Trump Presidential Watch (2025-2028)

[ravishingravi]

Anyone with H1B and without a roadmap to GC should start considering options. At the bare minimum, this is clear. 

[pkmmamks]

1 minute ago, ravishingravi said:

Anyone with H1B and without a roadmap to GC should start considering options. At the bare minimum, this is clear. 

If you are skilled , have the right salary commensurate to H1B , have the right credentials and not entered by misusing the H1B route , there is little to worry about.

 

 

[crictime]

Trump seems to be reacting because India did not open the agriculture and dairy sector to America. It is good India kept the interest of locals by protecting the agriculture and dairy sector which forms the core of the economy. Let America try these Visa antics but Indian government should keep the interest of Indian locals who are the core supporters of India and whose interests are aligned with India.

Edited September 21, 2025 by crictime

[crictime]

China and US have screwed Pakistan by killing their economies. India should not allow by giving US a free hand in some important sectors. Just like US does not allows transfer of technology of advansed warfare planes in spite of paying for the fighters in full,  India should prevent the access to crucial sectors which majority of India depends upon. The message given by Indian government was totally in interest of Indians regarding access to agriculture and dairy sector and I hope our government stands by it irrespective of H1B is doubled or tripled. So far so good.

[Tillu]

F1 students doing their masters will not be affected by this. They can apply for H1B without paying the petition fee.

 

Going forward doing masters in US will be the only way to fulfill the American dream.

 

This will also open up a lot of L1 Visas. Now people struggling to get a job could be easily hired and retained.

[pkmmamks]

9 minutes ago, Tillu said:

F1 students doing their masters will not be affected by this. They can apply for H1B without paying the petition fee.

 

Going forward doing masters in US will be the only way to fulfill the American dream.

 

This will also open up a lot of L1 Visas. Now people struggling to get a job could be easily hired and retained.

L1 is under scrutiny to be scrapped. So is EB1 and EB2

[G_B_]

58 minutes ago, Tillu said:

F1 students doing their masters will not be affected by this. They can apply for H1B without paying the petition fee.

 

Going forward doing masters in US will be the only way to fulfill the American dream.

 

This will also open up a lot of L1 Visas. Now people struggling to get a job could be easily hired and retained.

 

I dont think most g7 economies are producing jobs at graudate level..

 

Youth unemployment for grads on average 15% and rising.

 

 

[gattaca]

38 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

 

I dont think most g7 economies are producing jobs at graudate level..

 

Youth unemployment for grads on average 15% and rising.

 

 

Forget youth even unemployment overall is bad and the monthly jobs report don’t capture properly. I have seen GC and citizens in USA not getting IT jobs for years now. This is a result of easy immigration policies during previous regime. U.S. got 4 lakh students just from India. Every job application gets 300-400 applicants within first few hours. I know lot of desi students are doing odd jobs like working on food trucks, restaurants, delivery and as uber drivers. This is not sustainable in long term. The restriction might be bad for high skilled from other companies than wipro, tsc and infosys companies. 

[bharathh]

5 hours ago, ravishingravi said:

Anyone with H1B and without a roadmap to GC should start considering options. At the bare minimum, this is clear. 

 

They should have done that from the beginning. If they didn't they are stupid. H1B is a temporary visa. No point blaming others if one takes the risk with H1B and buys a house etc. Ditto with the F1 visa. It is not the 90s 

[gattaca]

6 hours ago, ravishingravi said:

Anyone with H1B and without a roadmap to GC should start considering options. At the bare minimum, this is clear. 

There is no roadmap for H1b and green card for Indians. Pure luck and covid gave Indians few green cards  if not nothing.

[MK55]

3 minutes ago, gattaca said:

There is no roadmap for H1b and green card for Indians. Pure luck and covid gave Indians few green cards  if not nothing.

Well u can always find a partner or get some investment visa or some other kind of visa that has less wait time (honestly not worth).

[pkmmamks]

5 minutes ago, gattaca said:

There is no roadmap for H1b and green card for Indians. Pure luck and covid gave Indians few green cards  if not nothing.

There is my friend. It can take anywhere from a year to 20 years or more depending on the type of Visa plus the category 

[MK55]

If someone on H1B has been living for 10 years with a decently paying job, it’s absolutely their fault (given the misfortune of country caps course), that they haven’t done at least something to get a permanent route.
It’s 100 percent unfair (coz of all these consulting H1Bs driven backlog over multiple years plus caps) but it is what is. 
 

[pkmmamks]

3 minutes ago, MK55 said:

If someone on H1B has been living for 10 years with a decently paying job, it’s absolutely their fault (given the misfortune of country caps course), that they haven’t done at least something to get a permanent route.
It’s 100 percent unfair (coz of all these consulting H1Bs driven backlog over multiple years plus caps) but it is what is. 
 

Always recommended my friends colleagues  to do a Canada PR as a back up. Worked well for some 

[ravishingravi]

Looks might major Indian community funding getting ready for democrats. Doesn't change anything now. The vicious hatred is amplified. 

[MK55]

Also how many people in well paying jobs end up directly as visa applicants from outside? It’s either guys with some education in the US (residency, PHd, Masters …) or very rarely exceptional L1 transfers?

 

This abuse should have been stopped long long time back. This whole back log situation would have been better. 

But anyways the way this administration is handling this (they don’t even intend to solve besides appeasing the voter base) is volatile and not right. 

 

[MK55]

11 minutes ago, pkmmamks said:

Always recommended my friends colleagues  to do a Canada PR as a back up. Worked well for some 

The problem is Canada pays absolute peanuts (same as UK except some fields). U might as well save and get some paid visa instead lol. You will have better ROI.

[pkmmamks]

Just now, MK55 said:

The problem is Canada pays absolute peanuts (same as UK except some fields). U might as well save and get some paid visa instead lol. You will have better ROI.

Yeah professionally one will lose in Canada vs US. Better than returning to India though in distress situation like this in H1B. Happened around 2012 also

 

Path to citizenship is sooner in Canada and then you can be back in US with a TN1 visa.

 

Nobody I know of came back from Canada despite having lower pay from US.

[kosingh]

The tending of EB1 and EB2 visa could be more problematic than this 100k h1b fee. (If it actually happens). At least a pending EB app allows one to extend H1b beyond 6 years. But if that route is closed,  then h1b is totally not worthwhile for employers and employees alike. 

Edited September 21, 2025 by kosingh

[gattaca]

54 minutes ago, MK55 said:

Well u can always find a partner or get some investment visa or some other kind of visa that has less wait time (honestly not worth).

The investment is kind of scam as well. EB5 was exploited by Indians initially but now even it is tightened. Partner is a different thing man you have to live with someone for rest of your life. Just for green card one shouldn’t marry someone else.