US consulates accept certain visa applications, including H-1B renewals

United States Embassy in India on Friday informed that it’s consular sections across the country are now accepting drop box applications for F, M, and J visa renewals and H and L visa renewals which qualify for an exception to the Proclamations at Visa Application Centers across India.

As per a notification, H-1B and L-1 employees who are applying for the same role in the same organisation as earlier would be eligible to apply under the revised guidelines. Other applicants who meet a certain criteria would also qualify to apply.

However, the priority will remain processing student visa applications.Routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing is still not available.

President Donald Trump had earlier signed an executive order banning federal agencies from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers — mainly those on H-1B visa — from hiring