The corona virus has been locked down in the US. Millions of people have lost their jobs. In such a situation, people living in the US on H-1B visa are threatened to leave the country by June. Most Indians are residing in the US on such visas. It is a temporary visa program designed for people with special skills.
Individuals who achieve this can legally remain in the US for only 60 days without payment. So, by June, many people who are there on H-1B visas may face a crisis of living in America.
But the problem does not end here. If such Indians also want to come back, then this will not be possible. Indeed, India has closed its borders indefinitely.
According to Jeremy Neffald, immigration policy analyst in Washington DC, nearly two and a half million guest workers are trying to get a green card, including about two million H-1B visa holders, who are in their legal position to remain in the US by the end of June The situation may be lost.
Technological industries are important to support remotely functioning offices. Alex Burgos, senior vice president of federal policy and government relations at TechNet, said these are providing telehealth services to doctors and helping students learn at home.
We have seen that the administration extends the tax filing deadline. He said that similar flexibility is understandable in visa programs as there is no fault of anyone here.
However, the Trump administration has not responded to the letter. A spokesman for the US Citizenship and Immigration Service declined to say whether the agency would extend the visa deadline.
However, it did say that it can provide special assistance to those affected by circumstances beyond its control when requested. The administration has consistently taken a strong stand on immigration and workers of foreign origin.
The US economy is derailing because of the Corona virus. Millions of people are unemployed and more than 50 thousand people have died. At the same time, the number of people infected by the epidemic has exceeded 1 million.