[nylug-talk] Does this situation in any way mirror what is happening in the?tech sector?

[Kevin Mark]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:49:33PM -0400, Chris Knadle wrote:
> On Friday 21 September 2007, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7004581.stm
> 
>    It's hard to speak for the entire tech sector, but it does appear that at 
> least certain companies want to hire foreign workers and are having trouble 
> due to the cap on H1-B visas.  At the same time this is becomming less 
> attractive for foreign workers due to the weakening value of the US dollar 
> and the various hassles and privacy concerns with flying in and out of the 
> country.  Getting a green card takes a long time, and in between it's quite a 
> battle to keep up an H1-B which now requires periodic visits back to the 
> native country for a period of time.
> 
Recently Microsoft opened up a r&d center in Canada. The reason:
closeness to Redmond and less hassle for imigration issues.

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