The U.S. Consulates in Chennai and Hyderabad have sent emails to affected applicants, telling them not to attend appointments.

Immigration officials will now comb through all social media profiles of US visa applicants to look for contradictions.

The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.

The US State Department is postponing H-1B visa interviews in India slated for later this month, citing constraints from new social media scrutiny for the visa category, according to multiple attorneys and text of emails reviewed by Bloomberg Law.

A reply filed to the Trump administration’s defense of the president’s $100,000 H-1B fee moves the case closer to a conclusion.

Immigration attorneys have warned that travelling at this time could cost many workers their jobs because most US companies cannot legally allow long periods of remote work from outside the country.

Visa seekers in India are navigating a maze of frustration after appointments get pushed back to March 2026. This unprecedented delay stems from a new