Are lots of desis on h1bs getting impacted by the ongoing layoffs? What is their strategy to maintain the status besides finding a new job in this market? Do you know any friends who got impacted and what are they doing now?

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1. Have a spouse with H1B and hope that they don’t lose their job
2. Marry someone with GC or citizenship
3. Enroll in a university and get F1 status, if you really have to be in the country (which will be under an immense scrutiny now)

It’s not like you have a lot of options. Most I know either went to Canada or home, as they don’t have any options left. A bill to pause H1B was introduced in congress, which may never become a law. But that tells you what the republicans and this admin wants. And you have at least 2.5 years of that left.

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Everyone is job hugging. Amplified multifold if on H1B. No promotion, no bonus, minimal raise - still no resignation. The job market is hamstrung right now. Lot of previously known H1B employers have backed away from H1B - Walmart being a big one in recent times. Right now everyone is looking to tide through avoiding India travel as much as possible given the miserable visa appointment situation.

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