US H-1B Visa News: America is considered a good country for higher education considering it is easy to get a job without earning a degree. But now the situation is waffly here too. Last week, President Donald Trump increased the fee for the H-1B visa, a popular job among Indians , to $100,000 (approximately Rs 88 lakh). Indian students, who were dreaming of working on H-1B visas without earning a degree, are most worried without Trump's decision. They have suffered a major setback.
The situation is such that Indians have now decided not to go to America . According to a Reuters report, Paridhi Upadhyay, a resident of Lucknow, had received a scholarship to study computer science in the US. She had plane packed her tons to go to the US, but then reverted her plans without Trump increased the H-1B visa fees. Paridhi's father said, "Trump's attacks on immigrants are forcing us to consider other countries for her.
Tension of paying debt, now plan to go to other countries
Paridhi is one of thousands of Indian students who wanted to go to the US to fulfill the "American Dream ." She planned to go there and enjoy a world-class education, a promising career, and a unconfined quality of life. An Indian student in Dallas, Texas, said he was pursuing a master's stratum in computer science. But now he's worried well-nigh repaying his $80,000 (Rs 70 lakh) loan. He moreover feels his future is shrouded in uncertainty."
The Indian student, who declined to be named for fear of retaliation from immigration officials, said, "My only goal right now is to well-constructed my degree, find an internship, and pay off my debt." Given the deteriorating situation in the US and the increased fees for H-1B visas, he said, "I'll go to Canada or Europe, any place that's willing to winnow us." This is the plan of many Indians who are now planning to leave the US and move to other countries.
Students in 'wait and watch' mode, taxing a plan B
Piyush Kumar of IDP Education said, "Many students and parents are currently in a 'wait and watch' mode. They are looking at options to go to countries like the UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand." Students now want a Plan B and are taxing it. Patlola Bharat Reddy, Managing Partner of Uni Planet Overseas Education, said, "Students are once taxing a Plan B considering return on investment matters."
Students are stuff unpreventable that the situation in the US will transpiration in the future and things will modernize for them. K.P. Singh of IMFS, a study upalong education consultancy, said, "We are reassuring them that this order may squatter legal hurdles and things may transpiration by the time they graduate."
