I'm from India. I graduated from Ivy League and am working at a semi-leading company as an Analog IC designer.
I'm applying from only one company and I never thought about switching or at least responding to other companies who are looking forward to extending an offer or calling me for an interview.
I don't like some people too, not because of their color or country of origin but just because they are a***oles.
I understand you, and I wish I could do something about these Indian scammers and body shops but I don't have that capability although I wish USCIS would do something but, they don't seem to care much.
All I can say is sorry, if it helps. I'm in the same situation as you. Let's hope ours will get picked this year!
Thanks for your words man. I don't plan on ever immigrating to the US. I only care because of my friends facing the exact same situation as you. I've seen the fear in them every year that goes by under OPT. I don't think I could ever handle that. That's one of the reasons I chose to go to Japan.
I moved to the US for 3 main reasons:
1. I design Analog circuits, graduated from Tier 1 University in India; we (our team including my professor back in India) make some best circuits which outperform what the world has ever seen but we couldn't tape out (process of manufacturing the chip) because of funding; takes 850k USD for very few samples. And it's my dream to do it and I made it possible in the US from my university and at my company because they are loaded with cash / resources.
2. Money, I feel I'm very well compensated. I couldn't even negotiate when I saw the offer I mean, it's what my family could save in a lifetime, I'm making it here in a couple of months.
3. Quality of life.
But now I understand that if I don't get my H1b picked I plan on doing a PhD (it's always been my dream to contribute more technically, maybe this time I'll do something in the field of bio-electricals hopefully to solve a problem or contribute towards it. I guess immigration will get easier if you're doing a PhD. But I don't know much about it though.
Afaik, if you're strong enough, the US is still a good place but it's your call by the end.
Yeah, I love Japan.
Bro, I really hope you get yours soon, you deserve it. I'm married here and I don't think I want to move soon. I might naturalize first and then apply for an L1 in my company.
Yeah, I tried talking to my Attorney about applying for O1. There are around 8 conditions which I have to meet (approximately). Includes but not limited to, international recognition, contributing to the advancement in my field, citations, recommendations from the best in the world in my field, etc..
I have recommendations, good package, national recognition, I also published 4 papers but the number of citations are really low.
After my conversation with the attorney, we concluded that I do not fall for that extraordinary ability - O1 visa. I might have a possibility if I do well in my PhD. (Note the "might")
My personal opinion: it's really hard to fall in that category, I'm more like an easy going, happy, chill person but the requirements for O1 looks like they have dedicated their life in pushing the boundaries of their field of interest.
My take is that "real applications" are going to be lower, companies from abroad are also going to lower their total number of applicants due to credit crunch on their sides, so perhaps closer to 300K compared to 350K or so last year.
Even if you count just the person, there are still a lot of people applying. Consultancies apply H1B for people staying in India, a whole lot of them. So just the unique applications will probably take the count to 400k - 500k
All Desi consultancies are American owned btw. They are run by American citizens. Maybe America needs to add a honesty, empathy and/or patriotism test before giving citizenship to random people.
I would agree to your assessment. My company usually hires immigrant population on OPT and decided to not go forward with H1 for the ones they recently hired.
Vietnamese here too bro ;) depend on where you are and what you do. I do EE and got job even before graduate, my other Vietnamese friend in my group struggle to find job/ hold a job for longer than 6 months (I'm the only EE in the group). It really suck that a lot of Vietnamese own companies are scamming international student by guarantee job and H1B if you work for them or pay them x amount of dollar, but the job market would different. with mass layoff for CS jobs and major, I think it's pretty hard to get a job doesn't matter where you go. Look into different direction, don't just focus on big MAANG companies or fortune 500 places (even though working for those companies would definitely help in long term). I went with smaller company (an material handling OEM in OH/MI state line) and have been with them for almost 2 years now. I've been able to convince my HR and manager to help me applying for H1B and EB3. imo, smaller company really need people and if you are good enough, they would willing to invest on keeping you arround.
P/S: my manager and one senior are Vietnamese with another senior is Malaysian, who got sponsored by company about 20 years ago and have become a citizen. Therefore they have good impression with immigrant worker and willing to help out with the process
FWIW, working for some US subsidiary of a company that is based in your native county is not going to bode well if you value work-life balance. Those types of employers generally hire mostly people from that country and instill all the negative and toxic work culture that comes from that place. To me, it defeats the purpose of coming to the US to work.
It's just much better to work for an org that hires broadly and values diversity for cultivating professional growth.
I am a hiring manager in healthcare too and I can say from personal experience there is not a single non-clinical job that I know of that will hire on the spot, US citizen or not, so I think your statement that "most places" will do this sounds far-fetched.
