NEW DELHI: Indian engineers have for long viewed the US as the land of El Dorado with its promise of riches — professional and personal. But they are now a deeply worried lot as nationalist rhetoric turns shrill in Donald Trump<\/a>’s America. 新德里:印度工程师们长期以来一直认为,美国的土地和埃尔多拉多的财富——专业和个人的承诺。但是他们现在很多的民族主义言论把尖锐的深深担忧唐纳德·特朗普的美国。
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Riddled with insecurity about the status of their visas<\/a> and unsure about continuation at American workplaces, scores of Indian techies<\/a> are turning to social media<\/a> platforms to express deep-seated angst.
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\nIn a bid to gauge their mood, ET spoke to several US-based engineers of Indian origin who declined to be identified fearing professional retribution, but expressed a multitude of fears about what the future might hold for them.
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“I got married last year. How much do you think I’ll have to earn to live a comfortable life in Delhi?” asked a senior information technology project manager, who has lived in the US for seven years and works for a technology corporation on an H-1B visa<\/a>.
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\nHis peers are asking similar questions as the Trump government makes plain its intention to tighten the H-1B visa programme. Armies of Indian coders have used this programme to work in the world’s largest market for IT services.
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Industry estimates place the total number of Indian engineers on H-1B visas in the US at 300,000-350,000. This includes employees of Indian tech companies such as Infosys<\/a>, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro<\/a>, as well as those employed by American multinationals like Accenture and IBM<\/a>. American politicians, of all hues, have regularly taken umbrage at this model of outsourcing.
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\nThe Indian information technology services industry is now estimated to be worth $150 billion.
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The lack of clarity on how exactly the Trump administration will tweak visa norms is fuelling apprehension among Indian techies. While some have put off key financial decisions, others say their job prospects have dimmed since the change of guard at the White House<\/a>.
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\n“I have put plans to buy a house on hold, because my visa is expiring next year. So, I don’t know how my green card application, which was supposed to begin in February, would get affected,” said a management graduate who earned his degree in the US and now lives in Texas.
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\nA New York-based information management specialist who has been in the US since 2012 said he has experienced an immediate fallout of the Trump presidency. “I was looking for a job and got one a few weeks ago. But they stalled the appointment because I have an H-1B visa,” he said. “The problem is, we don’t yet know about Trump’s stand on legal immigration. But with him, you never know. So companies are being cautious.”
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\nUncertainty extends to Spouses<\/strong>
\nA foreign worker with an H-1B visa can stay in the US for a maximum of six years, with an initial validity of three years that can be extended by another three, according to legal advice site nolo.com.
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\nIt is not just the engineers who are worried. The uncertainty extends to their spouses too. The fate of the Obama administration’s decision in 2014 to allow spouses of H1-B visa holders to apply for work permits in the country also hangs in the balance.
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“I have to apply for a work permit (EAD) under this provision, but now there is no clarity on how that will work. So we’re waiting and watching,” said a woman who worked as a business analyst in one of India’s top IT companies before relocating to San Francisco in 2014 after marriage. Her husband studied in the US, and now works in Silicon Valley<\/a> in one of the world’s largest technology companies.
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\nAt present, the US has a cap of 65,000 visas for the general category and allows a further 20,000 people who have a US masters’ degree from an accredited institution to also apply. In a year, nearly 200,000 H-1B visa applications are approved, including visa renewals, extensions and other exempt categories.
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\nWORRIES OVER VISA RENEWALS TOO<\/strong><\/em>
\nProfessionals whose visas are coming up for renewal are a worried lot too. On his first day in office, Trump promised to ask the US department of labor to investigate the work visa programmes.
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\n“My visa is coming up for renewal in some time, and I am a little uncertain. But I won’t blame Trump, because he definitely needs to take some hard steps to avoid visa exploitation by companies,” said a senior developer who works for a financial services company in Utah.
\n
\nMost of the senior professionals ET spoke to are of the view that the H-1B visa system, which was designed for “highly skilled workers”, has been misused by some technology companies.
\n
\n“Indian work visa-sponsoring companies import fresh-off-the-boat Indian workers under long-term labour bonds to displace experienced Indian techies already present in the US on H-1B visas,” said Rajiv Dabhadkar, founder of the National Organisation for Software and Technology Professionals, which works for Indian workers overseas.
