A lot of people ask: "Why are there so many Indians on H-1B?"
Here's the answer nobody talks about.
It's not because Indians love being on temporary visas. It's because the Green Card system won't let them leave the temp visa program.
India gets the same quota as Iceland.
The result:
India: 134+ year wait (EB-2)
Pakistan: < 2 years
Somalia: < 2 years
Same job. Same employer. Same skills.
Different birthplace = different lifetime.
Indians aren't "stuck" on H-1B by choice. They're trapped by a system that punishes demand from one country while handing Green Cards freely to others.
400,000+ Indian applicants will die before they ever receive a Green Card.
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Vivek Ramaswamy calls the H-1B visa system “broken,” arguing that its lottery-based process undermines merit and makes foreign workers into "indentured servants."
He also mentions that it suppresses American wages by inflating the labor pool.
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High skilled immigration is popular. It's why Americans elected a President who wants to make obtaining permanent residency easier for skilled workers while also cracking down on the border.
I came to the USA on a non-immigrant visa, just like you did. Within five years, you transitioned to an immigrant status, but after twenty years, I’m still a non-immigrant. When I asked for equitable treatment, I was met with derision and got mocked with “Green color paper” by a democrat.
When a republican criticized the so-called ‘woke culture’ and their parenting, you joined in, targeting my H-1B visa status, my culture, my appearance, my accent, even the smell of curry. Now, with the new administration proposing an executive order to end birthright citizenship, you’ve extended your mockery to mothers and their unborn children.
Witnessing this racism and bullying, both the Indian and U.S. governments have stayed silent, allowing us to suffer at the hands of these prejudices. Can I urge both nations to advocate for immigrant rights and dignity, and to cease exploiting their plight for political gain.🙏🙏
I came to the US in 2006 on a student visa. I completed my MPh and went on to complete a Residency & MD. While continuing to work as a physician, I went on to be triple board certified in Urgent care, Occupational medicine & Addition medicine.
I worked in rural America were most American doctors would not work and helped thousands of patients treating addictions, work injuries and infections.
After 19 years of being a doctor, I am still waiting in line for a Green Card. My current wait time is >10 years due to per country limits to be able to be eligible for green card while people who illegally come into the country by crossing the border get a free pass and go ahead of the line to get a green card.
It's crazy that there is so much hate for us Indians that do so much for the health of every day Americans. We never have or never will hurt anyone here and keep working hard despite being treated as trash by both national parties.
I know someday that the people who are currently hating Indians will finally understand how much Indians have contributed to America and also recognize us for what we do for this great country. Until then, we will just shut up and keep doing what we are doing, because that is what we do, no matter what. 😔
The country caps are even worse than described here.
Lots of Indian applicants will die waiting in line (and all the while be heavily restricted in what jobs they can do). And their kids will be kicked out when they turn 21. Madness.
Point of clarification: Sriram didn’t say he wants to remove all caps on green cards. He said he wants to remove *country* caps on green cards. Right now, every country in the world gets allocated the same number of green cards, no matter how many qualified applicants it has. So applicants from India have an 11 year wait whereas applicants from many other countries have no wait at all. Sriram still supports skills-based criteria for receiving a green card, not making the program unlimited. In fact, he wants to make the program entirely merit-based. Supporting a limited number of highly skilled immigrants is still a prevalent view on the right. Sriram is definitely not a “career leftist”!
19+ years to get a green card because of where he was born. VERY excited for my client and his family; VERY disappointed that Congress would leave country caps in place. #aosdelay#EB5@AttyStevenBrown
We appreciate @SenAlexPadilla, @RepDeborahRoss, and @RepMMM leading dozens of bipartisan members of Congress on a letter to the administration asking for urgent action to protect children of long term visa holders and individuals with approved petitions.
Reviewing supporting docs for an H-1B extension I am filing. The employee began his H-1B status in 2008. This is the 10th H-1B petition being filed on his behalf. He started the green card process a decade ago, but can’t be approved for it. Why? Because he was born in India.
@POTUS considering US immigration system 5-7 years is too quick. High skilled immigrants wait in decades of inhumane backlog before getting a green card. Current estimated wait time is more than 200 years @SecMayorkas@USCISDirector
A border / immigration deal will happen in some form, don’t get left out AGAIN ! Call your local Congress Member and ask them to implement solutions to END #GreenCardBacklog
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This so called bipartisan agreement maintains status quo on the Employment Based #GreenCardBacklog It keeps Legals in a 200 year wait. What is worse is that those patiently waiting for their turn, (while others cut in the line) are actually paying for such bills.