Wei Xu

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o ry id=1184399 Area firms, workers value H-1B visas Reduction in number issued annually makes for short supply Wei Xu spent six years traveling outside of her native China before landing a job here."It's such a very friendly environment in Pittsburgh," said Xu, a software engineer at Vocollect Inc., a Wilkins-based designer and manufacturer of wearable computers for warehouse inventory services.Xu's time in Pittsburgh is possible because she was able to obtain an H1-B nonimmigrant working visa, which allows nonresidents to temporarily enter the United States for jobs in certain fields.She's on her second one, and it expires in two-and-a-half years.
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"It's such a very friendly environment in Pittsburgh," said Xu, a software engineer at Vocollect Inc., a Wilkins-based designer and manufacturer of wearable computers for warehouse inventory services. Xu said she likes the region so much that she decided to have a child here.Her co-workers hosted a baby shower for her just a weeks ago. "I felt very happy about that," she said."That's how friendly it is here." Xu's time in Pittsburgh is possible because she was able to obtain an H1-B nonimmigrant working visa, which allows nonresidents to temporarily enter the United States for jobs in certain fields.She's on her second one, and it expires in two-and-a-half years.
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But Alex Castrodale, an immigration lawyer at Downtown-based Cohen & Grigsby, said Xu and Nagrath are exceptions.
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That's proof that America is a desirable place to live and work for skilled workers from abroad, Xu and Nagrath said.

Wei Xu spent six years traveling outside of her native China before landing a job here.

"It's such a very friendly environment in Pittsburgh," said Xu, a software engineer at Vocollect Inc., a Wilkins-based designer and manufacturer of wearable computers for warehouse inventory services.

Xu said she likes the region so much that she decided to have a child here.Her co-workers hosted a baby shower for her just a weeks ago.

"I felt very happy about that," she said."That's how friendly it is here."

Xu's time in Pittsburgh is possible because she was able to obtain an H1-B nonimmigrant working visa, which allows nonresidents to temporarily enter the United States for jobs in certain fields.She's on her second one, and it expires in two-and-a-half years.
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But Alex Castrodale, an immigration lawyer at Downtown-based Cohen & Grigsby, said Xu and Nagrath are exceptions.
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That's proof that America is a desirable place to live and work for skilled workers from abroad, Xu and Nagrath said.After she graduated from Chong Qing University in China, Xu spent time in Toronto and Belgium.

"In Belgium, I was the only Asian face in my whole building.People there were either somewhat friendly or very cold," she said.