Comments on: This Indian American STEM Advocate Ages out of H4 Visa to Face Uncertainties in US that She Calls Home

By: Aryan

Aryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:00:33 +0000

In reply to MSA. You have no clue what you spoke here. Did you read that about 200K people who came as children now out of their parent's legal status.

By: SP

SP — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:46:56 +0000

Everyone are happy to go back if they don’t like USA rule of law. Just obey the rule of law of USA.

By: Rami

Rami — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:03:13 +0000

It’s odd that she did not know the implications and consequences. Either she is acting dumb or is really one. Hard to believe some claims.
Indian education is a lot better value for the money. I suspect she is from Andhra or Karnataka, who call US their home and not India.
Sorry for the situation, but we all know and should know there is No free lunch folks!

By: San

San — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:52:08 +0000

I think that all these issues are just one sided picture. I might be wrong but I know many Indians who are not Citizens/Green Card holders pay less taxes due to their visa status. I will also say, that when we US citizens go to India, we pay higher fees (places such as Taj Mahal and other destinations) because we are US citizen. How many immigrant Indian’s children draft in US Armed forces – I don’t know any. Your country is not where you grow up but where you have rights as citizen. I have sympathy (as I have many nephew and nieces in the same situation as this bright young lady), but I think it is fault of the media, society and the parents who tell the children that “they are US Citizens”. They are NOT US citizens, they are living as “Guest” in US. A simple example is – If I come and stay at your place for few months and then extend it for few years and another few years – do I really own your home because NOW I know customs of your home more than my home?
Again, I am not Immigration but I find it hard to believe that people just get this “notion” that this is my country, even when they are on visitor visa, F1 Visa, H1 visa, H4 visa. If you are in Europe, you will not think like that. The immigration is much more difficult there. I have heard that if you move to Singapore, it is the same or worse.
By the way, the same people can’t complain that they can’t buy land in Kashmir or Dehradoon even when they live all their lives there. So, rather than being shocked, first think why you believe you are entitled – on what basis?

By: Mallika

Mallika — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:57:48 +0000

>she had no idea that she would be treated as a foreign student by George Mason University of Fairfax, Virginia. She realized it only when she received the tuition bill for one semester, which was three times what she paid per semester in her first three years of collage during the H4 status.

That’s strange, for someone as bright as her. A shock, I’m sure, but not completely unexpected.
Luckily, she only has a year left. I assume she is making some money from her AWS gig. For graduate studies, she can probably get scholarships, even as a foreign student; or an assistantship, that may help qualify her for local tuition.

The cost of getting a four year Bachelors for US kids is often ignored by people coming in from India, thinking they are better than the local people because they have degrees. Yes, some kids aren’t that interested in studies – but cost is also a prohibitive factor for bright kids from lower income levels that are not comfortable with huge amounts in loans.

By: MSA

MSA — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:48:25 +0000

This is a rare case of H4 where someone came here as a kid and aged out their H4 visa. Most of the H4 visa holders are spouses of H1-B visa holders who come to US after marriage and start complaining about lack of jobs. I feel compared to most of Europe and Asia Pacific US has laid back immigration policies until recently. This is why lot of IT consulting companies have exploited loopholes in US immigration system for many years. Lets not just talk about one side of the issue.