Abroad visa – America cancels 2000 visa appointments for India, know the reason behind it
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Abroad visa – US Cancels 2000 Visa Interview Appointment: America is taking a lot of significant actions since Donald Trump returned to office. The US Embassy in India has canceled over 2000 visa appointments, and the current controversy over the tariff problem is still going strong. This is allegedly the result of fraudulent activity. Information received indicates that this decision was made in response to complaints about several inconsistencies in the visa application.
For what reason was the appointment called off?
The Consular Team is canceling almost 2,000 visa appointments that were created by bots, the US Embassy in India announced on Wednesday. Agents and fixers who disregard our scheduling guidelines will not be tolerated at all. We are canceling these appointments and suspending the aforementioned accounts’ scheduling rights with immediate effect.”
More than 30 people are named in a Delhi Police inquiry.
The announcement comes after the embassy filed a formal complaint with Delhi Police in February. More than 30 people from Punjab, Haryana, and other states were named in a complaint filed on February 27 for allegedly submitting false documents to get US visas between May and August 2024.(Abroad visa)
Complaint filed against agent :
Following an allegation of visa fraud by the US Embassy, Delhi Police filed a case against a number of passport and visa agents on February 27. The embassy claimed that these agents had submitted false paperwork to the US government in order to secure visas for applicants, so defrauding the country. The article claims that the embassy carried out an internal inquiry from May to August of last year and created a list of 30 agents connected to various IP addresses.
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A thirty thousand (30,000) rupee appointment
“We tried to get a visa interview date for our child, who was to join a US university last year, but there were no appointments available to do so, we paid Rs 30,000 to an agent and got an appointment,” stated an individual who did not want to be identified. In a similar vein, the B1/B2 visa wait time is above six months; but, by paying Rs 30-35,000, one can obtain the visa in as little as one month.
Visa agencies and applicants are among the accused, according to the FIR. Investigators claim they conspired to falsify employment records, academic credentials, and bank transactions. 21 applications with fraudulent claims were identified by US authorities.
According to the police, applicants paid anywhere from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 15 lakh for these services.(Abroad visa)
In one case, Chamkaur Singh, an applicant, allegedly admitted to authorities during his visa interview that he had never held the position he had applied for. He claimed that his agent submitted fraudulent bank paperwork in both his and his father’s names and filled in false job details to justify a lapse in his timeline. Singh informed investigators that if the visa was approved, his father would pay Rs 13 lakh.
H-1B scam is being investigated.
To combat fraud and streamline the procedure, the US government made modifications to the H-1B visa lottery system in January 2024. Regardless of the number of employers who submitted their names, each person is counted once under the new beneficiary-based selection process.
“We’re committed to reducing fraud and enhancing fairness in the H-1B process,” stated Ur M. Jaddou, director of USCIS. “We want to increase equity in H-1B selections and eventually move to an entirely electronic application process.”
