Overview

• About 16% of respondents said they or someone they know received a Notice to Appear within the 60-day grace period, with some reports citing arrival in as few as two weeks.
• More than one in three participants said they or someone close had already been forced to leave the U.S. after losing a job on a work visa.
• Forty-five percent said they would consider returning to India if forced to depart, while 26% indicated plans to seek work in another country.
• Only 35% of surveyed professionals said they would choose a U.S. work visa again, reflecting eroding confidence in long-term U.S. prospects.
• H-1B rules officially allow a 60-day grace period but give DHS discretion to shorten or eliminate it, and the findings rely on anonymous, self-reported Blind survey data rather than official enforcement figures.