Gurgaon CEO's US visa denied over 'weak India ties', he flags irony in viral post
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A Gurgaon CEO's US visa application was rejected citing "weak ties to India." He pointed out the irony of the situation in a post that has now gone viral on social media.
A Gurgaon-based CEO has explained how his US visa application was rejected by the authorities, who cited “weak ties to India” as the reason.
Jasveer Singh didn't hold back from expressing his disappointment in a post on X as he said that he operated a company in India, employed people locally, paid taxes in the country, and had built everything there over the past 13 years. Yet this was apparently “not enough proof that I’ll return to India.”
He then criticised the evaluation process, suggesting that if this was the benchmark, then either the definition of intent was flawed or the assessment system required serious review.
Singh also claimed that social media activity was now being checked, adding in a postscript that a friend advised him to delete tweets related to the US or NRIs before a visa interview to improve approval chances.
An image shared along with the post appears to show a formal letter from the United States Embassy in New Delhi, stating that the applicant was found ineligible for a non-immigrant visa under US immigration law because he “was not able to demonstrate that your intended activities in the United States would be consistent with the classification of the non-immigrant visa for which you applied.”
The letter also mentions that applicants must prove strong ties such as professional, financial, social, or family connections to a home country that would compel their return after travel.
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