Many indian H-1B visa holders in the US are worried about possible immigration policy changes that might ruin their American ambitions as donald trump takes office as the 47th President of the united states on january 20. Fearing that a regulation change may prevent their re-entry, employers and immigration lawyers have encouraged H-1B visa holders to return to the united states before january 20.
However, on december 27, the US embassy in india said in a news statement that indians who wanted to renew their H-1B visas no longer had to leave the nation.
Many indian workers in specialty occupations who presently have to return home to renew and restamp their visas would benefit from the US-based renewal mechanism for H-1B visa holders, which is expected to be introduced this year.
based in singapore According to the Straits Times, a large number of indian H-1B holders stated that their companies and attorneys had encouraged them not to leave the United States.
It claimed that before trump was sworn in on january 20, an indian automobile design engineer who was on vacation in mumbai was requested to return to the united states by his immigration lawyer. Based in Santa Clara, California, the engineer works.
LIVES BASED ON UNSTABLE FOUNDATION OF H-1B SYSTEM, SAY INDIANS
The current H-1B visa controversy is around indians, who make up the second-largest immigrant group in the united states behind Mexicans. Many US businesses are using remote recruiting as a way to get around the H-1B visa controversy.
Beginning january 17, 2025, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will implement significant changes to the H-1B visa program in addition to the renewal program. The H-1B Modernization Final Rule is an update that attempts to improve monitoring and facilitate the hiring of highly qualified foreign workers.
One of the mainstays of American tech and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) areas is the H-1B visa program, which permits talented foreign workers with a bachelor’s degree to work in the US.
With more than 72% of the 386,000 H-1B visas granted or renewed in 2023 going to indian experts, they control the majority of the program. Of the 320,000 authorized H-1B visas in 2022, 77% were obtained by indian citizens.
But in recent years, fewer H-1B visas have been granted. Only 7,299 H-1B visas were approved for new hiring at the top seven indian IT companies in fiscal year 2024, a sharp down from the 14,792 approvals in fiscal year 2015, according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP).
Indians on H-1B visas are employed as academics, physicians, nurses, and professors, but they are particularly well-known in the US IT sector, where they hold executive positions at firms like Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
Launched in 1990, the H-1B visa program is essential to bolstering the American economy and addressing major talent shortfalls in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) areas.
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