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Indian Student With $100,000 Columbia Scholarship Denied US Visa. Here's Why
NDTV World ^ | 10/7/2025 | Sanstuti Nath

Posted on 10/07/2025 2:51:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Kaushik Raj, a 27-year-old journalist from Delhi, was all ready to live his American dream with a $100,000 (approximately Rs 89 lakh) scholarship in hand to pursue a master's degree in data journalism at Columbia University. But all his plans came crashing down when the United States' immigration department denied his student visa.

Raj, who completed all the visa formalities, including the interview, believes the rejection was linked to his social media activity. Under the Donald Trump administration, social media vetting has become an integral part of the visa selection process.

Speaking to The Washington Post, Raj claimed he wasn't very active on social media and "refrained from publicising his personal feelings about hot-button global issues, such as Israel's war in Gaza."

However, he said that in four years of his journalistic career, he often focused on hate crimes, which was reflected in his social media activities.

Raj's semester at Columbia University was set to start in August, but around that time, he received a letter from the US Embassy in New Delhi telling him his application had been rejected.

The letter said that Raj, who was born and raised in India, had not demonstrated sufficient ties to the country that would “compel” him to return home after his time in the United States. The letter made no mention of his online activity.

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Stay in India, Raj.
1 posted on 10/07/2025 2:51:06 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

DUH.


2 posted on 10/07/2025 2:58:14 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: marcusmaximus
One must conclude that a degree in India is sub-par if one is sought in America.
Why isn't India shouting their superiority from the rooftops?
/rhetorical question
3 posted on 10/07/2025 3:06:12 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: marcusmaximus

“...degree in data journalism”

Maybe he can write journalism on how to build outhouses in India which are sorely needed.


4 posted on 10/07/2025 3:08:09 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Lefty idiots think these stories elicit sympathy for these invaders. In fact it does the opposite.

How about give that 100k to an American white hetero male ?


5 posted on 10/07/2025 3:10:38 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: marcusmaximus

>he often focused on hate crimes,

There was a PhD thesis waiting here:

https://www.fakehatecrimes.org/


6 posted on 10/07/2025 3:11:25 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: quantim

Or cleaning up the Ganges river by retrieving all the floating dead bodies bobbing up and down.


7 posted on 10/07/2025 3:11:33 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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“One must conclude that a degree in India is sub-par if one is sought in America.”

Actually, India graduates more than the US, see below. Experience tells me they are at least as good as Americans and the fact there are many more says that statistically, they have more “good” ones than we have. The reason Indians come here is to stay.

“India produces approximately 1.5 million engineering graduates annually, making it the largest producer of engineers globally, followed by the United States, which produces around 238,000 engineering graduates each year. This indicates that India has a significantly higher number of engineering graduates compared to the US.”


8 posted on 10/07/2025 3:13:03 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Has anyone seen my tagline? ...I know it was here...)
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To: marcusmaximus

Good! Bravo Mr President!


9 posted on 10/07/2025 3:13:03 AM PDT by albie
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To: Gen.Blather

You could move to India you anti American creep.


10 posted on 10/07/2025 3:16:30 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Gen.Blather

Indian engineers suck.


11 posted on 10/07/2025 3:20:32 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: philman_36

Degrees from the US are a foothold into the US and give them the acculturation for squishier jobs, such as in “data journalism”.


12 posted on 10/07/2025 3:24:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Gen.Blather

I take it an /sarcasm was needed as well for the first comment.


13 posted on 10/07/2025 3:26:51 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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There are a lot of people in the West that break out in hives if they see too many White people in one area.


14 posted on 10/07/2025 3:28:10 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Thanks for telling me what I already knew. I really appreciate that.


15 posted on 10/07/2025 3:28:12 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: marcusmaximus
"Under the Donald Trump administration, social media vetting has become an integral part of the visa selection process."

...Like never before, and rightly so.
16 posted on 10/07/2025 3:33:54 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Go home Hojie


17 posted on 10/07/2025 3:41:25 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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To: marcusmaximus
USA=1

NWO=0

18 posted on 10/07/2025 3:45:07 AM PDT by traditional2 ("Is it them, again, Yogi?")
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To: marcusmaximus
His interview exposed his lack of ties to India and his likelihood of not returning to India after his visa was expired.

sounds like ICE did a fantastic job keeping a future illegal immigrant out of the country.

BRAVO and thank you.

P.S. we already had enough 7/11 clerks *cough, cough* I mean hate crime reporters.

19 posted on 10/07/2025 3:48:54 AM PDT by Ikeon (Kill me, and I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. )
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To: marcusmaximus
Why, in India, is there no Indian dream?

When is this great talent going to fix their own country?

20 posted on 10/07/2025 4:03:32 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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