An Indian man took to X to ask Elon Musk to make sure there are H-1B visa reforms now that Donald Trump has received the election. Musk backed Trump throughout his marketing campaign, having endorsed the president-elect after he survived an assassination try in Pennsylvania.
“Expensive @elonmusk, Congratulations on profitable the election! It took you 10 years to acquire citizenship within the USA, together with your undergraduate and grasp’s research. You moved to the US in 1992 and have become a US citizen in 2002,” Sanjeev Ranjan wrote on X. “Please do justice for Indian-born H-1B visas.”
‘So many are caught on this drawback’
Many supported him within the remark part of the publish, echoing his ideas. “So many are caught on this drawback sadly. And there’s a lot of misinformation about this and explicit hate for this visa,” one consumer wrote. “Revive the American dream! The infinite wait time for authorized immigrants for Indian born is nightmare. I invented a concrete product that can profit the USA, and being on H1B, im caught and cannot pursue my goals due to the advanced authorized immigration,” one other consumer commented. One stated, “additionally Indians should not eligible to use for everlasting resident standing by means of the Variety Visa LOTTERY. At the very least make ALL nationalities eligible for the LOTTERY in the event that they spend a whole lot of 1000’s of $ on their Ungergrad / grad / PhD packages ( say $200k spent in whole on FEES )”.
“Spot on. Many people (together with myself) who got here right here legally by way of H1 within the 90s had been in a position to receive citizenship in lower than 10 years. Hope Elon and @realDonaldTrump administration do one thing about it in offering an accelerated path for individuals who are right here legally,” one consumer wrote, whereas one other stated, “Expedite the visas for clever, legislation abiding, tax paying extremely certified immigrants. America wants them. We additionally ought to think about employee visas for temp helpers, home cleaners, handymans and so on. So they arrive right here legally”. “We’re ready for inexperienced card from previous 10 years too @elonmusk please do one thing for Indian H1B holders. We can’t purchase a home n settle as any time if the renewal is declined we now have to return. No good life simply working laborious on a regular basis,” stated a consumer. One other stated, “@elonmusk atleast make it some extent for college kids who come right here on a F1 visa and work tougher than ever to get a job and H1-B and make a life for themselves.”
A Washington Submit report beforehand claimed that Musk briefly labored illegally within the US after he deserted a graduate research program in California. Musk has been selling Trump’s opposition to “open borders,” and beforehand stated that his transition from pupil to entrepreneur was a “authorized gray space.”
Nonetheless, Musk later denied the claims made within the report. Sharing a video ofJoe Bidenreferencing the Washington Submit report’s claims on X,Musk wrote, “I used to be the truth is allowed to work within the US. The Biden puppet is mendacity.”
Based on consultants, Trump couldtighten H-1B visa guidelines after assuming workplace. International Commerce Analysis Initiative (GTRI) Founder Ajay Srivastava stated, based on NDTV, “Trump’s stricter immigration stance may result in modifications in visa guidelines, impacting Indian IT professionals and elevating prices for Indian IT firms.”
Trump is thought for havinga powerful stance on immigration. In India, former Minister of State for Exterior Affairs Shashi Tharoor lately informed CNBC-TV18 that Trump being strongly anti-immigration would possibly have an effect on the variety of potentialities for the H1-B visas that Indians need, in addition to for household reunions of those that have gone there, have stayed, turn into everlasting residents, and wish their households to come back over and be part of them.
A report by Prabhudas Lilladher acknowledged that Trump has plans to tighten immigration guidelines and cut back H-1B visas. The report additionally famous that beneath the Republican chief, the variety of approvals for the visa fell in 2017-18, earlier than recovering in 2019-20.
