The US airports created chaos after US President Donald Trump’s additional fees for the H-1B visa to be Rs 1,00,000 (about 88 lakh rupees) and the implementation of this rule from Sunday (September 21, 2025).

As the news of Trump’s announcement spread, many Indian tech professionals decided to cancel their journey and even get off the aircraft. In fact, at this time many Indian professionals were going to travel from America to India for the Durga Puja holidays starting next week. But after the announcement of Trump, he descended from the aircraft departing for India.

At the same time, on the other hand, the Indians who were already coming to India, saw a sudden increase in the fares of direct flights to America after this decision. Airline companies increased the fare of their aircraft going from India to America to take advantage of this chaos. Because H-1B visa holders are about 70 percent of Indian origin citizens, this move of Trump is having the most impact on the citizens of Indian origin.

What is the rule under Donald Trump’s decision,

The executive order signed by US President Donald Trump clearly states that the US should enter the US till 12:01 pm on Sunday (September 21, 2025) at 12:01 pm. After this, no H-1B employees will be able to enter the US and this will be done until the company that gives the job in the US pays an additional fee of $ 1,00,000.

In every way, there was a stir from the deadline of 21 September

After issuing the order on behalf of Trump, big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and JP Morgan have advised their H-1B visa holder employees not to go out of the US. Apart from this, all the employees of his company who have already gone out of the country have been asked to return to America immediately.

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US President Donald Trump has issued instructions regarding enrollment and visa of international students in the universities of the country. Due to this situation, the number of Indian students in American universities is seeing a decline. Education Consultants of Hyderabad say that the number of Indian students going to America may fall by about 70 percent. The main reason behind this decline is the stopping the availability of visa appointment slots from the US and a sudden increase in the rate of visa rejections.

Sanjeev Rai of Hyderabad Overseas Consultants told the Times of India, “By this time most of the students have completed their visa interviews and were preparing for their flight. But this year, students are refreshed on the portal only in the hope of getting Visa Appointment Slots. It is only refreshed on the portal so far. This is the worst situation in the last several years.

However, US officials had said in this regard that visa slots will be released in a phased manner, but so far there is a lot of confusion in this matter and due to this, students are also very upset.

Those who have booked slots also did not get confirmation

At the same time, Ankit Jain of Window Overseas Education Consultancy said in this regard, “Students who have been able to book a visa appointment slot in the beginning, have not yet received confirmation reply. He also said that it seems as if the system of America is opening to test just to test, because even after booking, no student has got the situation now. Indian students are turning to other countries instead of studying in America.

I thought my one year would be wasted- Indian student

Regarding the US visa, a 23 -year -old Indian student said, “I could not wait anymore, I felt that my one year would be ruined. Because it seems that now the road ahead is closed, so I withdrew my impression.” The student said that now he is looking for options in Germany to do masters in automotive engineering.

Everyday, nervous students and their families’ phones- Arvind

Arvind Manduwa of the i20 Fever Consultancy said, “If visa slots are not released in the next few days, then thousands of dreams will be broken. This time we can see a decline of about 80 percent. That is why we get calls from many students and their parents every day, whose voice is clearly visible.”

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