We are so honored to announce that our next guest on May 31st at 10am PST on “Immigration with Tahmina” Desi 1250am radio will be the outstanding immigrant advocate Rashi Bhatnagar! Rashi founded the group “H4 Visa, A Curse” which was a grass root movement to bring about employment-authorization for H4 visa holders.
After years of advocacy across the nation by many advocacy groups, individuals and organization, the H4 EAD movement took huge momentum in 2014 in part thanks to Rashi’s advocacy. Tune it to learn more about her, how she learned to be an advocate and how she drove this movement to success resulting in some H4 visa holders obtaining employment authorization! 
Rashi Bhatnagar has been residing in the United States for past 6 years on an H4 visa. After listening to numerous H4 visa experiences from people, she came up with an idea to connect with others in similar situations. She initiated a Facebook group ‘H4 Visa, A Curse in 2011 with initial member count of 20. The group has come a long way with close to 5000 members till date. Every member in this group has his/her own unique story and unfortunately some of these stories include severe domestic violence issues, mental and physical health problems, aging out dependent children, work permit related frauds, difficulty in finding an H1-B sponsor, and much more.
The name ‘H4 visa, a curse’ was chosen because it is not the people’s choice that they are unable to work. It is a strange immigrant situation that has been imposed by the US government. H4 visa situation includes various implications like domestic violence, financial dependence, no identity, breaking up of the families, legal H4 visa children leaving their families, skilled H4 visa holders have been inhibited to work or start any business for 10- 15 years. That is indeed a curse!
Rashi will be on my talk show “Immigration with Tahmina Watson” at 10 am on May 31st on Desi 1250 AM. You can tune into your radio at 1250 AM or listen online at www.desi1250am.com. Can’t wait to talk immigration, #H4EAD and much more with her!