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Published: 27th July 2022     

BJD MP urges External Affairs Minister to cater to visa woes of emigrating Indian students

The MP said that cases of visa rejections are resulting in Indian students seeking a deferral or refund of tuition fees from universities

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Biju Janta Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik on Tuesday, July 26 wrote a letter to Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and requested him to cater to the visa woes of emigrating Indian students.

While pointing out that Indian students have been facing problems in the visa process, Amar Patnaik said in a letter to External Affairs Minister, "Thousands of Indian students are facing long delays in obtaining visas of major countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Canada etc. even after getting admission into universities in these countries," as stated in a report by ANI.

The delay has been particularly worrisome since these countries are among the favourite destinations for pursuing higher education. "Visa hurdles are shattering the dreams of many young students. The US embassy for instance is completely booked till April 2023 for in-person visa appointments. Similarly, the processing time of a Canadian visa involve months while the rejection rate is a steep 50 percent which was 15-20 pc in pre-COVID times. Further, some countries such as Denmark have taken extreme steps of temporarily suspending all new visa appointments," the former Principal Accountant General of Odisha said in a letter, as per ANI.

The MP further said that increased instances of visa rejections and delays are resulting in Indian students seeking a deferral or refund of tuition fees from the universities. As a result, he said that he would like to bring to attention that these refunds are partial in nature and therefore, are leading to unnecessary financial and mental stress for these students and their families. Even in a deferral, these students will have to apply for scholarships once again, he said. 

"In contrast to the above situation, Indian missions abroad have worked overtime, if needed, to issue visas including clearing all the backlogs," he added as per ANI. 

He urged the minister to take urgent action regarding the issue. "I request you to take urgent measures to persuade the mission/embassies of these countries to streamline the visa process, if necessary, by adopting temporary emergency measures for clearing the existing backlog so that students required to join the Fall semester in these countries are able to join in time," Amar Patnaik also said in the letter to S Jaishankar, as per ANI.  

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