H1-B Visa suspension leaves many Indian families stranded in US

Many Indians in the United States (US), who either hold an H1-B visa or a green card and have children who are Americans by birth, will not be repatriated under the new travel restrictions, as per media reports.

As per the regulations framed by the Indian government, visas of foreign nationals and OCI cards, that provide visa-free travel privileges to the people of Indian-origin, have been suspended as part of the new international travel restrictions.

A family said, as cited in the report, that after having lost their jobs, they were supposed to move back to India and they also had a valid Indian visa. However, their kids were born in America. Air India refused to take the family on board.