The Indian-origin techie shared her story of being rejected seven times in the H-1B visa lottery, but then getting a green card through the EB-1 program.

Indian-origin Microsoft tech expert Aishani B shares her story of becoming a permanent resident of the US after years of trying for an H-1B visa. In a LinkedIn post, Aishani shared how she tried for a work visa every year between 2019 and 2025 and was not selected in the lottery even once.Sharing her feeling of getting rejected again and again, Aishani said that the first rejection was tough while the second one came with rational thoughts but after that, there is nothing new to say. Meanwhile, she moved from the US to Canada in 2022 and returned to the US in 2023 on an L1 visa.“People ask me what it feels like. Honestly? The first rejection stings. The second, you rationalize. By the third, fourth, fifth – you stop telling people. Not because you’re embarrassed. But because there’s nothing new to say. No one tells you about losing over and over again: It’s not a moment of despair. It’s a slow, quiet erosion of certainty.”“Am I good enough to come here? Would anyone else have figured this out by now? How long will I keep trying?” he addedCome 2025, she got it green card Through EB1, which is for individuals with extraordinary abilities. Aishani said that she never thought she would qualify for it, especially after getting rejected seven times but she did.“Because her version of losing lottery after lottery didn’t seem extraordinary. She felt tired. What kept him going? A quiet belief that there was a reason for it. And a stubbornness that refused to find out what it felt like to leave. 7 Didn’t mean defeat. What he meant was: Not like this. If you’re counting your own rejections right now – the numbers aren’t the story. What do you create in between,” Aishani wrote.The tech expert frequently shares comments about immigration on his LinkedIn. In an earlier post he talked about how immigrants are always in the middle. In India, it is they who left; In America, he wrote, they are immigrant engineers and in Canada, they are starting over.