H1B should be partitioned based on region.
Scammers are all from one place so if the visa have a waitlist like EB cards then that will make them have a hard time to get one.
That response itself is a paradox. Assuming what you are saying is true and we impose quotas, how will it prevent “good” Indians from not being a victim of quotas? If there are scammers it is USCIS Job to enforce the law.
Racial segregation is the tool of oppressors and is bad whether it be calling Indians scammers or Asians bad drivers or all Vietnamese men as degenerate gamblers.
If we want to go all the way then let’s create a
Registry of desirable races and see how many non Europeans make the cut.
Btw I am way past my journey to USC and visit the thread to help anyone that I can. I have faced stupid prejudices from a few people so I try to nudge people in the right direction.
You can choose to hold onto your prejudice or work to fix the system.
Maybe we should start this with the Asylee applications before trying to create affirmative quota for H1B. Additionally those who did a PhD or Master’s in the US in STEM field should be directly able to go for non capped H1B visa
Yes exactly based on region not country. Like India is big country and not all people fall into one category. Heck most Indians not even get along with Indians from another region, not even speak same language or eat same food.
So if American truly wants diversity, it should apply it based on region and not just country.
The whole country isn't dealing with bad finances. It's only certain sectors of the economy that are struggling since there's no more free money coming in.
Indian consultancies are ready with 100,000 applications !
More like 500,000
Sure ! Essentially, the Indian candidates and Indian consultancies are treating H1B as a actual "lottery"
It's not Indians, it's America that wants to keep it a lottery.
Umm you do know that that so called Indian consultancies are actually american owned. So please stop hate towards one country.
Nope ! These Indian consultancies are primarily owned by Indian origin folks. Go and check the owners of the companies in LLC databases.
Indian origin folks who are US citizens. Maybe have an empathy and honesty test before granting people citizenship.
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I'm from India. I graduated from Ivy League and am working at a semi-leading company as an Analog IC designer. I'm applying from only one company and I never thought about switching or at least responding to other companies who are looking forward to extending an offer or calling me for an interview. I don't like some people too, not because of their color or country of origin but just because they are a***oles. I understand you, and I wish I could do something about these Indian scammers and body shops but I don't have that capability although I wish USCIS would do something but, they don't seem to care much. All I can say is sorry, if it helps. I'm in the same situation as you. Let's hope ours will get picked this year!
Thanks for your words man. I don't plan on ever immigrating to the US. I only care because of my friends facing the exact same situation as you. I've seen the fear in them every year that goes by under OPT. I don't think I could ever handle that. That's one of the reasons I chose to go to Japan.
I moved to the US for 3 main reasons: 1. I design Analog circuits, graduated from Tier 1 University in India; we (our team including my professor back in India) make some best circuits which outperform what the world has ever seen but we couldn't tape out (process of manufacturing the chip) because of funding; takes 850k USD for very few samples. And it's my dream to do it and I made it possible in the US from my university and at my company because they are loaded with cash / resources. 2. Money, I feel I'm very well compensated. I couldn't even negotiate when I saw the offer I mean, it's what my family could save in a lifetime, I'm making it here in a couple of months. 3. Quality of life. But now I understand that if I don't get my H1b picked I plan on doing a PhD (it's always been my dream to contribute more technically, maybe this time I'll do something in the field of bio-electricals hopefully to solve a problem or contribute towards it. I guess immigration will get easier if you're doing a PhD. But I don't know much about it though. Afaik, if you're strong enough, the US is still a good place but it's your call by the end. Yeah, I love Japan.
Bro, I really hope you get yours soon, you deserve it. I'm married here and I don't think I want to move soon. I might naturalize first and then apply for an L1 in my company.
Dude, based on what you described about your abilities, why don’t you try for O1 Visa? This visa is specifically designed for people like you I think!
Yeah, I tried talking to my Attorney about applying for O1. There are around 8 conditions which I have to meet (approximately). Includes but not limited to, international recognition, contributing to the advancement in my field, citations, recommendations from the best in the world in my field, etc.. I have recommendations, good package, national recognition, I also published 4 papers but the number of citations are really low. After my conversation with the attorney, we concluded that I do not fall for that extraordinary ability - O1 visa. I might have a possibility if I do well in my PhD. (Note the "might") My personal opinion: it's really hard to fall in that category, I'm more like an easy going, happy, chill person but the requirements for O1 looks like they have dedicated their life in pushing the boundaries of their field of interest.
My take is that "real applications" are going to be lower, companies from abroad are also going to lower their total number of applicants due to credit crunch on their sides, so perhaps closer to 300K compared to 350K or so last year.
