US Visa Fee Hike: Travel For Diwali, Weddings Cancelled As Panic Grips Indian H-1B Holders

A person advised PTI about an individual who was to journey to India for their very own marriage ceremony and who has now cancelled plans amid the uncertainty this proclamation has triggered.

“This can be a journey ban! Even when an individual has a sound H-1B visa stamped on their passport, if they’re travelling, or are on trip, you can’t enter the US except they’ve proof of the USD 1,00,000 fee. Nobody is aware of what the method is, what the superb print is. There’s absolute panic,” one of many people stated.

“People who find themselves standing in boarding strains at airports, people who find themselves leaving for their very own marriage ceremony tomorrow, issues like that. They’re cancelling as a result of they do not know what to do,” one other particular person stated.

There may be additionally confusion round the truth that if folks have an H-1B stamped and are presently dwelling within the US, “what does that imply for me?” “The largest query that has come out is that you just can not go away the nation,” one particular person stated, citing the interior memos that main tech corporations have issued to their staff.