Viral Immigrant Success Story USA: Can leaving a high-paying job like Google be the right decision? Can repeatedly failing the H-1B visa lottery change someone’s entire life? Can a startup get a US green card?
Viral Story Google Engineer Quits Job: Despite having a dream job in America, an annual salary of lakhs of rupees and a comfortable life, if your future depends on a “lottery system”, then how deep the stress can be can be gauged from this viral story. A young tech engineer of Nepal origin left a high-paying job at Google to start a startup and after a long struggle, he and his wife finally got a US Green Card. This story is becoming quite viral on social media and people are calling it an example of struggle, courage and sacrifice for the family.
Father’s struggle: Difficult journey started after returning to Nepal
This story starts with his father. His father once did a postdoc at major institutions in the US like Harvard and Berkeley, i.e. had an illustrious academic career. But due to poor condition of his family, he had to leave everything and return to Nepal. After coming to Nepal, he raised his children in difficult conditions. Small room, limited resources and constant struggle, this was the reality of this engineer’s childhood. These circumstances later became the reason for his thinking and hard work.
Google job, but visa tension was always with me
Later, due to hard work, he got a job in Google. The salary was around Rs 2.8 crore per annum and life looked like a “dream life” from outside. But deep inside there was always a big worry about the H-1B visa lottery. Even after trying four times he did not get success. This meant clearly that either we would have to leave America, or we would have to leave everything behind and start afresh.
Big decision: left Google job
In this stressful time, he took a very big decision. Of leaving a secure job at Google. At the age of just 27, he said goodbye to the corporate world and moved towards starting his own startup. According to him, this decision was not easy, but his wife’s support and some savings gave him the courage to take the risk.
Start of Startup: New Idea in the World of AI
After meeting several founders and mentors in San Francisco, he got a clear idea. He wanted to create a platform that would act as a “human data layer” for AI companies and big tech teams. During this time, he met another founder Mannat, who was already working on the same idea. Together they started a startup named Anthromind. Gradually the company also started getting initial projects and investments.
Journey from visa to green card
On the basis of his work and contribution in the tech field, he applied for O-1 visa. This visa is given to special people whose work is considered very special in their field. His case was approved and later he also got a green card.
‘Shared emotional moment of getting green card
When he and his wife received a green card after years of uncertainty, it was a huge and emotional moment for him. He wrote on social media that this is not just a document, but the end of years of hard work, stress and struggle. During this, he also remembered his father’s sacrifice.
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People’s reaction on social media
As soon as this story went viral, thousands of comments started coming on social media. Some people called it very inspiring and said that this story gives hope. At the same time, some people also raised questions on America’s immigration system and H-1B lottery.