US expects 40 per cent rise in visa applications

[OhioChick]

Source: Rediff India

July 08, 2008 01:32 IST

The application for visas to the United States is likely to increase by about 40-50 per cent in the coming five years, said Henry V Jardine, Consul General of the United States at the Bengal National Chamber Of Commerce and Industries in Kolkata.

There has been a growth of about 20 per cent in visa application during 2006-2008.

The number of visa applications increased from 450,000 to around 700,000 during the past two years.

Information Technology companies like IBM and Cognizant were planning to expand campuses in India and West Bengal and expanding their work force.

Since these companies had to send staff to the US, the number of visas applied for would considerably increase.



Read more: http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jul/08visa.htm

[mnhtnbb]

1. Hmm. I wonder if anyone is keeping track of folks like us who have

applied for permanent resident visas in countries outside the U.S. (We have ours in Panama).

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Incoming or outgoing?

[Amonester]

3. Bet they've got brainwashed and dream to eat Big toxic Macs...

Taste better than Big toxic Mud (TM) :puke:

(food crisis) :cry:

[Gman]

4. That assumes Obama doesn't fix the H1B problem

Which I hope he will.

[Voltaire99]

5. As a corporate stooge, he'll do nothing of the sort.

H1B = depress wages = make corps happy = watch Obama obey

[Lasher]

6. These would likely be L1 visas, not H-1B

There is no quota on the number of L1 visas.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

7. There is no H1-B problem

There is a visa fraud problem, prosecute visa fraud and leave the stamps out of it.