Ever since the IT industry has boomed, it had been every software engineer’s dream to go to US of America and work there and earn loads of dollars, send them home, build a dream house here, or start a business, or become an entrepreneur, to continue their higher studies and to flourish in their career. All these things had been possible and had been in the Ability of every individual who was aiming high and had a focused mindset. United states of America had always been welcoming the intelligent, the capable. But, as most of the countries have hit the recession now and the ripples of this recession has hit the Indian big dreamer very hard, the dreams that they have built as of now are on the verge of crumbling and are on the path for destruction.
The dream of going to the US of America settles in the mind of most of the individuals in the earlier stages of the education itself. The dreams, which were in their budding stages develop a lot and turn into the aim of their lives. So, the words which become common when you’re aiming to go abroad mostly are categorized into passport, visa, proficient, career, financial status, recognition, educational degrees and a lot more.
The category which is referred to as passport is recognized by one and all.The passport is one thing which permits you to leave one country as a citizen and authorizes you to go abroad and make a better life there or get well educated.
Next comes the visa which actually places the above mentioned things in a sequential order and proposes the purpose of which the individual is leaving one country and entering another. The United States of America had been a dream for each and every individual because at a point of time many individuals had left to states and returned prosperous.The visas which are given to the individuals vary in different prospects such as visitor’s visa, educational visa, professional visa, agricultural visa, traveling visa, invitational visa, matrimonial visa, student visa and non-immigrant visa.
Now we will go through each and every visa that we have mentioned above and will describe the purpose and the provisions that the particular visa provides to an individual who has got the particular kind of visa.
1. B1 or B2: This is the visa given to the tourists who are leaving to United States of America. On account of this visa and individual is permitted to stay there for a period of 90 days. If you wish to extend this time limit, you can do so by contacting the embassy or immigration officials.
2. H1B: If anyone wishes to work in the United States of America, then this is the visa that permits them to do so. Doctors, engineers, software developers, scientists come under the section. If any organization provides an employment confirmation document, then only that particular individual is granted with this kind of visa. US government provides the facility to invite only 65,000 individuals a year on this kind of visa. But, now this number has been targeted for reduction and there are high chances that in the near future this number would reduce shattering the dreams of many.
3. H2B: If any individual wishes to go to United States of America to promote or educate himself over the agricultural knowledge, then this visa would be granted to them.
4. J1: If any individual gets an invitation from any university, company, and any other organizations to attend their functions, seminars, lectures then this kind of visa could be granted to that individual.
5. K-1: This visa is provided to an individual if he or she is planning to go to United States of America to marry a citizen of that country. You need to take this visa before marriage and go to the United States and get married there within 90 days.
6. F1: This is a student visa. If any individual is planning to go to US to continue their higher studies in any prestigious university, then that individual has to abide by the rules and take this visa.
7. L1: This is a non-immigrant and a temporary visa. If any individual is going to US to work on behalf of a organization in India and on a transfer basis, then this visa is applicable. The software engineers in India usually take this visa and go to United States to work there.
Some trivia:
1. The citizens of European countries, Australia, Singapore, Japan are not required to take any visa to go to US on business and as well as travel. Just a passport and to and fro tickets to US are enough.
2. There are nearly 30 lakh Indians in United States of America.
3. The number of people who speak Telugu are approximately 4 lakh.
4. Every year nearly 10 to 15,000 individuals are leaving to United States on account of profession and as well as highest studies.
5. US government every year permits 65,000 H1B visas.
6. Nearly 15 to 20% of the above mentioned number are provided to Indians.
7. More than a lakh people apply for these visas every year.
Now that the US government has declared that they would reduce the number of H1B visas, many Indians are in a doubt whether they would get one or not. but, this desperation would come to an end if and only if the recession in the United States goes southward.
As the ex-president of India, Dr.Abdul Kalaam had earlier quoted “There is nothing wrong in building castles in the air, now lay the foundations under them”. Let us not be desperate and take desperate actions,so let us rather be slow and adjust ourselves in this competition and stay focused.
Thanks for informing us about all these kinds of visas. I knew that there are different kind of visas, but did not have complete knowledge.
Thanks for letting us know.