H-1B visas must end’: Wife of US citizen shares plight of landing IT jobs
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Indians don't want to fix their own country. They're happy it's a shithole and dream of fleeing it so their village rivals stay stuck in that shithole.
fix?..
why?
India is lumber 1.... the best ...
they want to the world to experience their lumber one ness....
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Commendable achievement by both Indian and Pakistani immigrants
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There are ten Pakistani immigrants included among founders or co-founders of unicorns in America, according to a recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). A unicorn is a startup with a valuation of at least one billion U.S. dollars. Immigrant entrepreneurs of US unicorns are diverse, hailing from 76 different countries. India, with 96 companies, is the leading country of origin for the immigrant founders of U.S. billion-dollar companies. Immigrants from Israel founded the second-most billion-dollar companies with 60, followed by the United Kingdom (47), China (41), Canada (30), Russia (23), France (21), Germany (18), Ukraine (16), Australia (14), Pakistan (10) and Romania (10). Some companies were founded by entrepreneurs from the same country or immigrants from multiple countries.
Why are Indian entrepreneurs leading the pack of unicorn founders/co-founders in America? The key reason is that “the great Indian brain drain” is accelerating with the country rapidly losing its best and brightest to the West, particularly the United States. Large presence of the Indian immigrant unicorn founders in America is attributed to the fact that most immigrant founders come to the U.S. as students or H1B workers, categories dominated by Indians. Over 80% of the H1B visas go to Indian applicants. India also leads in sending students to study in US universities.
Pakistan, too, is suffering brain drain but not on the same scale as India. Most prominent among Pakistan-origin unicorn founders/cofounders are Karachi-born Sualeh Asif, Lala Moosa-born Qasar Younis, Karachi’s NED University alumnus Rehan Jalil and Pakistani-American serial entrepreneur Zia Chishti.
26 year old Karachi born Sualeh Asif, cofounder of Cursor (Anysphere) recently joined the list of Forbes Billionaires after Cursor reached a $29.3 billion valuation in November 2025, according to Forbes magazine.
43 year old Qasar Younis, a Lala Moosa born Harvard-educated Pakistani-American, is the CEO of Applied Intuition, a physical AI and autonomous vehicle software firm valued at $15 billion. Younis's resume includes his role as Chief Operating Officer of Y-Combinator, a spawning ground for tech giants Dropbox, Airbnb, and Stripe in Silicon Valley, according to Fortune Magazine.
Rehan Jalil, a fellow alumnus of NED University in Karachi, founded AI-powered data privacy and governance platform Security.AI. The startup has now been acquired by Veeam for $1.725 billion.
Zia Chishti is a serial entrepreneur from Pakistan. He founded Afiniti.AI which reached a $1.6 billion valuation back in 2017. founded his first company Align Technology in 1997 in Silicon Valley. It creates clear plastic braces for straightening teeth by using advanced 3-D computer imaging. The technology now trademarked as Invisalign has helped millions of people straighten their teeth for a beautiful smile without enduring the pain and unsightly looks of the traditional steel brackets and wires used in orthodontics. Align Technology is now valued at $10 billion.
The NFAP study found that immigrants have founded or co-founded 59% (455 of 775) of America’s privately held startup companies valued at $1 billion or more. That is an increase from 55% in NFAP reports released in 2018 and 2022.
Approximately two-thirds (66%) of U.S. billion- dollar companies (unicorns) were founded or cofounded by immigrants or the children of immigrants. Nearly 80% of America’s unicorn companies (privately held, billion-dollar companies) have an immigrant founder or an immigrant in a key leadership role, such as CEO or vice president of engineering. Almost one in four U.S. billion- dollar companies, or 24%, have a founder who came to America as an international student. The research shows the importance of immigrants in cutting-edge companies and the U.S. economy at a time when U.S. immigration policies have grown more restrictive.
The collective value of the 455 immigrant-founded billion-dollar companies is $5.0 trillion, which is more than the total market value of companies listed on stock markets in all but 7 countries, including the UK and Germany, and a demonstration of the wealth-creating power of immigrants. The collective value of immigrant-founded billion-dollar companies rises to over $5.8 trillion if one includes unicorn companies that have gone public since 2016.
