Filipinas are servant.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I'm very surprise that an Engineer from Philipine has no career other than car wash. So, does this mean the Philipine school is not on par with the US equivalent?

Over here, roughly 99.9% of Engineers from ABET schools get a job right away after graduation in the their fields. And, there's still unfilled positions in Engineering.

Edited May 29, 2009 by Niels Bohr

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Foreign credential evaluation is one of the biggest freaking mysteries brother --- and save in very peculiar cases (i.e. someone with an Economics degree from LSE, Philosophy from Paris II); they tend to eff the immigrant over. And when it is a regulated profession -nursing being the best example- people have to actually go back to school for sometimes years. Fvcked up, I tell you.

[alienlovechild 75]

I'm very surprise that an Engineer from Philipine has no career other than car wash. So, does this mean the Philipine school is not on par with the US equivalent?

The same thing happened to a lot of Russian Jews when went to Israel in the early 1990s. One rocket scientist was a street sweeper.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

It is, indeed, quite common. Immigrants -highly educated ones- tend to slide down the social and employment scale quite considerably in most areas.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I meet a lot of highly-educated professional filipinos in my work. I think they are all from money, however

[one...two...tree 2,762]

[one...two...tree 2,762]

[scandal 951]

It is, indeed, quite common. Immigrants -highly educated ones- tend to slide down the social and employment scale quite considerably in most areas.

I'm not saying there is no discrimination in the workplace. Of course there is, I'm not naive.

But in a ~20 year career in the tech sector and financial services,I've seen a wide diversity of minorities and first generation immigrants who were educated and trained abroad, and go on to succeed in the US. I think the modern American workplace is by and large a meritocracy. If you can do the job, you're in. Regardless of skin color or national origin.

The H1-B program in the US annually attracts workers from India, Taiwan, China and other countries around the world. America's universities attract foreign students from every country and every continent.

I've personally worked with - and hired - workers from Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Iran, China, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Russia. Those are just the nationalities that I can distinctly think of specific individuals that I've worked with - all with engineering or comp.sci. or business backgrounds, here in the US.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Interesting stuff. We are involved with the Filipino Community in Sonoma County. June 14 we will have the Filipino Fiesta at the Filipino-American Community Center in Fulton, California, if anyone gets hungry and wants some good food.

[Niels Bohr 72]

USCANDAL, what are Engineers considered in Thailand?

One thing that I hate is there is no Engineering schools in Cambodia. It's quite sad really. I heard Engineers are considered like the holy grail in Thailand (ie. a very respected profession) in par with Med. Doctors and Lawyers. Well, almost same here in the US. But, I never worked with a Thai Engineer before.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Interesting stuff. We are involved with the Filipino Community in Sonoma County. June 14 we will have the Filipino Fiesta at the Filipino-American Community Center in Fulton, California, if anyone gets hungry and wants some good food.

My favorite dishes:

Kangkong (sp)

Pancit (made with the glass noodles and fungi)

Caldareta

Sinagong

and .....lumpia

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

My brother-in-law is currently working for the VA on a H-1B visa as a physical therapist.

H1B and the Filipino professionals

Some readers of my recent posting, re: FY 2008 H1B quota reached, asked: (on the chatterbox): “Do pinoy professionals seek H1B visas?” Of course, my answer was a resounding, yes.

Yes, pinoy professionals- like other professionals from many countries around the world- seek H1B visas, too. No doubt, a number of them joined in the recent H1B visa “fray” when, on the first day of the H1B filing, about 150,000 new visa petitions poured into the offices of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)- each one sought a piece of the visa “pie.” And the mad rush of H1B visa petitions prompted the USCIS to raise the “white flag” and declare that the fiscal year 2008 H1B quota had been reached.

Then, came another query: Of the approximately 150,000 visa petitions received by the USCIS, how many of them are for pinoy professionals? My response: I’ve no idea; I can’t come up with any ballpark figure.

However, if prior H1B figures were to serve as a guide, then a reasonable answer could be- not many.

Yes, not many pinoy professionals seek H1B visas. Pinoys comprise a minuscule segment in the H1B population.

According to the USCIS, of the 217,340 H1B petitions received and approved for fiscal year 2003 (which figures included new and continuing H1B visa petitions at the time) 10,432 H1B beneficiaries were from the Philippines. It represented a mere 4.8% – a picayune figure in the H1B statistics.

Indeed, this information comes as a surprise to many observers. Pinoy professionals, despite their competence and proficiency in the English language, lag behind other nationalities in taking advantage of the opportunity to work in the United States through the H1B program.

Why? Some are prompted to ask. I surmise that one reason is the lack of information about the H1B visa program and how to go about it.

http://attydornagon.wordpress.com/2007/04/...-professionals/

(I am not endorsing this guy, just grabbing some stats. Beware!)

Edited May 29, 2009 by Mister_Bill