Reply #22: That would be "illegal" dorms.

[Virginian]

I am in the Virginia suburbs of DC. I just looked up the code for renting out rooms in a home and found that, unless you have a special permit, you may only have two renters in a residential area.

Two of the H-1B consultants working at a non-profit company where I was working
went together to buy a townhouse. (See my post above) One of them was working with me and took our group to see his new acquisition. We noticed that he and the other owner were sleeping on sleeping bags in the upstairs bedrooms and there were several sleeping bags in the basement for their "renters."
It looked like they were illegally running a dorm in their basement.

As long as they are consultants, and not employees, they do NOT qualify for the same benefits. The consulting company that employs them would be the source of their benefits.

This all started because of Y2K. I believe the crisis was hyped to get a higher quota. Now the fake crisis is over, the quota can be lowered so that we American workers can get back to work. It is tough being over 50 and trying to compete for jobs against these young H-1B workers. They have so many greedy backers pushing for them. I only have me.