A massive wave of panic is all that is currently taking over Indian H-1B visa holders- all thanks to an unprecedented exclusive order by US President Donald
Trump that dropped like a bomb. Trump, on Friday, signed an order raising the H-1B visa petition fee to a whopping USD 100,000. The move was reportedly to ensure that only the ‘most skilled’ foreign individuals take up American jobs in the future- by protecting American jobs. As soon as the news of the same broke out on social media, immigrant employees working or planning to work in the US lost it. Amid the chaos, a video was shared online, which aptly represented the disarray that is spreading among Indians. As per the viral post, the clip was recorded inside an Emirates flight- which was scheduled to take off from the US’ San Francisco Airport. Reacting to the order, Indian passengers onboard the flight- planning to return home- went into panic, right before the take off. Fearing about the issues they might face while returning, many were seen deboarding the flight before take off. As per the viral video, the flight was delayed by 3 hours. The order came into effect on September 21, Sunday- from 12:01 am EDT. Reportedly, several US firms are asking their H-1B visa holder employees to return to the US before September 21- to avoid visa issues. The H-1B visa is quite popular among Indian techies, where they get to work in the US for three years. The visa can be renewed later.
Check out the viral post:
“It's a complete chaos for the H1B VISA holder of Emirates passengers at San Francisco Airport. This Friday morning President Trump signed an order affecting both new and existing H1B visa holders, creating panic among many—particularly Indian passengers—who even chose to leave the aircraft. As a result, we were stuck in the same spot for over 3 hours, waiting for the flight to depart,” the post read.
The post was shared on Instagram, by the handle ‘mashraana’. The post was shared 1 day ago and pulled more than 1K views from people.
Internet’s reactions:
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“Indian IT market to become more selective for candidates if H1B holders head back. This may however create tremendous problems for low skilled IT professionals across the country,” a user said.
“If all H1B's r back there will be no Silicon valley in US,” added a second person. “It's a shame to at least give people time to adjust to new laws. This is worse than a dictatorship,” wrote a third person.
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“Canada just got their new citizens,” wrote another person. “This does not affect the visa holder. It affects the visa holder's employer. How the employer deals with this will determine their fate,” added another.