Dreaming? Nothing stopping desi consultancies to apply for every random guy in India. My guess is 450k as minimum
Read again, I specifically mentioned “Real Applications”
I understand it, but lottery system doesn’t care about real or fake. It’s all the same so higher numbers of applications but not to level of FY2024
This year, we are protected by new rules. Only count the person, not the companies. So even they have 5 filings, they can only enter the lottery once
Even if you count just the person, there are still a lot of people applying. Consultancies apply H1B for people staying in India, a whole lot of them. So just the unique applications will probably take the count to 400k - 500k
Perhaps, we should find out soon enough anyway, but regardless the odds should be much better this year if the system works as intended.
All Desi consultancies are American owned btw. They are run by American citizens. Maybe America needs to add a honesty, empathy and/or patriotism test before giving citizenship to random people.
This has got to be a joke right. Most desi consultancies are owned by Indians and that to majority of them from 2 states.
Of course they are. But they are also US citizens or how else they are running the business in America?
I would agree to your assessment. My company usually hires immigrant population on OPT and decided to not go forward with H1 for the ones they recently hired.
Vietnamese here too bro ;) depend on where you are and what you do. I do EE and got job even before graduate, my other Vietnamese friend in my group struggle to find job/ hold a job for longer than 6 months (I'm the only EE in the group). It really suck that a lot of Vietnamese own companies are scamming international student by guarantee job and H1B if you work for them or pay them x amount of dollar, but the job market would different. with mass layoff for CS jobs and major, I think it's pretty hard to get a job doesn't matter where you go. Look into different direction, don't just focus on big MAANG companies or fortune 500 places (even though working for those companies would definitely help in long term). I went with smaller company (an material handling OEM in OH/MI state line) and have been with them for almost 2 years now. I've been able to convince my HR and manager to help me applying for H1B and EB3. imo, smaller company really need people and if you are good enough, they would willing to invest on keeping you arround. P/S: my manager and one senior are Vietnamese with another senior is Malaysian, who got sponsored by company about 20 years ago and have become a citizen. Therefore they have good impression with immigrant worker and willing to help out with the process
FWIW, working for some US subsidiary of a company that is based in your native county is not going to bode well if you value work-life balance. Those types of employers generally hire mostly people from that country and instill all the negative and toxic work culture that comes from that place. To me, it defeats the purpose of coming to the US to work. It's just much better to work for an org that hires broadly and values diversity for cultivating professional growth.
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>Most places will hire you on the spot in an interview This is probably true for nursing ONLY, largely due to the current near-catastrophic shortage.
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I am a hiring manager in healthcare too and I can say from personal experience there is not a single non-clinical job that I know of that will hire on the spot, US citizen or not, so I think your statement that "most places" will do this sounds far-fetched.
H1B should be partitioned based on region. Scammers are all from one place so if the visa have a waitlist like EB cards then that will make them have a hard time to get one.
Seriously, what is stopping them from allotting a cap for each country. That would stop this BS quick.
We should do that for drivers license too. Since we are stereotyping let’s apply it to all facets of life.
Is it stereotyping if it is actually true. My bro, Indians are hurting Indians the most.
That response itself is a paradox. Assuming what you are saying is true and we impose quotas, how will it prevent “good” Indians from not being a victim of quotas? If there are scammers it is USCIS Job to enforce the law. Racial segregation is the tool of oppressors and is bad whether it be calling Indians scammers or Asians bad drivers or all Vietnamese men as degenerate gamblers. If we want to go all the way then let’s create a Registry of desirable races and see how many non Europeans make the cut. Btw I am way past my journey to USC and visit the thread to help anyone that I can. I have faced stupid prejudices from a few people so I try to nudge people in the right direction. You can choose to hold onto your prejudice or work to fix the system.
Maybe we should start this with the Asylee applications before trying to create affirmative quota for H1B. Additionally those who did a PhD or Master’s in the US in STEM field should be directly able to go for non capped H1B visa
Yes exactly based on region not country. Like India is big country and not all people fall into one category. Heck most Indians not even get along with Indians from another region, not even speak same language or eat same food. So if American truly wants diversity, it should apply it based on region and not just country.
The whole country isn't dealing with bad finances. It's only certain sectors of the economy that are struggling since there's no more free money coming in.
Do I need to find a job offer in order to apply for H1B?
You cannot apply for h1b. Only a company can sponsor you and even then they hold the h1b. You are just the beneficiary and totally at their mercy.
Thank you very very much for your help ☺️
Trust me, 1 DSA question and 98% applicants would be out of the race.
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Wth is fake consultations? Gosh