As India contributes the highest number of H-1B visa holders to the US, any change in the H-1B visa rule affects Indi first. The social media vetting introduced in December 2025 pushed H-1B interview dates by months with thousands of H-1B visa holders getting stuck in India as they went to their home countries to get their visa stamping renewed, but all dates got blocked for months. Two major changes brought about the huge backlog: first, the stamping has to be done in one's home country; second, all visa stamp renewals will undergo social media vetting.
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