Indian H-1B visa workers alter travel plans amid vetting delay

Immigration firms representing Apple and Google have sent memos to employees advising them not to travel home for visa appointments given major delays, according to a Business Insider report. H-1B visa holders have been advised to avoid all international travel.

“I was planning on booking an H-1B visa interview appointment for December but this stuff happened. So I decided on pushing it by a couple of months,” one young tech professional currently in the US told HT.

“Companies are recommending not to travel if you are already in the US including all big tech companies,” said another professional working for a tech company who landed in India only to find their visa appointment had been shifted from December to April.