how small businesses are affected by the new H-1b visa rules

Small businesses often weigh whether to hire overseas talent directly on an H-1B visa or to outsource to  ZimitNow (Business Process Outsourcing) provider. Here are some key reasons why using  ZimitNow is often better for small businesses than hiring H-1B visa employees.  After you look thru the reasons, decide to give us a call at +1951-217-9832 or visit our website for additional contact information at www.zimitnow.com.

Economic Reasons

1. Lower Total Cost of Talent

• ZimitNow providers can offer skilled workers at a fraction of the cost of sponsoring an H-1B employee (which can cost more than $100 000K in legal/filing fees plus a U.S. salary for one employee, according the new rules in the executive order signed by the President end of September 2025).  ZimitNow charges only $16 per hour, all inclusive, for a degreed and qualified employee.

• No need to provide relocation, housing, or visa support. ZimitNow employees work from the company office based in Harare Zimbabwe that has power and network 24 hours a day

2. No Upfront Legal/Immigration Expenses

• Sponsoring an H-1B involves attorneys, filing fees, and compliance costs. A ZimitNow arrangement is a simple service contract with predictable pricing.  ZimitNow pricing also includes the cost of employee training and replacement, including all necessary equipment to get your job done.

3. Scalability on Demand

• ZimitNow lets you start with a small team and scale up or down as needed. With H-1B workers, you’re locked into permanent salaries and commitments regardless of workload.

4. Reduced Payroll Burden

• With ZimitNow, payroll, benefits, insurance, and HR compliance are handled by us. Small businesses don’t have to worry about U.S. wage laws, healthcare, or payroll taxes for offshore staff.

5. Currency & Labor Market Advantage

By leveraging global markets ZimitNow small businesses benefit from lower prevailing wages without sacrificing skill quality.

Control & Management Reasons

1. Faster Hiring and Deployment

• ZimitNow can provide workers within days or weeks, while the H-1B visa lottery, approval, and relocation can take 6–12 months with no guarantee of success.  Our employees often stay much longer there for developing additional skills while H -1B employees often jump ship after 3 years or less for greener pastures, leaving the employers going over the same process over again

2. Reduced Compliance Risk

• Hiring H-1B workers comes with strict Department of Labor and USCIS compliance rules. Any mistake can lead to fines. With a ZimitNow, compliance responsibility largely shifts to the ZimitNow. Including the costs of replacement and training.  ZimitNow focuses on training and operational procedures, often the client only trains ZimitNow one time only.

3. Focus on Core Business

• ZimitNow lets small businesses offload back-office or repetitive tasks, so leaders can focus on sales, growth, and innovation — instead of managing immigration and HR complexities.

4. Flexibility to Replace or Rotate Staff

• If an H-1B hire underperforms, termination is legally tricky and disruptive. A ZimitNow can quickly replace talent with another qualified person, maintaining continuity.  Given the location of ZimitNow there is an over abundance of qualified skilled and degreed work force ready to get the job done for you, leaving you with no town time.  Also, given the time difference, ZimitNow can always have results by morning if needed because they can mostly work while you are sleeping.

5. Access to Broader Skill Pools

    ZimitNow provider can tap into multiple specialists (IT, accounting, customer service, design) as needed, whereas an H-1B hire typically provides only one narrow skill set.

Summary:
For small businesses, ZimitNow offers cost savings, scalability, and less legal exposure, while H-1B employees require heavy upfront investment, legal compliance, and long-term commitments. ZimitNow  is  more flexible and economically efficient, while H-1B hiring is slower, riskier, and at $100 000 a hire, it is much more expensive.

In Conclusion:

We implore you to contact us for more details.  Our website is www.zimitnow.com and our contact email is info@zimitnow.com.  We specialize in Insurance Processing, Bookkeeping, IT; Web and Application Development, and Medical Billing.  Should you need additional or specialized services, please do not hesitate to contact us.  Our back office is located in Harare Zimbabwe where there is an abundance of skilled and degreed young labor force.  Often, these youth cross the Atlantic using the H-1B visa but the adjustment to the fees to $100 000 is marginalizing small business and leaving them out of reach of skilled labor.  With the availability of policies and  operational procedures, solar power and Star Link networks;  Zimbabwe is ripe as a work from home location for a lot of small companies.    As an incentive, we ZimitNow is offering 10 free hours to try our services,  hours that can be used in scoping out the services needed and document procedures necessary.  That gives you a chance to try our services for basically free of charge.