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Based on latest analysis by Stuart Anderson at Forbes, approximately 50000+ EB1 Indians are in backlog. This is without adding dependents. The estimate of dependents is around 93K. Yearly around 15K EB1 goes to India (including dependents). As we know there is no way congress increases the numbers in near future, This backlog may increase based on multiple factors like portings from EB2/3 or increase demand from ROW. 1. Country cap removal faces backlash from both ROW immigrants and anti immigrant groups as we saw last time. 2. Removing dependent count from caps is a longshot, may be they could do for EB1 but not in near future. 3. Splitting visas equally between EB1A, EB1B and EB1C is one option, this wont reduce backlog but atleast retains the scientific and research talent as EB1C India takes majority of EB1 slots. This may maje sense as they have different requirements. They can simply split available visas to EB1A, B and C equally at the start of fiscal year and then in last quarter of fiscal year utilize remaining visas from EB1A and B combined to EB1C IF both EB1A and B demand is met. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/04/14/more-than-1-million-indians-waiting-for-high-skilled-immigrant-visas #workvisa #EB1 #EB1A #EB1B #EB1C #Backlog #India
Fix ICC abusing first.
EB1 benefits a ton of folks with PD between 2013 to 2018. Right now even 2020 folks can benefit but I expect it to retrogress slowly to 2018 as everyone starts porting back to EB1. That’s why it’s critical to lock in your PD
Ya, it depends on next govt as well. Based on past numbers between 2017 and 2020 they used lot of discretionary power in EB1 which increased RFE and denials.
70% approval rate is for EB1 is great given the chance or H1b lottery is not even 30%. You have much higher chance of getting EB1 than getting a H1b
1 million, wtf…..
Including dependents.
Yes anyone with PD of 2013 to 2017 should port to EB1 if possible
How though? On what grounds?
Those who are in manager roles can relocate to other country for one year and then come back , that makes them eligible for EB1
Anyone with PD till early 2022 (till April) is guaranteed to get GC through EB1 in the next 2 years. The actuall wait will start aftwr that.
And why is that? People from old PDs will keep porting and eb1 2021/2 will never become current
Because few people (tech companies) give you the opportunity to move out and come back easily which is why just a handful of people port their dates otherwise EB1 would also have been at 2012 instead of 2021. For all other companies, once you are out of US, getting back in itself is a battle because now you are competing with another 1m Indians in India who also want to go to US. The 1 year outside US is a natural barrier that ensures, EB1 never becomes EB2/3.
there’s nothing more discriminatory than country caps. There’s a diversity visa for that bs. How can a 3 yoe European punk more deserving for a gc than a 10yoe director of indian origin. Garbage logic
> there’s nothing more discriminatory than country caps I can give you many examples that trump that logic. You’re just mad that the system is against you.
Give the examples
So if i understand correctly what you are saying instead of dividing EB GC into 3 parts we divide them into 5 parts and have the flow of GC as, EB1A > EB1B > EB1C > EB2 > EB3 But won't that reduce the no. of EB2 and EB3 GC thereby extending the wait times for those groups? How is this solving anything?
NO. Every year around 28.7% available visas at the start of FY goes to EB1. Lets assume that nunber is 40K, they can divide 13.3K for EB1A, 13.3K for EB1B and 13.3K for EB1C. During final quarter (Q4 that starts in July) they can move remaining visas from EB1A & B combined to EB1C based on demand. For example lets think EB1A used up all 13.3K and still require 1K and EB1B has those due to low demand, USCIS can allocate those 1K to EB1A (or viceversa depending on EB1A & B demands). EB1A and EB1B after meeting their demands have any excess visas left then they go to EB1C, this is in excess to the 13.3K EB1C visas based on their equal split at the start of Fiscal Year. We are not touching EB2 as EB2 and EB3 have their own 28.7% GC numbers.
Okay, basically reducing priority of EB1C but as you know any such major change immigration distribution requires approval from congress which is never gonna happen. But good idea nonetheless.
The solution is in the hands of visa holders and there’s only 1 painful solution that’s acceptable to Americans and other immigrant groups. Scrap AC21. That’s the root cause of all the backlog. Without AC21, H1Bs go back after 6 years (similar to L1 folks for whom AC21 isn’t applicable). Once tens of thousands of folks start to leave or take their jobs with them to a different country, both congress and US companies would put their weight behind increasing EB GC/removing country caps etc unlike the lip service they provide today(MS is the biggest offender).
Most of eb1 from india are fraud (yes they know it) . This means the real eb1s also get stuck in the queue.
We cant say fraud as per them its legal to utilize existinh law to their advantage. But EB1C demand is killing EB1A and EB1B for sure based on the numbers, so only 3rd solution can make things a bit fair in EB1 as EB1A/B/C requirements/criteria and reasons are mostly different.
The same can be said about EB2/3 as well. Why not separate out NIW/PERM and even within PERM ICC vs US companies. Unfortunately no immigration change can happen here in the next 50 years. The laws are any 30 years old.
Just apply for asylum. Claim that you won't be safe in India because of religion, sexuality, anti-government social media posts or whatever
Except people in tech many are doing that, just pay attorney 20 to 25K in newyork, they will make up all the stuff.
One can’t go back to their country for many years if they take that path. It beats the purpose of asylum, if an asylee is visiting the country they’re facing danger in. Even if they become a US citizen, good luck getting approved for an OCI card by the Indian embassy; they’ll apply the same logic “you were in danger in India, why do you want an OCI or visa to visit there?”. Asylum pretty much means you’re done with your homeland forever. Most Indian asylees are either ineligible to come to the US legally or are running away from economic hardship. Going down that route means a high chance they will never get to set foot on Indian soil again. Working the system comes at a heavy cost.