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The US has issued a strict warning to Indian and different international college students, stating that in the event that they depart their lessons or withdraw from their research program with out discover, their pupil visa could be canceled. This warning has come amid strict motion in opposition to unlawful migrants within the US and issues of collective exile. The warning states that if these college students separate from their programs with out giving info, then their pupil visa could be canceled.
The US embassy in India mentioned in an official assertion, “For those who depart the course, don’t go to lessons, or depart your research with out informing your college, then your pupil visa could be canceled. This won’t be able to get a visa of America in future. All the time observe your visa circumstances and preserve the coed state of affairs in order that any sort of drawback could be averted.”
This warning has come at a time when strict motion is being taken in opposition to international college students within the US. Many college students’ visas are being canceled out of the blue and with out prior discover. In some circumstances, varied causes corresponding to participation in professional -Palestine demonstrations, visitors violations, or violation of visa circumstances have come to mild. The Trump administration has additional tightened its insurance policies in opposition to international college students. Lately, Harvard College was denied permission to enroll new worldwide college students, which affected hundreds of scholars, together with about 788 Indian college students.
It’s a matter of concern that many instances neither the scholars nor their college know that the coed’s info has been faraway from the SEVIS system. SEVIS is a web-based system that the US Homeland Safety Division operates to watch worldwide college students. This warning is especially vital for Indian college students, as greater than 3 lakh Indian college students are learning within the US, the second largest worldwide pupil group in universities there.
In the meantime, there may be additionally a deep concern amongst Indian and different worldwide college students that the Trump administration is planning to abolish the “Non-obligatory Sensible Coaching (OPT)” program. This system permits worldwide college students to work after finishing their research within the US. American MPs have already launched a invoice known as “Equity for Excessive Expert Individuals Act 2025”, proposed to abolish the OPT program.
As well as, Joseph Edlo, nominated by President Trump for the submit of US citizenship and immigration service (USCIS), has introduced that they’re in favor of eliminating OPT and Stem OPT (prolonged model for college students of science, know-how, engineering and arithmetic).