I got an H-1B visa and my dream job at Google. Both were less secure than I thought.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Travel
A man standing with a cat in his bag on a street in China.
Gu Yichen was laid off shortly after starting at Google and discovered how unstable life on an H-1B visa can be.

Provided by Gu Yichen

I spent years building a life in New York. Losing my job meant leaving my cats, my apartment, and the US.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Vivienne Yang.
Vivienne Yang moved from the US back to Taiwan after she lost her job in New York.

Vivienne Yang

Anthropic salaries revealed: How much the AI juggernaut pays technical staff, product managers, and more

Tech Insider : Business
People show up to a talk at Anthropic's developer conference.
Anthropic builds the AI tool, Claude.

Anthropic

I moved to New York with an American dream, but didn't get an H-1B visa. Now I'm living a new dream in the UK.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Sunjana Ramana standing in front of the New York skyline. The Empire State building is visible behind her.
Sunjana Ramana is building her company, Flax, in the UK.

Courtesy of Sunjana Ramana

Walmart's H-1B filings fell by more than half in the wake of Trump's visa shake-up

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A Walmart store is seen on February 03, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
Walmart submitted a lot fewer applications for foreign workers after President Donald Trump changed the visa program.

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

H-1B petitions fall at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan and rise at Citi after Trump's visa crackdown

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Travel
David Solomon, Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser
David Solomon, Jamie Dimon, and Jane Fraser's banks all have policies in place to monitor bankers' hours.

Getty Images

Meta, Google, and Amazon slash H-1B petitions after Trump's visa crackdown

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Style
Composite photo shows Sundar Pichai, Andy Jassy, and Mark Zuckerberg all looking left.
Sundar Pichai, Andy Jassy, and Mark Zuckerberg

Prakash Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images; and Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Texas governor orders H-1B hiring freeze at state universities and agencies

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Travel
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

I'm a business immigration lawyer. I'm telling my clients that if you have a valid visa stamp, return to the US now.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Travel
headshot of a woman in a red top and a gray background
Tahmina Watson.

Courtesy of Tahmina Watson

Why are visa workers getting stuck overseas? Here's what to know.

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Travel
State Department seal.
Visa workers are getting stuck overseas because of a new policy mandating that consular officers review visa applicants' social-media posts.

Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images

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