I gave up on getting an H-1B visa because of the $100k fee. I’m optimistic about my future outside the US.

Mishra Reddy is deciding whether to live in Canada or India Courtesy of Shreya Mishra Reddy Shreya Mishra Reddy planned to apply for an H-1B visa from outside the US. When news hit that an employer might have to pay $100,000 to hire her, she changed course. Reddy is now weighing up where to live, and is no longer setting her sights on the US. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shreya Mishra Reddy, 34, an Indian national currently staying in Toronto on a tourist visa. The ...