Rohit Bhaskar

Silicon valley tech geek with a MS in CS working at a FANG. Trying to live a happy and fulfilled life. Supporter of equality and women empowerment.

[Leon Fresco @FrescoLeon]

Reason for adopting #visabulletinequality for Oct 2023:

1) helps immigrants from Asia AND Latin America (without hurting anyone else);

2) bi-partisan support;

3) raises $1.2 billion for USCIS backlog reduction

4) will massively boost economic growth as high-skilled immigrants start new companies and hire Americans

[Ellen M. Gilmer @ellengilmer]

New: Dozens of House Dems are calling on Biden to provide parole & work permits to immigrants who've been in US for years & recent arrivals to address workforce needs

Push for exec action is next phase in immigration advocacy given congressional gridlock

https://t.co/qgqJbBBvsf

[Emily Neumann @immigrationgirl]

USCIS shared # of I-140s awaiting immigrant visas by category and country. 700k backlogged, 140k green cards yearly. Half in EB-2 for India-born. Excludes family, who share the 140k limit. Congress won't act. Time for Biden to stop counting family members. https://t.co/RqUkFrKA0R

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@ajainb Those with h1b and approved I 140s

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@ajainb Employment EADs for people in the green card backlog who are waiting more than 5 years

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@maveinlux What Modi did was indeed amazing! Language is just a tool to communicate ideas and is in no way a measure of ones intelligence. You need to go beyond the superficial accents. I have worked with so many people from many countries who’s english was subpar but man they were smart

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@RealSexyCyborg “Good artists copy and great artists steal” and improve on the inventions. You sold me on the story and wholeheartedly agree that its how civilizations have been operating and progressing through generations

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@ajainb Thank you @ajainb this will provide some relief. If you can help support clearing the green card backlog, either by removing country caps or by availing ead’s to those in the backlog that will be a huge win, I mean really game changing!

[Ajay Jain Bhutoria @ajainb]

H1B Stamping /renewal in US “recommendation I had presented in the Commission meeting for Immigration subcommittee in Sept commission’22 meeting. Yesterday PM Modi announced H1B visa renewal can be done in US. This will be a huge relief for folks on H1B.

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | America's new consulates will be opened in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. It has now been decided that the H1B visa renewal can be done in the US itself: PM Modi addressing the Indian diaspora at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

🚨WOW. USCIS just updated its guidance on compelling circumstances EADs and it looks like a huge change: https://t.co/KXKAhvgSSq

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@Bhanu_Desai @David_J_Bier Yea sounds correct, so would need to leave and get a visa stamp. Inconvenience yes but not a total deal breaker, but means you need to plan a international trip

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@David_J_Bier @FrescoLeon The h1b program here is half baked. It brings people in, have them assimilate & create a life. and then leaves them stranded. H1bs are on thin ice, one wrong move, economic downturn, one health issue needing longer time off & your life can be uprooted. No pathway to permanency.

[Leon Fresco @FrescoLeon]

Two points:

1) the visa bulletin at this point is just trolling. It is offensive.

2) we can do better than publishing an openly discriminatory document each month and having people who actually know about immigration actively defend this atrocity. #greencardbacklog.

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@David_J_Bier Agree that portability is less of a concern. But in the current economy, a layoff can mean that you need to sell your car, home, take kids out of school and move to another country after living here for a decade. How is that not inhuman?

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@NeilMunroDC @shashtikar @ShadesOfBlueAn1 You cannont discard facts about yourself when it suits you

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@ShadesOfBlueAn1 @politico @kelhoops Insee what you mean, she left out the topic of per country caps

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@ShadesOfBlueAn1 @politico @kelhoops Shades your missing the overall point though. She did good here.

[Rohit Bhaskar @Rohitbh10]

@RepYvetteClarke It’s hypocritical of you that you change your stance on immigration now. When it came to Indian immigration who have legally lived here for decades and the green card backlog, you conveniently killed the bill. Be consistent and just to everyone.

[ShadesOfBlueAndRed @ShadesOfBlueAn1]

@RepYvetteClarke Stop virtue signaling about immigrants.

You did not blink twice before killing the hopes & dreams of a million immigrants, who have done everything by the book, followed every law, contribute positively to this country, just because they are born in India. #EAGLEAct