zlacker

> Getting a US VISA is hard and painful when you come from a populous country like China or India

Getting a green card is harder if you were born in China or India, not getting a visa, but once you've been on an H-1B for a sufficiently long period of time, you can only keep that status with a pending green card application. Switching employers at this stage is more difficult.

>>cwzwar+(OP)
Aren't there rumblings that the current administration wants to actually remove the opportunity to indefinitely linger on H1B/advance parole status while the green card application is pending ? Sounds credible as far as current administration goes, and would certainly be a huge long term problem for the US, but there we are.

>>golem1+O1
There was a rumored proposal, but USCIS announced the other day that it was unlikely to happen, and also mentioned that if it did happen it would not apply to existing AC-21 holders, as their employers could file extensions in one year increments.

The DHS has said that they want to propose the end of the H-4 visa giving work authorization for spouses of H-1B holders.