TOI correspondent from Washington: For nearly a million Indian professionals who spent years believing that hard work, due diligence, patience and an H-1B visa would eventually deliver the “American dream,” the Trump administration’s latest immigration memo has landed like a deportation notice wrapped in bureaucratic prose.
In a sweeping new directive issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday, most temporary visa holders seeking permanent residency will now be required to leave the US and apply for green cards from their home countries, instead of adjusting status while remaining in America.
