> The irony is that none of this might have happened had Bahl's H1B visa had not expired. The special visas granted to skilled workers are good only for six yea

> The irony is that none of this might have happened had Bahl's H1B visa had not expired. The special visas granted to skilled workers are good only for six years. Bahl graduated from the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. I don't know much about him but just taking a guess that if he could have extended his visa, he could have worked at some large financial/tech company as an analyst, like most people on H1Bs. If startup-visa existed, he could've moved to SV to create something big instead of moving back home. It worked out well for him and India that his visa expired. I don't claim to predict the future but the world might have got something better than a Groupon-clone if people like him could be enticed to form/work-on startups in SV instead of choosing between large companies that can afford to sponsor H1Bs or going back home.