How H-1B visa restrictions may separate Indian families

In early March, Poorva Dixit rushed to buy a ticket to India from the United States, her home for more than a decade, after she learned her 72-year-old mother had fallen from her bed and was in critical condition.

She decided to leave her two young children and husband in California because of the risks of the novel coronavirus spreading around the world. Dixit and her husband are both Indian nationals while their children are U.S. citizens.

A software developer with an impermanent license to work in the United States, Dixit realized that to get back she would need to go to the U.S. office in Mumbai to get another visa stepped in her identification, a prerequisite for some visa holders when they travel



abroad. 

On March 16, a day prior to her visa arrangement, the office shut down due to coronavirus limitations. After eight days her mom died. 

Presently another movement request gave by President Donald Trump on Monday that bars the section of holders of certain impermanent work visas, could leave Dixit caught in India, a long way from her kids, until in any event the year's end.

"I've already lost my mother and I am being kept away from my motherhood as well," Dixit, who is staying with relatives in the outskirts of Mumbai, told Reuters. "At this point my brain is just a fog."

Dixit is one of nearly 1,000 people in India trapped in similar situations who joined a private group on the messaging app Telegram.