India, Aug. 1 -- The US Department of State has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that suggests various updates to the regulations governing the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program. These updates include new reasons for terminating exchange visitor programs, more stringent timelines for extension requests, and a more efficient process for rectifying records in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).

The proposal could impose stricter compliance requirements on thousands of Indian researchers, doctors, professors, and trainees traveling to the US on J-1 exchange visitor visas.

This move comes only weeks after the Trump administration completed a distinct regulation that abolishes the long-standing 'duration of status' ...