Interesting H1B visa statistics of 2009, 2010, 2011 and future by NFAP
I happen to stumble over an interesting article about H1B stats.. The research was done by National Foundation for American Policy. Here is a brief summary of facts that caught my attention. You can read the full publication 19 pages by clicking on link in reference section.
Interesting Stats about H1B visa in USA :
- In 2009, H1B holders constituted only 0.06% of the total American civilian labor force. It is a myth that some of US general public claim that H1B holders are completely taking over Americans’ jobs
- For 2009 quota, Indian Tech companies filed only under 6% of the total H1B visa petitions. Based on tracking, Indian companies filing fell 70% between 2006 and 2009. It is not true to blame Indian companies that they are taking all the US IT job market.
- Surveys taken by highly qualified Indians and Chinese leaving America reveal that, it is H1B visas related issues that prompted them to leave US.
- Research shows that H1B visa holders are critical for entrepreneurship, innovation and creating of jobs in US. The argument by few American people that only 0.06% inflow by H1B holders is ruining the whole American jobs is not logical or supported by facts
H1B visa count tables and graphs :
Reference: National Foundation for American Policy Publication: H1B visa by numbers 2010 and Beyond
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If the H1B’s are reduced, the jobs are outsourced. So cutting down on the visas is not a solution.
A call center in India can’t add hard drives to your servers or track down a failed network port. Also, customers hate dealing with the lack of communication skills. Outsourcing will be a short-term, short-lived problem. Government could shorten it easily. That’s one place I see raising taxes as a positive move. Companies that outsource American jobs should be taxed severely.
Also, businesses will eventually learn that outsourcing is a dangerous game. It puts your company’s intellectual property into the hands of foreigners that are well-shielded from lawsuits. It’s pretty difficult to sue the fly-by-night New Dehli call center that just sold your sales data to the competition. If you don’t think that’s already happening, you’re nuts.
While this isn’t a data-related example, it’s still that same basic crime: I remember a company I worked for years ago that sent a molding machine to China to have plastic parts made there and shipped here for 1/3 the price of manufacturing here. A few months later, a competitor was selling the same exact product. The parts were identical down to the microscopic scratches transferred from flaws in the mold-polishing. They were clearly making parts for the competition with our company’s equipment. We showed it to the company’s lawyers – their response was that there was nothing we could do short of recalling the machine because the Chinese government would protect there own to the end.
As I said before, a call center in India can’t add hard drives to your servers or track down a failed network port. Ending H1B absolutely WILL reduce unemployment in IT.
What you should also take in to account is the fact that these guys work at a pittance. Also these folks have an excellent academic background thereby making them a lucrative proposition.
At the end of the day its pure business rules that apply to hiring as well. If you get better talent at an affordable price why would someone look out for H1B’s/L1 etc..?
There are over 960,000 H1B’s in the US today.
http://h1b-visa-data.com/states.html
There are 13.9 million people unemployed.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
That makes 7% of our current unemployment rate displaced by these foreigners. Putting close to a million Americans back to work by getting rid of a bunch of invaders who typically can’t speak our language worth a damn sounds like a really good start toward recovery to me.
You had forgotten that your family also came to the country looking for better opportunities. So they were also “invaders”. Thank good most americans dont think like you. You are a shame!!!!
Hi,
Interesting
I did a back of the envelop sum and I get almost 2 million jobs. This does not include other visas, like L1s and I don’t think it includes 20,000 masters/phd graduates per year. Where I work in my occupation the workforce is 80% H1b.
If 50% of the programmers are here on Visas and they are only responsible fo 25% of the startups, what does that say.
Regards