Today, I am an Indian

[KrazyHorse]

2320$ regular fees
1000$ premium (expedited) processing

Guesses:

15 billable attorney's hours, large NYC specialty law firm: 4000$
40 billable paralegal's hours: 2500$

Total: 9820$

[DaShi]

Clearly they didn't do a thorough background check. Typical Homeland Security.

[KrazyHorse]

I don't know what my headhunter's getting from them, but it's probably on the order of 25k

Add in the cost of flying in 4 candidates for every 1 they hire (reasonable guess, based on what they told me) plus the time they spend interviewing each (~2-3 man-days per candidate) and you're up to ~50k upfront costs per hire.

[Asher]

I'm selling sarcasm detectors.

In no ****ing way was that sarcasm.

[Asher]

I don't know what my headhunter's getting from them, but it's probably on the order of 25k

It's usually a percentage of your salary paid on the completion of a probationary period. For my headhunter, he got 20% of my salary paid when I completed my probation (not out of my salary, mind you, it's just the value of his payment).

[KrazyHorse]

Yes, I'm estimating the rate. I didn't ask what he charged because, as you say, it's not coming out of my paycheque. I do know it's generally assessed on base salary for the first year.

[Kuciwalker]

Welcome to America

[Imran Siddiqui]

[KrazyHorse]

I forgot that there's also my initial relocation bonus. I'm not going to go into the details of my comp package, however.

[KrazyHorse]

Welcome to America

Hello, very kind of you. I have always wanted to come to your great country. Now I have been given inestimable opportunity based on great technical prowess in my home country. I hope to try your american hot dogs and watch the Yankees of New York play baseball, which is very similar to our cricket.

[Ben Kenobi]

Man, Poly's a gold mine.

[DaShi]

Hello, very kind of you. I have always wanted to come to your great country. Now I have been given inestimable opportunity based on great technical prowess in my home country. I hope to try your american hot dogs and watch the Yankees of New York play baseball, which is very similar to our cricket.

Do you want to buy some long distance calling cards to call home? I can sell them to you cheap!! $$$

[onodera]

Hasn't KH been an American all his life?

[Drake Tungsten]

Hasn't KH been an American all his life?

Yes, but it's better to let all the Americans north of the 49th parallel continue to think that they're different.

[KrazyHorse]

Just wait until Operation Maple Syrup goes into effect.