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\n“It’s the smaller and relatively unknown outsourcing outfits that have been known to rampantly abuse the system,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief executive officer at Greyhound Research.\n\n<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":56793363,"title":"85% feature phone users don't intend to switch to smartphones in India: Survey","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/85-feature-phone-users-dont-intend-to-switch-to-smartphones-in-india-survey\/56793363","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":56793486,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Indian techies nervous about stay in Donald Trump\u2019s America; mull passage back home","synopsis":"Riddled with insecurity about status of their visas & unsure about continuation at US workplaces, Indian techies are turning to social media to express angst.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/indian-techies-nervous-about-stay-in-donald-trumps-america-mull-passage-back-home","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Neha Alawadhi","author_link":"\/author\/479235679\/neha-alawadhi","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479235679.cms?width=250&height=250","author_additional":{"thumbsize":false,"msid":479235679,"author_name":"Neha Alawadhi","author_seo_name":"neha-alawadhi","designation":"Correspondent","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2017-01-26 13:40:59","lastupd":"2017-01-26 13:42:08","breadcrumbTags":["Donald Trump","Tata Consultancy Services Limited","Infosys","Wipro","IBM","white house","TCS","techies","silicon valley","visas","nerds","H-1B visa","Enterprise Services","Social media"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/indian-techies-nervous-about-stay-in-donald-trumps-america-mull-passage-back-home"}}" data-authors="[" neha alawadhi"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-01-26" data-index="article_1">
充满了不安全感的状态签证不清楚延续而在美国工作场所,许多印度人技术人员转向社交媒体平台表达深层的焦虑。
为了衡量他们的情绪,等跟几个不愿透露姓名的印度裔美国工程师担心职业报复,但表达了大量的担忧:未来会怎样。
“我去年结婚了。你觉得我得赚多少钱过上舒适的生活在德里吗?”高级信息技术项目经理问,他已经在美国生活了7年,在一家技术公司的工作h - 1 b签证。
同行问类似问题的特朗普政府有意收紧的h - 1 b签证项目。军队的印度程序员使用这个项目在世界上最大的IT服务市场。
行业估计印度工程师的h - 1 b签证的总数在300000 - 350000年在美国。这包括印度等科技公司的员工印孚瑟斯,塔塔咨询服务公司Wipro以及那些受雇于美国跨国公司如埃森哲和IBM。美国政客,色调,经常怀疑在这个外包的模式。
印度信息技术服务业现在估计价值1500亿美元。
缺乏明确的特朗普政府将如何调整签证规范间担忧的加剧印度技术人员。虽然一些人推迟重要财务决策,其他人说他们的工作前景黯淡,因为改变的警卫白宫。
“我有搁置计划买房子,因为我的签证在明年到期。所以,我不知道我的绿卡申请,预计在2月开始,将受到影响,”一个管理毕业生在美国获得了学位,现在住在德克萨斯州。
纽约信息管理专家自2012年以来在美国说,他经历了立即的影响胜过总统。“我正在寻找一份工作,有一个几周前。但他们停滞不前的任命,因为我有一个h - 1 b签证,”他说。“问题是,我们还不知道对特朗普的站在合法移民。但是对他来说,你永远不会知道的。所以公司谨慎。”
不确定性延伸到配偶
外国工人的h - 1 b签证可以在美国停留最多6年,有一个初始的有效性可以延长三个三年,根据法律咨询网站nolo.com。
不仅是工程师们很担心。这种不确定性也延伸到他们的配偶。的命运,在2014年奥巴马政府决定允许的h1 - b签证持有者的配偶申请工作许可在中国还挂在平衡。
“我必须申请工作许可证(含铅)在这个规定,但是现在没有明确将如何工作。说:“所以我们观望和等待一个女人做过业务分析师在印度最大的IT公司之一后,于2014年迁往旧金山的婚姻。她的丈夫在美国学习,现在在工作硅谷在一个世界上最大的科技公司。
目前,我们有一个为广大年度的工作签证上限为65000类别,允许20000人美国硕士学位认证机构也适用。一年,近200000 h - 1 b签证申请被批准,包括签证续签、扩展和其他豁免类别。
担心签证续签
专业人士的签证即将到期也担心很多。在他执政的第一天,特朗普承诺问美国劳工部调查工作签证项目。
“我的签证即将到期,和我有点不确定。特朗普但我不会责怪,因为他肯定需要一些艰难的措施避免签证公司剥削,”一位资深开发人员在犹他州在一家金融服务公司工作。
大多数的资深专业人士等向认为,h - 1 b签证系统,设计为“高技能工人”,已经被一些滥用科技公司。
“印度visa-sponsoring公司工作项下进口土老帽一般来到中国印度工人劳动力的长期债券取代印度经验丰富的技术人员,对h - 1 b签证在美国已有“Rajiv Dabhadkar说,国家组织的创始人软件和专业技术人员,这为印度工人在海外工作。
“这是小和相对不知名的外包机构被粗暴地滥用这个系统,“说Sanchit梵Gogia,首席执行官在灰狗的研究。
NEW DELHI: Indian engineers have for long viewed the US as the land of El Dorado with its promise of riches — professional and personal. But they are now a deeply worried lot as nationalist rhetoric turns shrill in Donald Trump<\/a>’s America.
\n
Riddled with insecurity about the status of their visas<\/a> and unsure about continuation at American workplaces, scores of Indian techies<\/a> are turning to social media<\/a> platforms to express deep-seated angst.
\n
\nIn a bid to gauge their mood, ET spoke to several US-based engineers of Indian origin who declined to be identified fearing professional retribution, but expressed a multitude of fears about what the future might hold for them.
