printThe excerpt is from my new, VDARE.Com column:
“[T]he O-1 visa
“…is a nonimmigrant status category for aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, the arts (including the television and motion picture industry), education, business, and athletics. This is an employment-related status that allows qualified aliens to live and work in the United States.. An O-1 petition is sponsored by an American employer.”
More significantly, there is no cap on the number of O-1 visa entrants allowed. Access to this limited pool of talent is unlimited. …
My point vis-à-vis the O-1 visa is this: The primary H-1B hogs—Infosys (and another eight, sister Indian firms), Microsoft, and Intel—are forever claiming that they are desperate for talent. But, in reality, they have unlimited access to individuals with unique abilities through the open-ended O-1 visa program…if they really wanted it. …
Theoretically, the H-1B program could be totally abolished and all needed Einsteins (and pin-up girls) imported through the O-1 program…they just need to demonstrate “extraordinary ability.”
The complete column: “Why Aren’t The H1-B Hogs Satisfied With The O-1 ‘Extraordinary Ability’ Visa? Oh, Wait A Minute…”
I can imagine how an Argentine pin-up girl might convince an immigration official that she has extraordinary talent. 🙂
Seriously, some outfit that calls itself the Physicians’ Foundation is claiming that America has a shortage of primary care physicians. Are we being prepared for new wave of imported GPs? I can’t imagine that run-of-the-mill foreign doctors would qualify for an O-1 visa, but who knows?