Bigger India
By deferring the H4 decision, Trump has only confused Indian techies further
Indians have already started eyeing Canada and other places that offer more security. With a month to go for the H-1B-filing season of fiscal 2019 to begin, immigrants are on the edge.
Last week, the Donald Trump administration delivered some good news for holders of the H4 dependent visa, but Indian techies aren’t rejoicing yet.
On March 03, the department of homeland security (DHS) deferred issuing the draft proposal to restrict work permits for holders of H4 visas—dependents of the H-1B visa-holders—from February to June 2018, The Times of India newspaper reported.
This lengthy period of limbo has a huge impact on India. For Indians are the largest beneficiaries of H-4 visas, holding nearly 80% of the 125,000 issued in 2015 alone, and women account for 90% of all H-4 visas.