Us H 1B Visa Fee Hike 2025: A Amazon’s Chinese software engineer has taken a big decision to leave the US high -package jobs. Despite earning a salary of $ 1.80 million annually, he cited the visa rules and the new H-1B visa fee hike as the reason. Know
Us visa anxiety story: Visa rules have always been a major cause of tension for thousands of foreign professionals working in the US. One such case has recently surfaced, where a Chinese youth working as a software engineer in Amazon has decided to leave America. The engineer, who earns a thick salary of about 1.8 million dollars, $ 1.8 million annually, says that the continuous uncertainty and new policies have made his life so difficult that he has now taken a big step not to keep his career in America.
Dream of software engineer broken by visa concern
This engineer was working on OPT Work Permit in the US and he still had 18 months left. In addition, he had the right to make another effort in the H-1B visa lottery. But recently, US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose extra fees of about 83 lakh rupees on the new H-1B visa increased his concern. After facing uncertainty of up to 3 years, he finally made up his mind to leave America.
Even after a good salary, he was living in fear all the time
Sharing his story on Instagram, this engineer told that despite having a job on a good package, he was constantly living in fear and stress. He said- I came here in search of financial freedom and peace, but had to live in fear every day. Sometimes a student visa, sometimes OPT, then H-1B and then a green card … all this is an ended cycle. Even a moment in life could not breathe peacefully. Watch video below
Now it will make its own company
After leaving a job in America, now this engineer is preparing to register an American company and run it from abroad. He believes that in this way he will earn American salary, but will also be able to enjoy better healthcare, low cost and more freedom abroad. He wrote in his post- ‘This is the new American dream- earn from America and live anywhere in the world. The journey from FAANG company employee to Global Founder will be the biggest and right decision in my life.
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Companies will increase due to increase in H-1B visa fees
This incident has again revealed the concern that thousands of international students and professionals are facing daily. This decision also has a direct impact on the Indian IT sector, which is more dependent on H-1B visa. Increasing visa fees will increase the cost of companies and many companies can divert their attention from America and turn to other countries.
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