India Travel Ban Means U.S. Visa Workers Remain Stuck Abroad

Travel restrictions for India that take effect at midnight will disrupt not only temporary work visa holders who are currently abroad, but also the U.S. businesses who employ them.

The Biden administration issued a proclamation Friday that nonimmigrant travelers from India won’t be allowed entry to the U.S. due to the “widespread, ongoing person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19,” noting that the World Health Organization has reported that the country has had more than 18,375,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Employers of H-1B specialty occupation visa workers, where Indian nationals made up more than 67% of registrants in ...