"I wanted to keep working and studying in the US, but I tried to get a H-1B visa three times and was unsuccessful. When I read about the Trump administration's plans to introduce a $100,000 fee for employers sponsoring new H-1B petitions, it felt like my situation was getting worse and worse. My student work authorization, which allows me to be employed in the US, is expiring in January."
"Before moving to the US, I worked at Tata Consultancy Services in Bengaluru for five and a half years. I was happy with my career, but I wanted to add to my professional profile by studying abroad. I was inspired by colleagues and schoolmates who moved to Europe and the US, and I was so happy that I was accepted by Duke, an Ivy Plus school."
Shreya Mishra Reddy moved to the United States in December 2021 to pursue a Master’s in engineering management at Duke University and began working at Visa as a technical program manager in 2023. She attempted to obtain an H-1B visa three times through the lottery system without success. Her student work authorization will expire in January, prompting plans to return to India and reapply. Proposed policy to impose a $100,000 fee on employers sponsoring new H-1B petitions has sharply reduced her prospects of securing employer-sponsored work authorization in the US.
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