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The move comes amidst an ongoing diplomatic dispute between India and Canada.
Since it was enforced by former home secretary Priti Patel in July 2021, 42 per cent of the 176,000 students granted a Graduate Route visa were Indian nationals which means any changes to this category will have a significant impact on Indians.
At present, the petition has received 11,351 signatures and the last date to sign is January 20, 2024
A a small number of Indians and other foreign workers on H-1B visas will be able to renew those visas in the US, without having to travel abroad, said sources.
The students had gone to Canada in 2018-19 on a study visa but the fraud came to light after they applied for permanent residency (PR) in the North American country recently.
It has helped level the economic playing field in the state and bring about the kind of general prosperity hardly visible anywhere else in India.
Earlier, residency was automatically cancelled after 180 days of absence from the Emirates.
The services were slashed five years ago after several of its staff were stricken with a still largely unexplained ailment dubbed 'Havana Syndrome'.
A short-stay Schengen visa allows one to visit Germany and other Schengen countries for a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period.
Considering the long wait time for grant of visas, the US is also rolling out a series of initiatives including hiring of more personnel and increasing the "drop box" facilities.
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