Microsoft presses US immigration for H-1B reform

Last year, Microsoft reported that it was looking for qualified IT professionals. Last September, it announced that it had 6,000 vacancies that it could not fill, 3,400 of these were IT roles. It began to lobby the US government for a change to the skilled immigration visa rules. Microsoft says that its problems finding skilled [...] Read more »

Lofgren Introducing Bill To Revamp Immigration For Entrepreneurs & Skilled Workers

from the sounds-good-on-paper dept One of the more controversial subjects we’ve discussed over the years is immigration & visa policy when it comes to skilled foreign workers. At this point, there’s more than enough evidence to support two key points: that a skilled immigration & visa program done well creates economic growth and jobs within [...] Read more »