The Bay Area is still one of the highest-upside US destinations for India-based tech workers and students, but San Jose, San Francisco, Fremont, Sunnyvale, and nearby suburbs require brutal rent, commute, and status planning.
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India-based H-1B workers and students often target the Bay Area for tech density. The mistake is ignoring rent, layoffs, commute, spouse planning, and green-card timelines.
Use these pages to compare high-upside cities and alternatives.
Compare H-1B, F-1 to H-1B, green card, and Canada backup before committing to a high-cost lease.
Employer sponsorship, family needs, city costs, and green-card reality.
StudentsOPT, STEM OPT, employer sponsorship, and backup planning.
Long termPriority dates, family aging, city costs, and Canada backup questions.
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