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Commendable achievement by both Indian and Pakistani immigrants
Ten Pakistanis Among Unicorn Founders in America
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There are ten Pakistani immigrants included among founders or co-founders of unicorns in America, according to a recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). A unicorn is a startup with a valuation of at least one billion U.S. dollars. Immigrant entrepreneurs of US unicorns are diverse, hailing from 76 different countries. India, with 96 companies, is the leading country of origin for the immigrant founders of U.S. billion-dollar companies. Immigrants from Israel founded the second-most billion-dollar companies with 60, followed by the United Kingdom (47), China (41), Canada (30), Russia (23), France (21), Germany (18), Ukraine (16), Australia (14), Pakistan (10) and Romania (10). Some companies were founded by entrepreneurs from the same country or immigrants from multiple countries.
Why are Indian entrepreneurs leading the pack of unicorn founders/co-founders in America? The key reason is that “the great Indian brain drain” is accelerating with the country rapidly losing its best and brightest to the West, particularly the United States. Large presence of the Indian immigrant unicorn founders in America is attributed to the fact that most immigrant founders come to the U.S. as students or H1B workers, categories dominated by Indians. Over 80% of the H1B visas go to Indian applicants. India also leads in sending students to study in US universities.
Pakistan, too, is suffering brain drain but not on the same scale as India. Most prominent among Pakistan-origin unicorn founders/cofounders are Karachi-born Sualeh Asif, Lala Moosa-born Qasar Younis, Karachi’s NED University alumnus Rehan Jalil and Pakistani-American serial entrepreneur Zia Chishti.
26 year old Karachi born Sualeh Asif, cofounder of Cursor (Anysphere) recently joined the list of Forbes Billionaires after Cursor reached a $29.3 billion valuation in November 2025, according to Forbes magazine.
43 year old Qasar Younis, a Lala Moosa born Harvard-educated Pakistani-American, is the CEO of Applied Intuition, a physical AI and autonomous vehicle software firm valued at $15 billion. Younis's resume includes his role as Chief Operating Officer of Y-Combinator, a spawning ground for tech giants Dropbox, Airbnb, and Stripe in Silicon Valley, according to Fortune Magazine.
Rehan Jalil, a fellow alumnus of NED University in Karachi, founded AI-powered data privacy and governance platform Security.AI. The startup has now been acquired by Veeam for $1.725 billion.
Zia Chishti is a serial entrepreneur from Pakistan. He founded Afiniti.AI which reached a $1.6 billion valuation back in 2017. founded his first company Align Technology in 1997 in Silicon Valley. It creates clear plastic braces for straightening teeth by using advanced 3-D computer imaging. The technology now trademarked as Invisalign has helped millions of people straighten their teeth for a beautiful smile without enduring the pain and unsightly looks of the traditional steel brackets and wires used in orthodontics. Align Technology is now valued at $10 billion.
The NFAP study found that immigrants have founded or co-founded 59% (455 of 775) of America’s privately held startup companies valued at $1 billion or more. That is an increase from 55% in NFAP reports released in 2018 and 2022.
Approximately two-thirds (66%) of U.S. billion- dollar companies (unicorns) were founded or cofounded by immigrants or the children of immigrants. Nearly 80% of America’s unicorn companies (privately held, billion-dollar companies) have an immigrant founder or an immigrant in a key leadership role, such as CEO or vice president of engineering. Almost one in four U.S. billion- dollar companies, or 24%, have a founder who came to America as an international student. The research shows the importance of immigrants in cutting-edge companies and the U.S. economy at a time when U.S. immigration policies have grown more restrictive.
The collective value of the 455 immigrant-founded billion-dollar companies is $5.0 trillion, which is more than the total market value of companies listed on stock markets in all but 7 countries, including the UK and Germany, and a demonstration of the wealth-creating power of immigrants. The collective value of immigrant-founded billion-dollar companies rises to over $5.8 trillion if one includes unicorn companies that have gone public since 2016.
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check out this company www.skyporter.us , i came across recently, might be the next uber, a peer to peer logistic company founder by a pakistani american from harvard business school… i recently saw its instagram advertisement.
retaxis
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So India has no hope?
