Nevertheless, major U.S. companies had already instructed their employees abroad to return quickly to avoid the fee or risk being stuck overseas. Tamanam, based in Austin, began looking for flights from Vijayawada as users on a far-right message board, 4chan, attempted to overwhelm airline reservation systems to block Indian visa holders from booking flights. Clog the flight reservation system!” It prompted users to reserve seats on popular India-U.S. routes without completing payments, blocking availability and driving up prices. Although it’s hard to gauge the campaign’s full impact, experts consider it an attempt to cause panic among H-1B visa holders. The U.S. grants around 85,000 H-1B visas annually through a lottery system, with India accounting for roughly 75% of recipients.