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Top 10 Companies That Request the Most Visas for Foreign Workers<br><br>to increase America's global competitiveness.<br><br>But the companies that request the most H1 B work visas for engineers are actually facilitating outsourcing, critics say, including a firm fined last week by the Department of Justice for alleged "systemic" visa fraud.<br><br>Infosys, an Indian consulting and outsourcing company with a location in Plano, Texas, announced a $34 million civil settlement with the Justice Department on Wednesday.<br><br>"I think Americans would be shocked by that, at least I hope," said Ron Hira, public policy professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. jobs is more complicated than the one for one displacement of work, economists contend.<br><br>First introduced under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the H 1B visa program is a temporary work visa for non immigrant workers in specialty occupations and requires a higher educational degree. Foreign born workers under the program can typically be employed for three years by a sponsor company and apply to stay longer.<br><br>The use of the program became highly politicized this summer as the Senate debated comprehensive immigration reform. Tech gurus including Microsoft founder Bill Gates have asked Congress for more H1 B visas, or even an unlimited number of them, rather than the quotas in place today. citizens or require legitimate H 1B visa holders." The terms of the settlement with the Justice Department were such that the company did not have to admit to any wrongdoing.<br><br>Read More: Infosys to Settle US Visa Fraud Case for $34 Million<br><br>Infosys says the company's use of B 1 visas was for "legitimate" business purposes and not in any way intended to circumvent the requirements of the H 1B program. projects in 2012 were performed by B 1 visa holders.<br><br>The effects of the H 1B visa program on wages is of particular interest to both economists and American unions. The Public Policy Institute of California, which has received funding from the tech industry,galaxy s3 case, published a paper in December 2011 that shows H1 B visa holders are paid more than native workers and are more educated.<br><br>Hira, who previously conducted studies funded by the pro union Economic Policy Institute, studied a smaller sample of H1 B workers and companies from 2010 to 2012 and found companies like Infosys typically paid foreign engineers only the minimum threshold that permits companies to bypass certain requirements under immigration law.<br><br>If more than 15 percent of a company's workforce uses H1 B visas, or is H1 B dependent, it must make a good faith effort to recruit workers and it cannot displace workers. The minimum salary threshold for that is $60,000. Meanwhile Hira said these jobs typically can demand $80,000.<br><br>Hira said there are firms that use the H 1B visa program for "the best and brightest," and he does not recommend lawmakers stop the program.<br><br>"Mend it, don't end it. It's an important program to continue to have," said Hira, who will present his research on companies requesting H1 B visas at a conference for the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management on Nov. 8.<br><br>Here is a list of 10 companies that received the most H1 B visas between 2010 and 2012, all of which except Microsoft have "significant offshoring" operations, according to Hira.

Top 10 Companies That Request the Most Visas for Foreign Workers<br><br>to increase America's global competitiveness.<br><br>But the companies that request the most H1 B work visas for engineers are actually facilitating outsourcing, critics say, including a firm fined last week by the Department of Justice for alleged "systemic" visa fraud.<br><br>Infosys, an Indian consulting and outsourcing company with a location in Plano, Texas, announced a $34 million civil settlement with the Justice Department on Wednesday.<br><br>"I think Americans would be shocked by that, at least I hope," said Ron Hira, public policy professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. jobs is more complicated than the one for one displacement of work, economists contend.<br><br>First introduced under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the H 1B visa program is a temporary work visa for non immigrant workers in specialty occupations and requires a higher educational degree. Foreign born workers under the program can typically be employed for three years by a sponsor company and apply to stay longer.<br><br>The use of the program became highly politicized this summer as the Senate debated comprehensive immigration reform. Tech gurus including Microsoft founder Bill Gates have asked Congress for more H1 B visas, or even an unlimited number of them, rather than the quotas in place today. citizens or require legitimate H 1B visa holders." The terms of the settlement with the Justice Department were such that the company did not have to admit to any wrongdoing.<br><br>Read More: Infosys to Settle US Visa Fraud Case for $34 Million<br><br>Infosys says the company's use of B 1 visas was for "legitimate" business purposes and not in any way intended to circumvent the requirements of the H 1B program. projects in 2012 were performed by B 1 visa holders.<br><br>The effects of the H 1B visa program on wages is of particular interest to both economists and American unions. The Public Policy Institute of California, which has received funding from the tech industry,galaxy s3 case, published a paper in December 2011 that shows H1 B visa holders are paid more than native workers and are more educated.<br><br>Hira, who previously conducted studies funded by the pro union Economic Policy Institute, studied a smaller sample of H1 B workers and companies from 2010 to 2012 and found companies like Infosys typically paid foreign engineers only the minimum threshold that permits companies to bypass certain requirements under immigration law.<br><br>If more than 15 percent of a company's workforce uses H1 B visas, or is H1 B dependent, it must make a good faith effort to recruit workers and it cannot displace workers. The minimum salary threshold for that is $60,000. Meanwhile Hira said these jobs typically can demand $80,000.<br><br>Hira said there are firms that use the H 1B visa program for "the best and brightest," and he does not recommend lawmakers stop the program.<br><br>"Mend it, don't end it. It's an important program to continue to have," said Hira, who will present his research on companies requesting H1 B visas at a conference for the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management on Nov. 8.<br><br>Here is a list of 10 companies that received the most H1 B visas between 2010 and 2012, all of which except Microsoft have "significant offshoring" operations, according to Hira.