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We are not going to be a developed country atbut will definitely be better off than we are
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lol - .. .people... NEVER take packages for other people to give to their friends/families EVER EVER EVER .... Just say no. It is not worth the risk ( regardless of how carefully "https://skyporter.us/" vets the packages etc).
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28 Indian universities allegedly issued fake degrees used in H-1B visa applications: Report
A massive investigation in India has uncovered a network of universities accused of issuing fake degrees, with some documents allegedly used in US H-1B visa applications. 
A network of at least 28 universities in India allegedly issued fake degrees that investigators believe were used in some cases to support applications for US H-1B visas, reported Insider Wire citing Indian law enforcement authorities. The investigation has uncovered one of the country’s largest education fraud operations.Authorities say they have seized nearly 100,000 fake certificates and other forged academic documents during the probe, reported Insider Wire. The certificates cover several professional fields, including engineering, medicine and nursing. Investigators also recovered counterfeit university seals, fabricated transcripts and other records used to make fraudulent qualifications appear genuine.
According to Insider Wire report, one university alone is accused of issuing more than 36,000 fake degrees. Investigators are now tracing where the documents went and whether they were used for jobs, professional licenses or visa applications in India and abroad.
The H-1B visa program allows American employers to hire foreign workers for specialized occupations. Technology companies, healthcare providers and engineering firms use the program to recruit workers with professional skills and academic qualifications.
28 Indian universities allegedly issued fake degrees used in H-1B visa applications: Report - Immigration News | The Financial Express
A massive investigation in India has uncovered a network of universities accused of issuing fake degrees, with some documents allegedly used in US H-1B visa applications.
www.financialexpress.com
ST1976
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US Embassy India Issues Urgent H-1B Visa Scam Alert Amid Processing Delays! Scammers are prɇying on desperate applicants with fake "guaranteed US visa" promises and quick H-1B approvals, especially as interviews post-Dec 15 get pushed months ahead due to Trump admin's new vetting rules.
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H1B visa struggles for Indians and Chinese: a different path
A lot of talented people come to the US on H1B visas. They do good work, contribute to important products, build teams, and stay for years.But if you were born in India or China, something strange happens.
You can do everything right, and still be told to wait in line for a decade or more. The queue doesn’t move. It’s like being asked to run a race, then discovering the finish line keeps moving.
Here’s what the “normal journey” actually looks like:
You graduate with a strong degree and land a good job.
You enter the H1B lottery. Odds are roughly one in four.
If selected, your ability to stay in the country is now tied to a single employer.
If you get laid off or want to change jobs, the clock starts. You have 60 days to fix your life.
Your spouse often can’t work at first. Their life gets put on hold too.
You can’t freely change roles or start a company, because your visa depends on the job description matching the paperwork.
International travel becomes a gamble. A visa stamp appointment can change your entire life.
Meanwhile, when you apply for a green card, you join a queue that moves slowly if you were born in India or China.
The wait can stretch 10 to 17 years, sometimes longer.
Your children can “age out” and lose their status when they turn 21, even if you’ve lived here their whole life.
It asks people who have already proven themselves to live as if the most important parts of their lives are temporary.
There is another path.
The EB1 category doesn’t ask you to wait in line based on where you were born. It looks at what you’ve actually done. If you’ve led meaningful work, built things, published, earned recognition in your field, you may qualify.
You don’t have to be a founder or a famous researcher to do this. Many people qualify without realizing it.
If you’re on H1B and feel like your life is on pause, it’s worth seeing whether the EB1 criteria fit your actual track record.
The folks at Manifest Law offer free consultations: https://lnkd.in/eBihwwvJ
If this applies to you, take the meeting. It’s not about avoiding the line. It’s about recognizing that you may have already earned your place.
H1B visa struggles for Indians and Chinese: a different path | Andrew Yeung posted on the topic | LinkedIn
A lot of talented people come to the US on H1B visas. They do good work, contribute to important products, build teams, and stay for years. But if you were born in India or China, something strange happens. You can do everything right, and still be told to wait in line for a decade or more...
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