I am going through my VISA extension process and man it's a pain in the ass. First, I got RFE on my L1 and now my H1 didn't get picked. There are so many rules - 240 days rule, 30 day rule, 10 day rule and no one knows shit. Even the lawyers reply with a template email. I can't change my teams, can't move to another company, can't take any big life decisions. I am living away from my beautiful girlfriend and we get to see each other only once a year. Do any of you wonder what is the point of all this? How are any of us free? This shit ain't going away until we get a Green Card and by the time that happens most of would be pushing 40s. Everyday I am adjusting myself to the American culture. Minding my every word, watching my every move. I am sick and tired of being seen through the lens of stereotypes. "Aren't you people supposed to get married by now?", "Doesn't your food look like a dump?", "Aren't your parents supposed to pick the bride for you?", "Isn't your country a pile of shit?". We have constantly prove that not all of us are alike, that we like cool things too and my home isn't a pile of shit that you think it is. I know that America is great. It's probably a heaven for techies like me. I would probably never get the money or the work like this elsewhere. But lately I have thinking that may be going back isn't the worst option after all.
The process is just as bad, if not worse, in many other countries. I think its by-design because if it was too easy to come and stay here then we’d have too many applicants.
I don't think it's as bad in other places. Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan are all much easier. Maybe it's as bad in the UK but it's not the norm.
@worlz “Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan are all much easier” So why don’t Indians go to Canada, Australia, Germany, and Japan instead of mass migrating to the U.S.?
Here's the thing...if you're having to jump through hoops for a visa/GC you ARE a second class citizen no matter what some snowflake might tell you...so TC or GTFO
To be very pedantic: the OP is not any class of US citizen by definition.
Try telling OP that...unfortunately, his "beautiful girlfriend" would probably ditch him the moment he couldn't convince her he wasn't a first class citizen next in line to be president
Well, it's fair for you to vent and most of what you said is true. The good news is we all have a choice. We are in the same boat and got Canadian PR. Not saying we will relocate but if I am anywhere closer to the frustration you are facing right now, I would relocate to Canada. Life is too short to vent. What you are going to do with all the $$$ if you can't sleep with peace?
On a positive note, most of the above will remain same even after you get GC or even Citizenship. As long as you want to get ahead in life in a playground created by the current system and bias, peer pressure, and competition you’ll have to play by the rules. I have seen white American under much more pressure than L1 visa holder because the former was trying to achieve the next level.
literally speaking, you’re not a citizen
Haha, true that.
I understand the pain though. It’s a lot of bs in the immigration process. sometimes it looks like is less of a pain to be undocumented than documeted and that is total BS
That sucks OP. The immigration system seems pretty ridiculous, and the personal stuff, the stereotypes? Report that shit, that’s basically racism. I’d be for fast-tracking highly skilled workers toward citizenship, but what do I know, in a leftist libtard snowflake
If coworkers are making derogatory comments on the basis of your ethnicity, country of origin, religion, or ethnicity report it to HR, the behavior is unlawful. Doing something about it is the only way to get it to stop.
Having gone through the bullshit myself and being lucky my country wasn't India, I've got my GC last year after 6 years here. If I were Indian, given the priority dates, I'd for sure move somewhere else. There are other places with good quality of life, interesting work, good education for your kids, and that you can have a good life.
“my home isn't a pile of shit” So why are you here in the U.S. and not back home?
There are huge swats of the U.S. that make it to the "pile of shit" category... right? Just because a region is poor it doesn't mean that people there suck.
There are pros and cons, and then there are priorities. There are a bunch of immigrants in the US but there are significantly more number of people in India who chose not to come here. So you just don't meet them. India ain't a shithole, it's a beautiful country with kind people. Some people prioritized their career or wanted to experience something different, those are the only ones you meet :)
Then leave lmao no one cares 😂
There's always that one person in this thread who has to comment this.
Maybe because it's justified? For big companies, even a CXO level person leaving is not a big deal since everything has been planned in advance...so who would care about a low-level drone leaving because their paperwork was inadequate in the eyes of another bureaucratic drone?