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They backtracked even further on the new H-1B fees: not annual, not retroactive and not for renewals (twitter.com)
posted 256 days ago by Lurker404 256 days ago by Lurker404 +103 / -0
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– lapalapa 17 points 256 days ago +17 / -0

What are you talking about? 100k will be needed to be fronted just to petition a work visa from now on. It's essentially the end of the growth of H1B's aside from individuals exceptional enough to warrant that kind of expense.

Stopping the hemorrhage is a huge win. It's certainly a lot more than I expected when I first read about the number.

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 15 points 256 days ago +15 / -0

It's still better than nothing, but it's sad how obviously Trump cucks out.

There is a silver lining though. Trump's corruption itself is broadcast in an overblown, Trumpian way, which is redpilling many people.

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– rentfREEEE_since2016 10 points 256 days ago +10 / -0

The visa fee is paid by the visa sponsor.

And can be written off as tax deduction.

And $100k over 5-10 years doesn’t even matter to these companies.

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– Bouldabassed 9 points 256 days ago +9 / -0

100k over 5 years doesnt matter? Saving money on that order of magnitude is most of the reason they were mass importing pajeets in the first place. They are trying to save money by importing slaves that would work for less.

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– ApathySK 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0

Paying an American $90k a year vs a jeet $60k a year, that $100k will be absorbed in the difference in no time.

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– Bouldabassed 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

You're pulling those numbers out of your ass. I guess we'll see the effects over a year or two. I'd be willing to bet the growth of the program slows to a crawl.

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– rentfREEEE_since2016 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

5 years is very conservative.

look up how expense amortization works. The corporations importing pajeets en masse have all sorts of financial mechanisms to cook their books.

it doesn’t matter dude when you’re paying pennies on the dollar compared to native born, that more than makes up for it. Not to mention h1Bs are practically indentured servants for 5, 10 or 15 years.

The solution is very fucking simple. Eliminate the H1B program.

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– Bouldabassed 1 point 256 days ago +1 / -0

I'm aware of how it works. I agree it should be eliminated completely, but this will undoubtedly majorly curb the growth of the program. Especially given there is still 3.5 years of this administration. Companies will be wary to invest in H1bs that take years to pay off when the rules of the game can change again at any time.

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– Lurker404 [S] 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

And the biggest offenders will probably get a discount or an outright waiver.

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– Gizortnik 5 points 256 days ago +5 / -0

Honestly, it's stormfags and Leftist larpers pushing an anti-Trump propganda as hard as they can.

Give it 6 months and they'll be saying "Things were better under Biden".

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– KekistanPM 7 points 256 days ago +7 / -0

A lot of people will never be happy, even if Trump didn't backtrack. I've done my share of dooming but this timeline is still so much better than if Kamala were president.

Just stay away from people who are never happy; both online and in real life.

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– tralbolh 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

This is a better a better timeline on this issue today than I thought it would be two days ago.

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– Bouldabassed 3 points 256 days ago +3 / -0

Exactly, doomers need a reality check. We had absolutely nothing 48 hours ago, then what was looking like a potentially legendary win, now downgraded to a very solid and important win. Assuming the info in that tweet is true, H1B goes from rapidly expanding to virtually staying the same size.

There's still a lot of ground to be covered, but this is still the pleasant surprise of this week for me. Much more of an actual, meaningful W than some late night fag with less viewers than a medium sized YouTube channel getting his show canceled.

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