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Everyone knows that people on the H1B(20K) with higher education from USA are the actual skilled/MS/PhD candidates that companies want, not the bodyshop which imports one-employee-one-company labor on the 65K remaining H1B quota.

Jaitley(FM) would have us believe that the 65K are the skilled ones, while they are the ones who just happened to be the bosses pet/bribed ones getting a chance to go on-site & not because of some specialised skill.

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There are enough professionals with bachelors being hired from top universities outside the US (ex. University of Waterloo, ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, Peking University, etc...) who come to the US on H1B visas in the 65K batch.

Coming from Waterloo, ETHZ, Cambridge, etc for 65k would be unwise at least if they don't switch soon enough

No, its not the salary. Its the number of non-migrant visas quota for a year. 65000 for workers & 20000 for those with higher education from USA.

Yeah, they are for sure. My point was the huge chunk close to 80% or more which goes to these out-sourcing companies.

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