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Article Excerpt
SANJAY Kucheria, president and co-founder of a thriving Glendale information technology company of 200 engineers, programmers and consultants, wants to hire more than 3,000 employees in the next seven years.
But Trinus Corp. doesn't expect to find many of them locally, because Kucheria believes there aren't enough talented American engineers to go around.
So last week, the company hand-delivered 80 applications for H-1B visas, the legal document required of businesses recruiting skilled workers from abroad or foreign students with degrees from U.S. universities.
The problem is they're stacked with 133,000 other applications that flooded the offices of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on April 2, the fast day companies could submit applications. As a result, the annual cap, set at 65,000 visas, was reached within hours. Last year, the application limit was reached in 50 days. A computerized lottery will be used to determine which applications will be approved.
But Kucheria is far from relying on the lottery to fill his personnel needs. He recently bought 3.5 acres in Pune, a city near New Bombay, with plans...
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