Native media in India has reported that affected people are from the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana areas of the nation. College students had been denied entry on the border as they didn’t adequately reply questions from immigration officers and there have been “discrepancies” of their visa documentation, stories recommend.

It’s unclear what number of college students have been impacted, however media stories recommend that 21 college students have been denied entry to the US. The PIE has been unable to confirm the determine. The US Customs and Border Safety has not but responded to requests from The PIE.

Indian media has instructed that college students had been denied entry at airports in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco, in addition to New Jersey. The PIE has additionally been unable to independently confirm these stories.

Andhra Pradesh – the Indian state the place many affected college students are stated to return from – has arrange a helpline to help these impacted.

Chief minister of the state, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, will reportedly take up the matter to the Ministry of Exterior Affairs to “resolve this on the earliest”.

Numerous stories recommend that the people couldn’t “clearly talk” with the US officers on the airport and couldn’t fulfill expectations when requested to point out monetary paperwork.

In 2015, college students sure for 2 California faculties had been denied entry to the nation. The variety of Indian college students learning within the US in 2015 rose by near 30% from the 12 months earlier than, in line with the US authorities.

Immigration officers can nonetheless refuse entry on the border if they’ve purpose to query the legitimacy of their journey paperwork or if the traveller can not adequately reply questions in regards to the objective of journey, authorities stated on the time.

Equally, previously 12 months the US has issued greater than 125,000 visas to Indian college students, which is an all-time file for the variety of visas issued to college students from the nation in a single monetary 12 months. Stakeholders have been reminding college students to make sure that they’re ready to reply questions and meet the calls for of officers on the US border.

“College students should be clear and have the ability to talk about the aim of their journey”

Founder director of World Tree, Subhakar Alapati, famous that there are many dos and don’ts that college students should observe, together with holding the proper monetary, tutorial and admissions documentation.

“College students [must be] clear and have the ability to talk about the aim [of their trip],” Alapati stated. “They have to guarantee that they can clarify to the immigration officers.”

Moreover, they should have proof of getting sufficient funds obtainable for his or her keep and have tuition charges paid upfront.

“The scholars [must show they] aren’t concerned in any fraud and are effectively conscious of the conditions on the college,” he added. Reviews recommend that immigration officers checked messages of the scholars’ telephones on the border.

Whereas it stays unclear what number of college students have been impacted, it’s “essential that college students take precautionary measures and universities and consultants, collectively, information them with the data in order that there won’t be any extra college students who should face this”, Alapati added.

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