Here's what I wrote. Updated for this blog.
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Date: Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 6:12 AM
His firm seldom sponsors new H1b because Sans doesn't have a system to bring in people like me to sit on the bench for a while before placing me. I said I could return part of the bench salary but Alex knows those "backdoor" practices and he's not keen.
He said some agencies (I guess mostly South Asia) are in the business of bringing people in, and in their established process the candidate and the agency are both protected. "Protected" is the Alex's choice of word. I guess it means financial, legal and other protections.
Date: Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Hi David,
I spoke to Alex. Alex is clear their clients aren't willing to wait for months to hire someone, so the only way is for me to be in the US first, sitting on the bench while attending interviews.His firm seldom sponsors new H1b because Sans doesn't have a system to bring in people like me to sit on the bench for a while before placing me. I said I could return part of the bench salary but Alex knows those "backdoor" practices and he's not keen.
He said some agencies (I guess mostly South Asia) are in the business of bringing people in, and in their established process the candidate and the agency are both protected. "Protected" is the Alex's choice of word. I guess it means financial, legal and other protections.
Clearly he doesn't know me enough to take the special route and sponsor my new h1b petition. He said that's a long process and his company is unfamiliar with it so they must research. I feel this is probably true. He may have to pay someone for the research. Unfamiliar means slow process, more uncertainty and possibly risks of missteps.
