immgrnt

> How is this better for you

Standing in a line for 10 years, and then realizing there is no line. I wish no one else have to go through what I'm going through

I'm on H1B and in the backlog for past 10 years. I'll soon be 50 years old. If I lose my job, my resume will not even get shortlisted at this age

> No one is being forced to remain on H1B visas for any length of time, you can always quit and leave any time

I'm taking the abuse for a better life for my family.

>This affects individuals who have a green card application pending and are being granted 1-year extensions while their application is pending due to a country-based quota system and thus backlog.

The wait time is somewhere between half a century and three and a half centuries [1]

The Tech companies or the attorneys never tell their employees about this long wait time. Instead they just lie it being 5-to-10 years. It happened to me, I realised my turn will never come up only after waiting 10 years in the line.

[1] https://www.cato.org/blog/no-one-knows-how-long-legal-immigr...

The Tech giants like, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc. will never let that happen.

I'm an H1B visa holder, I think this is a step in the right direction. American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act - should have never existed. It allows H1B visas to be extended beyond 6 years. No one should be forced to remain on abusive H1B visa for more than 6+ years of their life. It hurts everyone expect the SV tech giants.