Amit,

If your sole argument for respecting indians are because of the consultancy then you need a whole mind makeover. What made you think that the "consultancy" earned them their respect. How in the hell are you arguing that they are creating more job for us?

As far as i know, it has taken oppurtunities from us. What do you think these H1B caps are directly related to. Have you tried looking at the list of companies who got h1b visas - almost 75% of the caps are fulfilled by indian consultancies. That means, no matter what we do we fall into the trap of indian consultancy.

Okay let me tell you short story abt Ms. H and Ms. C.

Ms. H worked her ass off in college - got good GPA, worked hard on her job search, got the job, convinced the company what h1b and all were, applied for h1b, got into lottery - ONLY TO BE NOT LUCKY.

Ms. C also went to college- she kinda worked hard, she graduated, got her OPT, didn't find important to apply for real job, worked here and there. Here OPT was about to expire, then she realized she might have to go back to her own country. Jobs were not easy to find - what did she do "enrolled" into indian consultancy which taught her to lie that she has experience of this many years and blah blah blah. She filed for h1b, got lucky - got her h1b.

It's not fair. Let me make myself clear - It was not Ms. C fault that Ms. H did not get her h1b. I am not even trying to blame Ms C for Ms H not getting her h1b. I have a lot of friend who got h1b from consultancies.

However, i respect Indians for what they have done and how they progressed in every part of the world. Just wanted to disagree with Amits fact that consultancies are creating oppurtunities for us.