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02:03the process has become slower, stricter, and far more opaque.
02:08For applicants, the cap staying the same offers little comfort when interviewing
02:13interviews are years away.
02:18The cap being worsened by broader shifts in U.S. visa policy.
02:23Social media screening has been introduced for applicants, increasing review times and
02:28sharply reducing the number of interviews consulates can process each day.
02:33At the same time, the U.S. has largely ended third-country visa status.
02:38Forcing Indian applicants worldwide to rely solely on consulates.
02:43In India, overwhelming an already strained system.
02:48Immigration attorneys say the situation is unknown.
02:53Attorney Emily Newman says she has not heard of a single new
02:58H-1B interview slot opening for India in the last 50 days.
03:03Her advice to H-1B holders already in the U.S. is blunt.
03:08Don't leave.
03:09She said they are not in any hurry to give you a visa.
03:13Adding that denials are becoming more common and the current administration is far less
03:18willing to issue approvals than in previous years.
03:21The pressure doesn't stop.
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03:25State Department is also revoking visas under what it means.
03:28It calls prudential authority.
03:30H-4 dependents are
03:33reportedly losing visas due to issues tied to their H-1B spouses.
03:38leaving families separated and futures on hold.
03:42For many Indian
03:43professionals, the American dream is now caught in bureaucratic limbo.
03:48What was once a predictable, if competitive,
03:53pathway to working in the United States has become a waiting game measured in the U.S.
03:58in years.
03:59With no new stamping dates, interviews pushed to 2027
04:03and policies growing tighter by the day, thousands of skilled Indian workers
04:08are left frozen in place.
04:09And for now, the message from the system is clear.
04:13Don't ask when relief is coming, because no one seems to know if
04:18it's coming at all.
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