'Please do justice': Indian Americans seek Elon Musk's help for H-1B visa reforms

The CEO of Tesla, billionaire Elon Musk and one of the biggest supporters of president-elect Donald Trump, has been probably the most active unofficial Trump campaigner on X, which is also owned by Musk. He has shared a lot of videos, and posts and even replied to some during and after the US presidential election.

In the hope of getting a response from Musk, the staunch supporter of the Republican candidate, an Indian man took to X and asked him to ensure there were H-1B visa reforms, not that Trump had won the election.

“Dear @elonmusk, Congratulations on winning the election! It took you 10 years to obtain citizenship in the USA, including your undergraduate and master's studies. You moved to the US in 1992 and became a US citizen in 2002,” Sanjeev Ranjan wrote on X. “Please do justice for Indian-born H-1B visas.”

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Though Musk didn’t reply to the post, it garnered support from many other Indians in the comment section who resonated with the X user.

“So many are stuck in this problem, unfortunately. And there is a lot of misinformation about this and particular hate for this visa,” one user wrote.

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“Revive the American dream! The infinite wait time for legal immigrants for Indian born is a nightmare. I invented a concrete product that will benefit the USA, and being on H1B, I'm stuck and can not pursue my dreams because of the complex legal immigration,” another user commented.

One said, “Also Indians are not eligible to apply for permanent resident status through the Diversity Visa LOTTERY. At least make ALL nationalities eligible for the LOTTERY if they spend hundreds of thousands of $ on their Ungergrad / grad / PhD programs (say $200k spent in total on FEES)”.

As per a Washington Post report published earlier, Musk briefly worked illegally in the US after he abandoned a graduate studies program in California.

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If this is true then Musk's support and promotion for Trump’s opposition to "open borders," is ironic. He even previously said that his transition from student to entrepreneur was a "legal grey area."

However, Musk later denied the claims made in the report. Sharing a video of Joe Biden referencing the Washington Post report’s claims on X, Musk wrote, “I was in fact allowed to work in the US. The Biden puppet is lying.”

Experts are expecting Trump could tighten H-1B visa rules after assuming office, which will be a major setback for Indians seeking to move to the US.

(With inputs from agencies)