India, April 30 -- An Indian techie has opened up about the emotional and financial pressure of being forced to return to India after his visa expired and he was not selected in the H1B lottery. In a post shared on Reddit, the techie said he had been earning around $200K annually in the US before the sudden transition left him without a job and facing a difficult job market back home.

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"Hey everyone, I'm writing this because I feel completely overwhelmed and could really use some perspective from people who have been through something similar or are currently facing it," he wrote.

He explained that his US employer did not have an ...