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> No one is being forced to remain on H1B visas for any length of time, you can always quit and leave any time I'm taking the abuse for a better life for my fa

> No one is being forced to remain on H1B visas for any length of time, you can always quit and leave any time I'm taking the abuse for a better life for my family. >This affects individuals who have a green card application pending and are being granted 1-year extensions while their application is pending due to a country-based quota system and thus backlog. The wait time is somewhere between half a century and three and a half centuries [1] The Tech companies or the attorneys never tell their employees about this long wait time. Instead they just lie it being 5-to-10 years. It happened to me, I realised my turn will never come up only after waiting 10 years in the line. [1] https://www.cato.org/blog/no-one-knows-how-long-legal-immigrants-will-have-wait https://www.cato.org/blog/no-one-knows-how-long-legal-immigr...

frankchn 9y ago
I am guessing you are an Indian national currently on a H1B visa (given that you are apparently on an H1B visa and have been in the green card queue for 10 years). If this comes to pass, you will either (a) be transferred to another country by your company if they like you enough or (b) lose your job and get kicked out of the US unceremoniously. How is this better for you or your family? If you dislike the your job and the H1B program, you can leave right now on your own terms, rather than wait for the Administration to enact new policies to kick you out.
- immgrnt 9y ago
  > How is this better for you Standing in a line for 10 years, and then realizing there is no line. I wish no one else have to go through what I'm going through
  - frankchn 9y ago
    Sure, if there is comprehensive immigration reform that removes the queue for Indian-born applicants. Doesn't sound like that is what the current Administration is planning though. I think at least some people on H1B like their jobs and company (and vice versa) even if the wait for a green card is currently indeterminate, and won't be too happy to see this happen. > I wish no one else have to go through what I'm going through So you think this is a good idea even though your family and you will likely be negatively affected by it if it happens? I assume the only reason that your family and you are still on an H1B is because, on balance, it is better to be in the US than somewhere else, despite you "taking the abuse".

frankchn 9y ago

I am guessing you are an Indian national currently on a H1B visa (given that you are apparently on an H1B visa and have been in the green card queue for 10 years). If this comes to pass, you will either (a) be transferred to another country by your company if they like you enough or (b) lose your job and get kicked out of the US unceremoniously. How is this better for you or your family? If you dislike the your job and the H1B program, you can leave right now on your own terms, rather than wait for the Administration to enact new policies to kick you out.

immgrnt 9y ago
> How is this better for you Standing in a line for 10 years, and then realizing there is no line. I wish no one else have to go through what I'm going through
- frankchn 9y ago
  Sure, if there is comprehensive immigration reform that removes the queue for Indian-born applicants. Doesn't sound like that is what the current Administration is planning though. I think at least some people on H1B like their jobs and company (and vice versa) even if the wait for a green card is currently indeterminate, and won't be too happy to see this happen. > I wish no one else have to go through what I'm going through So you think this is a good idea even though your family and you will likely be negatively affected by it if it happens? I assume the only reason that your family and you are still on an H1B is because, on balance, it is better to be in the US than somewhere else, despite you "taking the abuse".