Indian students face mounting hurdles in securing US F-1 visas, with just 9,906 issued between March and May 2025\u2014a 27% drop from last year. Section 214(b) denials, rooted in proving \u201cintent to return,\u201d leave many dreams shattered. Beyond finances or academics, consular officers scrutinize career plans, family ties, travel history, and narratives, turning visa approval into a high-stakes test of persuasion and perception.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Indian students face mounting hurdles in securing US F-1 visas, with just 9,906 issued between March and May 2025\u2014a 27% drop from last year. Section 214(b) denials, rooted in proving \u201cintent to return,\u201d leave many dreams shattered. Beyond finances or academics, consular officers scrutinize career plans, family ties, travel history, and narratives, turning visa approval… Read More »How \u2018intent to return\u2019 test is crushing Indian students’ American dreams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":59500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}