\n
“I got married last year. How much do you think I’ll have to earn to live a comfortable life in Delhi?” asked a senior information technology project manager, who has lived in the US for seven years and works for a technology corporation on an H-1B visa<\/a>.
\n
\nHis peers are asking similar questions as the Trump government makes plain its intention to tighten the H-1B visa programme. Armies of Indian coders have used this programme to work in the world’s largest market for IT services.
\n
Industry estimates place the total number of Indian engineers on H-1B visas in the US at 300,000-350,000. This includes employees of Indian tech companies such as Infosys<\/a>, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro<\/a>, as well as those employed by American multinationals like Accenture and IBM<\/a>. American politicians, of all hues, have regularly taken umbrage at this model of outsourcing.
\n
\nThe Indian information technology services industry is now estimated to be worth $150 billion.
\n
The lack of clarity on how exactly the Trump administration will tweak visa norms is fuelling apprehension among Indian techies. While some have put off key financial decisions, others say their job prospects have dimmed since the change of guard at the White House<\/a>.
\n
\n“I have put plans to buy a house on hold, because my visa is expiring next year. So, I don’t know how my green card application, which was supposed to begin in February, would get affected,” said a management graduate who earned his degree in the US and now lives in Texas.
\n
\nA New York-based information management specialist who has been in the US since 2012 said he has experienced an immediate fallout of the Trump presidency. “I was looking for a job and got one a few weeks ago. But they stalled the appointment because I have an H-1B visa,” he said. “The problem is, we don’t yet know about Trump’s stand on legal immigration. But with him, you never know. So companies are being cautious.”
\n
\nUncertainty extends to Spouses<\/strong>
\nA foreign worker with an H-1B visa can stay in the US for a maximum of six years, with an initial validity of three years that can be extended by another three, according to legal advice site nolo.com.
\n
\nIt is not just the engineers who are worried. The uncertainty extends to their spouses too. The fate of the Obama administration’s decision in 2014 to allow spouses of H1-B visa holders to apply for work permits in the country also hangs in the balance.
\n
“I have to apply for a work permit (EAD) under this provision, but now there is no clarity on how that will work. So we’re waiting and watching,” said a woman who worked as a business analyst in one of India’s top IT companies before relocating to San Francisco in 2014 after marriage. Her husband studied in the US, and now works in Silicon Valley<\/a> in one of the world’s largest technology companies.
\n
\nAt present, the US has a cap of 65,000 visas for the general category and allows a further 20,000 people who have a US masters’ degree from an accredited institution to also apply. In a year, nearly 200,000 H-1B visa applications are approved, including visa renewals, extensions and other exempt categories.
\n
\nWORRIES OVER VISA RENEWALS TOO<\/strong><\/em>
\nProfessionals whose visas are coming up for renewal are a worried lot too. On his first day in office, Trump promised to ask the US department of labor to investigate the work visa programmes.
\n
\n“My visa is coming up for renewal in some time, and I am a little uncertain. But I won’t blame Trump, because he definitely needs to take some hard steps to avoid visa exploitation by companies,” said a senior developer who works for a financial services company in Utah.
\n
\nMost of the senior professionals ET spoke to are of the view that the H-1B visa system, which was designed for “highly skilled workers”, has been misused by some technology companies.
\n
\n“Indian work visa-sponsoring companies import fresh-off-the-boat Indian workers under long-term labour bonds to displace experienced Indian techies already present in the US on H-1B visas,” said Rajiv Dabhadkar, founder of the National Organisation for Software and Technology Professionals, which works for Indian workers overseas.
\n
\n“It’s the smaller and relatively unknown outsourcing outfits that have been known to rampantly abuse the system,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief executive officer at Greyhound Research.\n\n<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":56793363,"title":"85% feature phone users don't intend to switch to smartphones in India: Survey","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/85-feature-phone-users-dont-intend-to-switch-to-smartphones-in-india-survey\/56793363","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":56793486,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Indian techies nervous about stay in Donald Trump\u2019s America; mull passage back home","synopsis":"Riddled with insecurity about status of their visas & unsure about continuation at US workplaces, Indian techies are turning to social media to express angst.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/indian-techies-nervous-about-stay-in-donald-trumps-america-mull-passage-back-home","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Neha Alawadhi","author_link":"\/author\/479235679\/neha-alawadhi","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479235679.cms?width=250&height=250","author_additional":{"thumbsize":false,"msid":479235679,"author_name":"Neha Alawadhi","author_seo_name":"neha-alawadhi","designation":"Correspondent","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2017-01-26 13:40:59","lastupd":"2017-01-26 13:42:08","breadcrumbTags":["Donald Trump","Tata Consultancy Services Limited","Infosys","Wipro","IBM","white house","TCS","techies","silicon valley","visas","nerds","H-1B visa","Enterprise Services","Social media"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/indian-techies-nervous-about-stay-in-donald-trumps-america-mull-passage-back-home"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/indian-techies-nervous-about-stay-in-donald-trumps-america-mull-passage-back-home/56793486">
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