Sayak Mondal

Investment visas pick up slack as traditional routes narrow A steep fall in U.S. student (F-1) and work (H-1B) approvals is nudging affluent Indian families toward the EB-5 “immigrant-investor” programme. Since mid-2024, Indians have filed…

Indian nationals remain the single largest group on American campuses, yet they now face an unprecedented visa slowdown in 2025. New State Department figures show that F-1 visas issued to Indians decreased by 44% in…

The U.S. Department of State confirmed in a July 25, 2025, update that broad visa interview waivers, introduced during the pandemic, will mostly be phased out starting September 2, 2025. From that date onward, in-person…