Unsafe Lane Change? Visa Revoked, Must Depart United States

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Indian students facing minor criminal offences, including traffic violations in the US, are now being targeted by the country's authorities US authorities have revoked visas of international students including dozens of Indian students who received related mails from their designated school officials According to a report by Times of India, which quoted the e-mails receieved, the students were informed that their F-1 student visas were no longer valid and were asked to leave the country at once. The e-mails cited past criminal offences by the students like shifting lanes while driving, drunk driving, shoplifting, etc. as reasons for their deportation. In the past few weeks, hundreds of international students in the US received e-mails informing them about their visa being revoked and asking them to self-deport.

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According to the publication's report, these e-mails read, "The termination of your Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which is a legal document which stores data of an immigrant and proves their legal status, record means that you no longer have valid F-1 non-immigrant status. This means you are no longer lawfully allowed to stay in the US. Restated, your Form I-20 is no longer valid. Your Employment Authorisation Document (EAD) is no longer valid, and you no longer have authorisation to work. "If your visa has been revoked, this means that the F-1 visa in your passport is no longer valid. If you are in the US, you may need to make plans for immediate departure," the mail further read. Though each offence can lead to deportation according to the Department of Homeland Security, US immigration attorneys opined that in the past such offences seldom led to deportation.

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