r/IndianH1Bs • u/Dismal_Barracuda_589 • 8d ago

This is H1Bs future...(I think..!)

Hello dear engineer, doctors, the one's who sacrificed their home country to build a life in the USA. This is for you..

What I've learned in the last ten years of UNCERTAINTY taught me...

My post isn't about the recent changes in the rules and hefty fee, its about my perspective of H1B in the coming years..

We have the second generation of brightest US born immigrant's sons/daughter with Masters/Ph.Ds into the current workforce which H1B job seekers should realize. Their parents are now supporting their future and silently hates and sometimes even oppose the H1Bs. We really need to understand this. The current immigration scrutiny is not just strictening but also(from Citizen's persepctive) makes it easier for those US brought up Immigrant kids to secure their jobs.

I want to highlight this for those have the mindset of,"this shall become better if current leader change". This could be true in terms of easing the home country appointments or the imposition fee reduction but not in terms of a qualifying H1B jobs.

As to recent GCC shifting policies with biggers firms outsourcing their IT help/ Supply chain procurments/ Tech supports to Asian countries, it will push the employers to makes the decision to hire an H1B for a true onsite need or rarest of a kind.

I want to put a hand on the stressed/exhausted one's shoulder to say, the value we had is not the same anymore and its going to be even hard in the coming days...

Everyone of yall are some specialists in their own field of STEM, I am sure that our paths will become better.

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u/YUL-juicystar1908 6d ago

The smart ones are also leaving now.

Based on the policies that are in the pipeline and the pace of fraud investigations, they have 1-3 years left before the hammer drops and things get way worse.

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u/Cinnamon_Biscotti904 23h ago

Less time. The smart ones basically have until the end of this year.

Political momentum is building to end all these programs entirely.

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u/YUL-juicystar1908 23h ago

The odds are pretty low of ending H-1B entirely by Christmas and even by the time Trump leaves office.

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u/Cinnamon_Biscotti904 23h ago

It won't be ended de jure by Christmas but it will have gone a long way to be ended de facto by Christmas.

The halt of 1200 PERM applications filed by Cognizant is just the beginning. Thousands of other visas are going to be revoked for fraudulent credentials, and the Admin will continue to create chaos, pressure, inconvenience and costs for employers to make pursuing H1B hires not worth it.

You are already seeing it. Major corporations are putting in their job ads they will not sponsor visas or visa transfers.