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There is no reference to lots of dubious universities exist only to have candidates from India/China. The students immediately get a CPT and start working at pl

by geodel 10y ago

There is no reference to lots of dubious universities exist only to have candidates from India/China. The students immediately get a CPT and start working at places nothing to do with their fields. They appear mostly for exams and some weekend classes and keep working full time. Unless higher education criteria defined and universities scrutinized for bad behavior, most of the H1 abuse will shift to F1.

fwiwm2c 10y ago
That is a fair point - agree that there is no clear threshold on the "quality" of education provided by various universities. Thus admissions into the lower rung of universities is quite easy which can be exploited. I didn't want to get into this as it opens another can of worms on whether US universities should be certified to give an OPT period (which eventually becomes a stepping stone for H1-Bs). Do you have any suggestions here?
- geodel 10y ago
  Considering the problem has existed for long time and very smart people tried to find solution. I do not think there is really easy solution lurking around. From my perspective US gives the best combination of features to a very large section of Indians who hold H1 visa. These are (relative)large american salary, a high quality 'Indian' lifestyle which includes large availability of movies, cricket, food etc and other assorted luxuries which in US are called middle class things but they are almost very top end luxuries back home. The intersection of these features makes it very unique for Indians in US as compared to European/Canadian/Australian in US. If first world person get laid off, or decide to leave, it may be monetary loss but other things back home will compensate. But for most Indians it may a unequivocal loss in term of money and lifestyle. The only solution I think is massive infrastructure improvement in India affordable at Indian salaries. This is very difficult to achieve. For now it is whining about traffic on US-267 or whatever in a luxury car vs 2-3 hr of soul crushing train and bus ride 1-way. So once things improve drastically back home people will have much less incentive to leave just for money.

by geodel 10y ago

fwiwm2c 10y ago

That is a fair point - agree that there is no clear threshold on the "quality" of education provided by various universities. Thus admissions into the lower rung of universities is quite easy which can be exploited. I didn't want to get into this as it opens another can of worms on whether US universities should be certified to give an OPT period (which eventually becomes a stepping stone for H1-Bs). Do you have any suggestions here?

geodel 10y ago
Considering the problem has existed for long time and very smart people tried to find solution. I do not think there is really easy solution lurking around. From my perspective US gives the best combination of features to a very large section of Indians who hold H1 visa. These are (relative)large american salary, a high quality 'Indian' lifestyle which includes large availability of movies, cricket, food etc and other assorted luxuries which in US are called middle class things but they are almost very top end luxuries back home. The intersection of these features makes it very unique for Indians in US as compared to European/Canadian/Australian in US. If first world person get laid off, or decide to leave, it may be monetary loss but other things back home will compensate. But for most Indians it may a unequivocal loss in term of money and lifestyle. The only solution I think is massive infrastructure improvement in India affordable at Indian salaries. This is very difficult to achieve. For now it is whining about traffic on US-267 or whatever in a luxury car vs 2-3 hr of soul crushing train and bus ride 1-way. So once things improve drastically back home people will have much less incentive to leave just for money.