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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Indian techie loses H-1B visa lawsuit; remains away from family for 18 months

An Indian software engineer employed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), who has been stranded in India for more than 18 months due to repeated US visa refusals and prolonged administrative processing, has lost his legal challenge against several US government officials, according to a TOI report.

A US district court dismissed Navdeep Sharma's lawsuit, ruling that although it sympathised with his prolonged separation from his wife and two children in Texas, the delay in processing his visa could not be considered unreasonable under the law.

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