A deeply personal story about Rajeev Krishna Annapragada has gone viral, highlighting the human cost of visa delays in the United States. Rajeev, a visually impaired Indian student who moved to the US to study at Columbia Business School, was unable to attend his sister’s wedding in India due to a lack of available H-1B visa appointments. The story, shared from a conference in New York, has sparked widespread debate about immigration systems, personal sacrifice and the realities faced by international professionals.
