An Indian man took to X to ask Elon Musk to make sure there are H-1B visa reforms now that Donald Trump has gained the election. Musk backed Trump throughout his marketing campaign, having endorsed the president-elect after he survived an assassination try in Pennsylvania.
“Dear @elonmusk, Congratulations on successful 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 downside’
Many supported him within the remark part of the put up, echoing his ideas. “So many are caught on this downside sadly. And there’s quite a lot of misinformation about this and specific hate for this visa,” one person 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 complicated authorized immigration,” one other person commented. One mentioned, “additionally Indians are usually not eligible to use for everlasting resident standing via the Diversity Visa LOTTERY. At least make ALL nationalities eligible for the LOTTERY in the event that they spend lots of of 1000’s of $ on their Ungergrad / grad / PhD applications ( say $200k spent in complete on FEES )”.
“Spot on. Many of us (together with myself) who got here right here legally by way of H1 within the 90s have been capable of get hold of citizenship in lower than 10 years. Hope Elon and @actualDonaldTrump administration do one thing about it in offering an accelerated path for many who are right here legally,” one person wrote, whereas one other mentioned, “Expedite the visas for clever, legislation abiding, tax paying extremely certified immigrants. America wants them. We additionally ought to take into account employee visas for temp helpers, home cleaners, handymans and so forth. So they arrive right here legally”. “We are ready for inexperienced card from previous 10 years too @elonmusk please do one thing for Indian H1B holders. We can not purchase a home n settle as any time if the renewal is declined we now have to return. No good life simply working arduous on a regular basis,” mentioned a person. Another mentioned, “@elonmusk atleast make it a degree for college students who come right here on a F1 visa and work more durable than ever to get a job and H1-B and make a life for themselves.”
A Washington Post 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 mentioned that his transition from scholar to entrepreneur was a “authorized gray space.”
However, Musk later denied the claims made within the report. Sharing a video ofJoe Bidenreferencing the Washington Post report’s claims on X,Musk wrote, “I used to be in actual fact allowed to work within the US. The Biden puppet is mendacity.”
According to specialists, Trump couldtighten H-1B visa guidelines after assuming workplace. Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) Founder Ajay Srivastava mentioned, in accordance with NDTV, “Trump’s stricter immigration stance might result in modifications in visa guidelines, impacting Indian IT professionals and elevating prices for Indian IT corporations.”
Trump is thought for havinga robust stance on immigration. In India, former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor not too long ago advised CNBC-TV18 that Trump being strongly anti-immigration may 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, change 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 scale back H-1B visas. The report additionally famous that underneath the Republican chief, the variety of approvals for the visa fell in 2017-18, earlier than recovering in 2019-20.