Visa rules in America have now become more stringent. The Trump administration has issued a new guideline, according to which if a foreign citizen has diabetes, obesity, heart disease or other serious health problems, then he can be refused a visa. According to this instruction issued by the US State Department, such people can become a ‘public charge’ for America in the future, that is, they can put a burden on government resources.

Many serious diseases were included in the new guidelines
It has been said in the guideline that now in the visa process, not only infectious diseases or vaccination will be examined, but many non-infectious diseases will also be looked at seriously. This includes heart diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer, diabetes, metabolic and neurological diseases and mental health conditions. It is written in the guidelines that the treatment of these diseases can be very expensive, which can make the applicant a ‘public charge’.

Visa officer will ask these questions
The instructions said that the visa officers will also check whether the applicants are capable of getting their illness treated without government assistance or not. They will also be asked whether they will be able to bear the expenses of treatment for their entire life or will be dependent on government institutions. The same questions will apply to the health of family members such as children or elderly parents.

Experts expressed concern
Many immigration experts have expressed concern that it is not appropriate to have medical competency assessments conducted by visa officers, who do not have medical training. Experts say that officials may take wrong decisions due to personal beliefs or prejudices.

Green card applicants will be more affected
Although the guideline is applicable to all types of visas, legal experts believe that it will have the biggest impact on green card or permanent residence applicants, because they have to stay in the US for a longer period and the medical evaluation is done more strictly.

The US has recently increased the fee on H-1B visa. The Government of India has responded to this and said that the government has studied all the reports related to this proposed provision. Its complete implications are being analyzed by Indian industries and all concerned parties.

What did Randhir Jaiswal say?

Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said that India hopes that American officials will handle the matter in a proper and balanced manner. He informed that the Indian industry has already presented the initial analysis, clarifying some concepts related to the H-1B program. The statement also said that both India and America are interested in innovation and creativity and both countries are expected to take the right path on this issue.

Big statement of Ministry of External Affairs

The Ministry of External Affairs also said that the movement of skilled talents and exchange of experiences has been contributing significantly to technology, innovation, economic development, competitiveness and money creation in both countries. Therefore, policy makers will evaluate recent steps keeping in mind mutual benefits and strong relations between people of both countries.

The government also warned that this decision could create many difficulty for the families affected by this decision and it is expected that American officials will give a balanced solution to these difficulties. Let us know that the highest Indian citizen is likely to be affected by US President Donald Trump to increase the H-1B visa fee to $ 1 lakh, as more than 70 percent of visas have been issued to the people of India for some time in this category.

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Us visa policy: The US Donald Trump government has announced a major change in the visa policy. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recently made a announcement that can give a new twist to the Global Digital Policy. From now on, if a foreign national in the US pressures American tech companies (Facebook, Twitter) to sensor the social media comments of Americans, then the person’s visa will be banned.

On the matter, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that if foreign nationals threaten arrest or punitive action against the comments made on any post in America, it will not be considered. If foreign government or officer demands censorship on the post done by American citizens on American social media platforms, then they will not be given a US visa.

What does the new American policy say?
According to the new American policy, freedom of expression has been considered one of America’s fundamental rights. Because of this, if any foreign officer pressures American social media firms to remove or revise the content, then it will also be the basis of visa ban. Foreign judicial action or arrest warrant will be interfered for their online statements on American citizens.

Which countries can affect?
Although no particular country was named in this statement, in recent years the European Union, Australia, Brazil, India and many Asian countries have imposed fine, notices and restrictions against social media platforms. In countries like India, when legal action is taken on political or religious comments on Twitter or Facebook and it will be found related to American citizens, in such a situation they may be prohibited from coming to America.

Global impact of American social media platform
America is owned by many social media platform firms in the world, including Meta (Mark Zuckerberg), X (Twitter) – Alan Musk, YouTube – Google. These platforms are the basis of the exchange of most digital things in the world. For this reason, the policy or legal order of any one country has a direct impact in America.

Us visa bulletin: Due to the immigration policy of US President Donald Trump, thousands of Indians are seen wandering on the dreams of being American. Recently, the US State Department has released its visa bulletin for May 2025, which has brought even more bad news for the Indian H-1B and green card candidates. In this, a significant decline in the class-based fifth priority (EB-5) category for Indians has been shown.

According to the documents, the EB-5 unreserved category visa for Indians will move back more than six months to May 1, 2019. On the other hand, China remains on January 22, 2014. Bulletin states, “EB-5 in unreserved visa categories due to the use of high demand and number from India, as well as increasing demand and number of use in the rest of the world, it has become necessary to further back to the final action date from India to keep the use of the number under the annual limit of FY 2025 within the annual limit of FY 2025.”

What does the new visa bulletin say for the second category?

There has been no change in employment-based, first preference (EB-1) category. The cutoff date for India remains on February 2, 2022. At the same time, this date for China is November 8, 2022. Along with this, other countries will also remain in this category.

There has been no change in the EB-2 category for Indians and Chinese citizens in the employment-based, second preference (EB-2) category. The cutoff date for India will remain January 1, 2013, while for China it will remain October 1, 2020. The EB2 cutoff date for all other countries will remain June 22, 2023.

India’s cutoff date has moved two weeks to 15 April 2013 in employment-based, third preference (EB-3) category, while China’s cutoff remains on 1 November, 2020. The cutoff date of other countries remains on January 1, 2023.

EB-3 other workers: EB-3 for Indians in other labor category, the cutoff date matches the EB-3 category from April 15, 2013. April 1, 2017 for China, while for all other countries is 22 May, 2021.

What does a visa withdrawal mean?

The US State Department releases a visa bulletin every month, listed for the cut-off date of visa availability for different nationalities. This determines which applicants are eligible to submit their application for adjustment of visa status or are eligible for permanent residence. Applicants with priority date before the date of cut-off in the latest bulletin are usually eligible to apply for permanent residence.

Visa withdrawal is when more people apply for a visa available for a visa in a particular category or country. Recovery usually occurs at the end of the financial year when issuing visas reaches the annual category or per-country boundaries.

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