Indian Students In US

India remained the largest source of international students in the US in 2024-25, with over 360,000 enrolments, even as early 2025 brought a dip in new students amid visa delays and shifting policies

International students generated $42.9 billion for the US economy in 2024-25, but new enrolments have dropped sharply amid visa delays, policy uncertainty and pressure to curb post-study work routes

Chinese student numbers in the US have dropped again as tougher visa rules, stricter checks and growing security concerns push more students to look for study options

India, the biggest source of international students in the US, recorded a 14 per cent drop; this is the first time since 2020 that applications from India have fallen

A forthcoming Trump administration rule could end or severely restrict the OPT, impacting thousands of international students and raising concerns among educators and economists

US President Donald Trump defended foreign student enrolments, saying cutting them by half would financially destroy the higher education system

Richard Damion Florez allegedly shot Indian student Chandrashekar Pole while he was working a part-time shift at the gas station, before fleeing the scene in the same car he had arrived in

The Consulate General of India in Houston and Telangana leaders expressed grief and assured full support to the family of Chandrashekar Pole, killed in a Dallas gas station shooting

With the US tightening immigration, countries such as Germany, Japan, Singapore and Russia are looking to attract more Indian students and skilled workers

With the US fall semester days away, Indian students are struggling to get visa slots, prompting 15 US lawmakers to urge action amid growing concern

OPT approvals rose 21% in 2024 with Amazon topping the list of employers; Indian students led STEM OPT participation as tech giants expanded hiring

The warning comes a day after a video of Indian student surfaced online where he was being handcuffed by the authorities at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey

The Congress on Tuesday slammed the government after a video emerged showing an Indian student being handcuffed and pinned to the floor at a US airport, and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately talk to President Donald Trump to appeal for intervention on the "mistreatment" of Indians in America. Congress leaders shared the video and pictures of an Indian student handcuffed and pinned to the floor at USA's Newark Airport before he was allegedly deported. The Consulate General of India in New York has said it is in touch with local authorities after the video surfaced online showing the young Indian man being handcuffed and allegedly being deported. "We have come across social media posts claiming that an Indian national is facing difficulties at Newark Liberty International Airport. We are in touch with local authorities in this regard," the Indian Consulate said in a post on X. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh alleged that t

Expressing concern over the US' decisions affecting foreign students, the Congress on Wednesday said China has reacted strongly regarding their students but Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar have remained "totally quiet" on how Indian students are being affected by the move. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh pointed out that according to the Ministry of External Affairs, approximately 3,37,630 Indian students went to the USA for higher studies in 2024 and about a third of the foreign students on American campuses are from India. This means that some three-and-a-half lakh Indian families invested their hard-earned savings or borrowed for the education of their children in the US, he said. "These students, plus those who went in earlier years, face an uncertain future. Large numbers of students planning to go in 2025 may never get to see their aspirations fulfilled," Ramesh said on X. "President Trump has made his

The F-1 visa rejection rate has increased by approximately 20 per cent in 2025, following an already steep 40 per cent in 2024

Badar Khan Suri entered the US on a J-1 visa in 2022 and has been a visiting scholar and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown, where he taught courses on human rights in South Asia

The family of a 21-year-old Indian student who was killed in Canada urged the Centre and the Punjab government on Saturday for their assistance in bringing back her body. Harsimrat Kaur Randhawa died after a stray bullet struck her while she was waiting at a bus stop on her way to work. Shots were allegedly fired by a car occupant. She was a student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. Harsimrat hailed from Dhunda village in Goindwal Sahib in the Tarn Taran district. Her grandfather Sukhwinder Singh in Tarn Taran said Harsimrat had gone to Canada two years ago for studies. "We came to know from our relatives yesterday. She was standing on the road and then a bullet hit her," he told reporters. The family urged both governments to expedite the process to bring back her body to India. After the news of Harsimrat's death reached the village, many villagers expressed grief to the family. The Consulate General of India in Toronto said in a post on X Friday, "We are deeply saddene

Students' visa revocations seem random and unclear, triggering fear, pointed out Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh, urging the External Affairs Minister to take up the issue with his US counterpart

Chinmay Deore, 21, a computer science student at Wayne State University, claims with three others that their immigration status was unlawfully revoked by US officials without prior notice

An Indian was among four students at Michigan public universities who have filed a lawsuit against their possible deportation after their student immigration status was terminated "unlawfully". Chinmay Deore from Inida, Xiangyun Bu and Qiuyi Yang from China, and Yogesh Joshi from Nepal on Friday filed the lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and immigration officials, saying their student immigration status in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) was illegally terminated "without sufficient notice and explanation". SEVIS is a database that tracks information about nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors in the US. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, which is representing the students, on Thursday, said they "filed a federal lawsuit along with a request for an emergency injunction on behalf of the students who had their F-1 student immigration status unlawfully and abruptly terminated by the Trump administration for n