Any United States citizen can work, usually starting at the age of 16, but not in my case. Even though I am not a citizen, I can legally live in the U.S. and attend school, except the fact that I cannot work. It doesn’t make sense does it? Currently, any person with an H-4 visa cannot work while physically living in the United States. Having an H-4 visa means one cannot earn any income or possess a social security number. This law also prohibits things like working from one’s own home, obtaining used stuff for the purpose of selling it on eBay, or providing services in exchange for gifts or objects of value. This law is so uncompromising that it does not even allow volunteering completely for free if the volunteer position is one for which a person would normally be paid. This law has to change because it not only has affected my family in several ways for the past 10 years, but the thousands of immigrant families with an H-4 visa currently living in the United States. I am only 18 years old, and not only am I stuck in an H-4 visa, but additionally my Father, as he is also a dependent of Mother. My Father could not work for the past 10 years just because his visa status was changed to H-4. …show more content…
Even though she can work it is not permanent. Our family is yet to receive our green card, which grants permanent residence in the United States. Our green card has not arrived yet because it has been processing for the past 12 years. So the day my mom loses her Job, our family has to move back to India unless we get our green card. This absolutely is not fair, not only to my family, but to the thousands of immigrants coming to the US an ending up with an H-4 visa and a delayed green card. I can’t imagine all the people struggling in the US not being able to get a job, because the day that one person in the household who can work loses their job, they have to go back to their