Sentence examples for highly skilled foreigners from inspiring English sources
The new legislation reportedly will enable "highly skilled foreigners" to remain in the country.
The H-1B, granted to highly skilled foreigners to help fill jobs when no qualified Americans can be found, has been an important recruiting tool for technology companies.
But over time the merit system would offer an even greater number of new green cards, particularly for highly skilled foreigners and for low-wage laborers.
With unemployment for Americans stubbornly high, lawmakers have become increasingly reluctant to defend H-1B visas, which give temporary residence to highly skilled foreigners.
In his wide-ranging speech, Mr. Mbeki tried to look ahead, promising to fight crime, to invest in science, to work toward bridging the digital divide and to make it easier for highly skilled foreigners to work here.
"As the Tech Economy Goes, So Go Special Visas" (June 16) described the H-1B visa as intended for "highly skilled foreigners to help fill jobs when no qualified Americans can be found".
Erica Werner of the Associated Press terms the outcome of the committee markup as a "bonanza for the industry: unlimited green cards for foreigners with certain advanced U.S. degrees and a huge increase in visas for highly skilled foreign workers".
The biggest turn-off is the difficulty of obtaining a work visa after graduating even highly-skilled foreigners typically wait a decade for a green card.
According to government statistics, Japan had 157,719 foreigners working in highly skilled professions in 2006, twice as many as a decade ago, but still a far cry from the 7.8 million in the United States.
From the accounts of the Erechtheum, the temple of Athena on the Acropolis (built 421 405), it is known that highly skilled slaves as well as metics (resident foreigners) participated in the work on the friezes and columns.
He worried the tax would make it more difficult for companies in the city to recruit and retain highly skilled workers, as it also applies to foreigners who are in the city on work permits and who pay taxes.
