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Posted on 10/01/2025 6:46:29 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
In another challenging development for Indian professionals in America, H-1B visas and green card processing is set to be affected as the US government shut down on Wednesday.
The shutdown came after President Donald Trump’s Republicans and the opposition Democrats were unable to agree on a congressional budget bill that would fund the government. Immigration lawyers told HT that the shutdown, which ends funding for non-essential government services, will particularly impact new applicants for H-1B visas and employment-based green cards.
This development came after the Trump administration announced a new $100,000 H-1B visa application fee for new applicants. The fee is expected to make it uneconomical for US companies to hire foreign talent. In addition, US senators announced new bipartisan legislation this week that would restrict access to H-1B and L-1 visas.
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Sophie Alcorn, a Silicon Valley-based immigration lawyer who works with a number of Indian tech professionals, believes new applicants will be hit hardest.
“The shutdown creates a mixed bag of consequences, hitting new applications the hardest while largely sparing those already in process. For the Indian diaspora, who represent a huge portion of H-1B and employment-based green card applicants, the biggest immediate impact comes from the department of labour,” Alcorn said. Indian professionals will start facing significant delays in their H-1B and green card application processes.
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didn’t know hitting Indians was a thing
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Aww such a shame
When I was a kid, we played cowboys and H1B Indians.
It's his new troll, now that The Ukraine is imploding.
The government shutdown is going to stall hitting Indians? Hitting them with what?
What kind of Indians? The Elizabeth Warren kind or the red dot kind?
You won’t contribute to the Freep-A-Thon because you don’t want your bosses to see your name on the donations board.
It sure would suck to depend on another country for your livelihood. Perhaps you can petition your own government for some economic boost.
Time for 100% tariff on H1b invader remittances to India.
I try hard not to follow the Ukie Rus flame wars, so I never noticed.
I don’t mind the H1b obsession. It’s just humorous to watch … so far.
Anyway.. I went to the local fancy coffee shop today and they drew the cutest cat in the crema on top of my espresso.
America for Americans, spoken by a Nativist
Good news.
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