Suddenly things become different and here after leaving and entering united states even with proper visa papers are getting tougher these days..,
Rathan was in H1b and he just applied for his extension and being accepted. He had plans to go to India for his vacation as he had his sister's wedding to attend. At the same time he thought to go stamping in chennai. He had all his paper work and date was fixed for his appointment in the embassy. Finally after the inquiry his visa was rejected. There was no proper response given. Inspite of having all his papers he was not able to do anything right now. He is not the only one who went across this there are hundred more rathan's in the same place.
One of the common reasoning was there are enough people who don't have jobs in US so they don't appreciate people from outside. There are enough people in the bench so they don't want to recruit new people. There are enough companies who filed for their Bankruptcy so they don't want their company to be in the same stage. Finally, if a company needs to receive the benefit of stimulus package then they are suppose to give first preference for the citizens then to permanent residents and the third will be the H1B's. After this comes the students who are applying for internship or for training. At one period of time interns were paid and later they base don their performance they were provided with the job following the internship. right now there are no internship position which are ready to pay.
On the other hand there are other companies who are trying to utilize this situation by hiring people for less. If there was a job opening in California for IT means the pay was normally 60$ to 120$.., right now they are hiring people for 40$, though we speak about economy and other things how a family will survive with this salary as the employee will get less than 25$ if he has 2 or 3 layers in between. The cost of living has not comedown because the economy is bad. Still the grocery store bill is the same and still you need to pay your utility bill. Generally if an immigrant is unemployed means he receives a monthly amount from the government but imagine the condition of non immigrant who is working here and suddenly he loses his job without anything left in his hand. Getting back to their mother land will not be a very good option as even for going there and doing something he needs the same vitamin M.
I really wonder where are we right now.., what are we gonna do in the future.., still wait for the economy to get better or just pack the bags and leave.., but whatever you decide just ask yourself whether you have reached your destination that u determined.But, you are the proud survivor right now in spite of having all the arrows pointed towards you. Trust me there will be a push which will really make you go high if you still have the same stream of blood running inside you with the same spirit.
