Settling for less - H1B over GC, OPT over H1B, Canada over US

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kcco

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Last one is probably debatable. An observation post - I am beyond convinced that neither #immigration nor #workvisa issues will ever be resolved for people from India. It is us who are to be blamed for this. We as a community are perfectly fine with settling for less.
Lately Iโ€™ve seen a surge of posts from poor folks who were not picked for H1B. General theme of their posts are - what companies hires OPT when H1B is unavailable. What they are missing out is they are giving employers a valid reason to โ€” not โ€” push for H1B reforms. Typical tenure of an employee is well below 3 years, which is within the range of your OPT. So why should they care about your long term stay when you can be replaced with another OPT holder? This same principle holds true for folks waiting on the GC queue. We are always happy with settling for whatever we can get our hands on.

TC: does that help with our issues?

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  • Why would US care about Indian population on H1. I fail to understand when they can hire you on h1b. If not you somebody else.
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    • Google
      isuz21

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      isuz21
      H1 is very attractive for Indian population because of green card backlog. If they become free agent, they will demand more wages and change companies more often.

      Companies love wage depression.
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  • Citrix Systems / Eng
    AllGasNo๐Ÿšจ

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    AllGasNo๐Ÿšจ
    What are you suggesting that we do? There are plenty of petitions signed, our concerns voiced on online platforms and consultancies flagged for fraud on USCIS. Nothing has been and probably will not be done in our favour. USCIS and the US government doesnโ€™t care
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    • Google
      isuz21

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      isuz21
      Petitions are worth not even the display they lighten up. If you really want to help, do real advocacy. Call your congressman/woman and senator. Support bills like eagle act.
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  • New / Strategy
    xlk253728

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    xlk253728
    But you are not a citizen, don't they have other issues that actually affect their citizens?
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    • Lyft
      kcco

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      kcco
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      โ€œTheyโ€ are known to bend their backs when it comes to strong willed peeps/countries. Since โ€œweโ€ are born malleable, we are never going to get heard.
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    • Lyft
      kcco

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      Also, DACA-gens are not citizens either. Why are they being heard and discussed every time?
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  • H1B reforms require political support and people on h1b or OPT have zero political clout. Companies have been wanting to increase H1B numbers for a while but it is not gonna happen because politicians are not gonna risk supporting it when they have nothing to gain from it
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    • Lyft
      kcco

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      And thatโ€™s not going to happen cause basically we are spineless community happy with whatever little we can get our hands on.
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    • Thatโ€™s not true, people have been trying to do different things, most people were just watching from the sidelines though. But regardless, without political clout nothing is gonna happen. Politicians are more interested in illegal immigration vs long queue in legal immigration
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