The Indian embassy in Washington has asked the US government to ensure that no Indian students, affected by the immigration scam of Tri-Valley University in California, are victimised.
Strongly taking up the matter with the state department and other concerned departments, the Indian embassy in Washington has asked the US government to ensure that no Indian students, affected by the immigration scam of Tri-Valley University in California, are victimised.
According to a federal complaint filed in a California court last week, the university helped foreign nationals illegally acquire immigration status.
The university is said to have 1,555 students.
As many as 95% of these students are Indian nationals, a federal complaint said.
The Indian embassy in Washington and its consulate generals in New York and San Francisco have taken up the matter with the US authorities.
According to information available, only about 140 visas were issues directly to Indian students for studying at this university.
However, many students it seems had transferred themselves to this university from other universities in the US.
This increased the number of students registered at this university.
The US authorities claim that this so called university was not conducting full time courses and registered students were not doing full time studies this causing violation of their visa status.
Indian authorities have pointed out that this university appears to have been authorised by the US system to issues I20 forms, and in any case US consulates in India had issued visas for students to study here after their due scrutiny.
"Therefore the students should not be victimised in any way," Indian authorities in Washington have argued.
The students who have been in touch with the embassy and the consulate general in San Francisco and New York have requested that they be permitted to apply for transfer to other universities and be given sufficient time for this.
Alternatively they may be permitted to go back to India, without prejudice, and not be deported and also be allowed in normal course to re-apply for studies in the US at authorised universities.
The Indian embassy has strongly taken up this request with the US state department and other authorities.
In the meantime, the US authorities have suggested that students with visas for studies at Tri-Valley University, who are presently in India, should not travel to the US on this visa.
It is expected that the response of US authorities to the request from the students, supported by the Indian government, could be available next week.
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