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

I am, but there's a reason H1B's get hired over Americans and I highly doubt it's because the company wants to save $5k a year per worker.

We'll see what happens, but if you look at the trend, it's been getting crazy . You can read more on it here. The cap has also been hit earlier and earlier. It used to take all year, now we hit it in April.

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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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– rentfREEEE_since2016 2 points 256 days ago +2 / -0

Trump has walked back all of his hardline positions. This is optics before mid terms.

Tariffs. Another good example. No. Companies aren’t on shoring. They're offshoring still. Oil and gas is still under produced.

We need to stop coping. I want this to be “camels back” as much as anyone. But it really is very simple to stop H1B applications. If Rubio can automatically deport you for being anti Israel he can stop H1B Carte Blanche too.

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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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