According to the BBC on the 21st (local time), the Indian community, which has worked as a female engineer in Meta, was notified of its dismissal on the morning of the 10th of this month. Meta said the previous day that it would reduce 11,000 employees, which is 13% of its employees, and she was also included in the reduction list.
The woman, who has been working since 2009, has been proud of herself as a fairly successful employee, but she could not avoid the cold wave of dismissal. “Nobody (Indian employees) could sleep the day before,” he said. “I couldn’t use my computer or my company’s gym right after receiving an email at 6 a.m. the next morning.”Gupta has worked in the U.S. for more than 15 years by extending his professional work visa (HI-B), but he is nervous about the idea that he could be deported if he fails to find a new employer to transfer his visa application within 60 days. “It will be difficult to find new jobs in the recent environment,” he said. “In addition, the recruitment process will be slow as the year-end vacation season is ahead.”Foreign workers like Gupta usually step on U.S. soil on an H-1B visa. It is a non-immigrant visa that allows foreigners to be hired for up to six years when they cannot find the right person for an American.
This visa has the advantage of being able to lead to permanent residency. However, if the employment relationship with the visa sponsor company ends halfway, they must return home within 60 days unless the new sponsor company succeeds the visa. Even if you find a job company after returning to Korea, you have to wait up to 800 days for a visa interview with the U.S. Embassy.The BBC pointed out that thousands of highly educated foreign workers working for these tech companies are on the verge of returning home. Including branches around the world, tech companies are subject to more than 120,000 job cuts. Although there is no specific figure for Indians, the number of victims is expected to be considerable considering that many tech companies have been strong in employment and many Indian companies are also in management. “This (mass layoffs of tech companies) are particularly damaging to the Indian community,” said Swati Kandelwar, an immigration lawyer.
TED PARK
ASIA JOURNAL
