These days, in the international news, something is particularly eye-catching!
What news ?
Said: The price of the air ticket from India to the United States is like taking a rocket, and it soared by more than 110% within two hours!
This is not an airline's "promotion routine", but a "butterfly effect" caused by the US visa policy is hidden behind it.
Let’s go today, why did this plane ticket rise so far, and what impact did it have?
Below, the earth for you to read!
Visa policy sudden change, air ticket price "out of control"
Everything has to start with a decision of the US government.
On September 19, former U.S. President Trump signed an announcement that the company paid for H-1B visa applicants, from the original thousands of dollars, directly to $100,000.
H - 1B visa, that is, many Indian technical talents enter the U.S. technology industry "entry ticket", of the 8.5 million new U.S. issued H - 1B visas each year, more than 70 percent are "taken" by Indians.
This change in policy is like throwing a bomb on a calm lake, causing countless ripples in an instant.
The news just emerged that the one-way flight ticket from New Delhi, India to New York Kennedy Airport in the United States, is priced like a wild horse.
The original price of about 3,70,000 Indian Rupees, in just two hours, the highest rise to 80,000 Indian Rupees, partly even surpassed 110,000 Indian Rupees.
Everyone has to be scared, why is it going up so fast?
The reason is very simple. Many Indians with H-1B visas originally took advantage of the Durga Festival holiday in India to return to China to visit relatives. When they heard that the visa policy had changed, they were worried that they would not be able to go back to the United States and lose their jobs. They were eager to grab tickets for their return journey. The demand suddenly soared, and the price of air tickets was naturally "driven up".
The market is turbulent, the show is “Billboard”.
More surprisingly, this airline ticket price hike has also caught up in a bunch of “disruptors”.
A group of users on the U.S. “4Chan” forum felt that the H-1B visa allowed too many foreigners to enter the U.S. and robbed American jobs.
So they launched a malicious booking campaign, calling on everyone to book flights from India to the United States. According to the platform rules, even if the booker doesn't pay, the seat will be locked for 15 minutes.
Those people want to take a lot of tickets to prevent Indian workers from buying tickets and returning to the U.S. on time, thereby losing their visas and jobs.
Needless to say, the trick is a bit “effective”. there are American netizens pretending to dominate 100 seats, and under their pressure, the price of flights back to the United States in India has risen further.
The Indian media has denounced this malicious act against the Indians, disrupting the normal movement of the Indians.
Although the White House later clarified that those who already hold H-1B visas and are abroad will not be charged $100,000 for re-entry, panic has spread. Large companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase still quickly instruct employees who hold H-1B visas to stay in the United States as soon as they can, and come back as soon as they are overseas.
Strong reaction, affecting continued fermentation
Faced with this visa policy of the United States, the Indian government can't sit still.
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that this policy will bring interference to Indian families and have humanitarian consequences, and hopes that the United States will properly handle it.
The National Association of Software and Services Enterprises of India also said that such short-term adjustments to the H-1B project have created great uncertainty for, professionals and students around the world.
Many people think that the U.S. increases visa fees and ultimately loses the U.S. itself.
Mumbai residents say that the cost is so high, the Indian talent may stay in domestic development, no longer go to the United States to outsource work, the Indian economy may be able to develop better.
From a realistic point of view, the U.S. science and technology industry is also opposed, after all, a large number of Indian technical talents have developed a lot of efforts for American science and technology, visa fees have increased, enterprise recruitment costs have increased, it is possible to move the research and development center to the low cost of talent countries, and the development of the U.S. science and technology industry will also be affected.
The rise in the price of flights to the United States in India is like a mirror that reflects the chain reaction caused by U.S. visa policy adjustments.
A change in policy often involves the whole body.
In the future, how the U.S. visa policy is going, can India to the U.S. airline ticket prices return to stable, and we have to see how the parties play, we will wait to see.
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