s to those of a low skill level (Hainmueller, 62). Workers on H-1B visas must be sponsored by an employer for the entirety of their stay in America and their visa can be renewed for up to six years. If at any time an individual with an H-1B visa loses employment, he or she must return to his or her country of origin. Sponsorship from an employer must be in place prior to the visa being issued and the person coming to America. During their years in America on the visa, workers engage in specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge; these are typically professional positions and always require a bachelors degree or some other form of higher education (Temporary Worker Visas). Jobs that employers request H-1B visas for include systems analysts, computer programmers and computer software engineers. New paragraph here?--> Employers report they only hire H-1B workers when there are not qualified American workers available for the positions they need filled (Butler, 24). While employers claim that Americans are not available to fill their open positions, this is not always the case. Often other factors influence firms to prefer employing temporary workers on H-1B visas instead of American workers.
Outsourcing has been a problem of American jobs for many years. H-1B visas make it easier for jobs to be outsourced by giving employers the opportunities they need to educate and train foreign workers. Obtaining goods and services from outside suppliers when these goods and services could be created internally by a firms own local staff is one of the fastest growing business practices for companies in the United States [Too much in one sentence. Suggestion instead: One of the fastest growing business practices for companies in the United States is by obtaining goods and services from outside suppliers. However, these goods and services could be created internally by a firms own local staff]. Growing in popularity over t...