one-third piece of the H1B visa pie in 2009 as Indians made up the second largest group of people making the US their temporary home.

Accounting for one-tenth of non-immigrant residents in the US, 364,757 Indians were only second to the Mexicans who made up 11.7 percent at 403,793, but 123,002 H1B visa holders from India gave them the largest 36.3 percent share among professionals.

Resident non-immigrant admissions from India actually declined from 425,826 (11.5 percent) as the total decreased 6.8 percent from 3.7 million in 2008 to 3.4 million in 2009, according to the annual flow report issued by the Department of Homeland Security.

H1B admissions from India too declined from 154,726 (37.8 percent) as the total decreased 17 percent from 409,619 in 2008 to 339,243 in 2009, but student admissions rose 3.8 percent from 2008 to 2009, reflecting an increase in academic student entries (F1).

The leading countries of citizenship for resident non-immigrant admissions to the US in 2009 were Mexico (12 percent), India (11 percent), Japan (6.6 percent), Canada (6.4 percent), China (5.8 percent), Britain (5.6 percent), and South Korea (5.6 percent).

More: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6139712.cms

[ChromeFoundry]

1. I could've told you that n/t

[Joanne98]

2. *&^%$

:nuke:

[OHdem10]

3. Are Americans who live in other states and certainly could be

qualified offered or even made aware of these job openings????

Or, is the real reason for H1-B visa still just a way to
import cheaper labor????

[avaistheone1]

4. This all about importing cheap labor, and short-changing American workers.

[whathehell]

5. ..Bingo!

[yurbud]

6. I would support H-1B visas only for CEO's and other top execs

and pay them Indian wages if the current crop of CEO's don't like it, they can move to India and try to compete.

[OhioChick]

7. I'll bet if that happened, the H-1B program would disappear n/t

[yurbud]

8. and bring back the draft, but just for trust fund babies.