Trump's 'Visa Break' about dreams of studying in America has become difficult for Indian students to study in America

Indian students who dream of studying in America have had problems. After Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, it became extremely difficult for Indian students to get an F1 student visa. According to the data from the US State Department, a large decline in the F1 visa was given to Indian students. The major decline in visa in the US financial year 2024 (October 1 to September 30) Indian students received 86.067 F1 visas, which is 34% lower than the previous year. The fall in the first six months (January-ME) of 2025 increased, when only 11,484 visas were received, that is, a 29% decline compared to the previous year’s 16.105. On the other hand, there was a 28% increase in the student visa for the neighbor of Pakistan and the stressful relationships Pakistan. India’s rival in China had only 8% decrease in the steering of students to America. This change is not only limited to statistics, but also at the policy level. Trump’s strict policy Trump has sharpened visa rules just like his first term. In May 2025, US embassies were instructed to stop student visa appointments and to conduct a thorough investigation into social media profiles. According to the data from Open Doors, more than 11 Lakh studied international students in 2023-24 in American colleges and universities. Of these, there were more than 3,30,000 Indians, that is, one in three students from India. [https://opendoorsdata.org/fact_sheets/fast-facts/] But now Trump’s new sanctions have created problems for Indian students. There have already been problems, even before Trump’s new policy, the entry of foreign students in the US has decreased. In 2024, 41% of student visa applications were rejected, which is the highest rejection rate in the last decade. The impact of Indo-American tension The increasing tension between Washington and New Delhi also makes this problem more serious. Last week, the Trump administration threatened to impose 25% ‘Anti -Anti -Counter’ tariff on Indian exports, which is now increased to 50%. At the same time, Pakistan has only 19% rate. Monitoring on social media in July 2025, the US State Department implemented a new rule and asked all students and exchanged visa applicants to make their profiles on social media. Failure to do so can be considered suspicious, which increases the risk of rejecting the visa. The Digital Rights Group Electronic Frontier Foundation strongly criticized the move and described it as an attack on privacy and improving government monitoring. The problems of Indian students for Indian students, the dream of studying in America, are now trapped amid paperwork and diplomatic tension. Priyanshu (name changed), a Delhi student, says I enrolled at the University of California, but the visa was rejected. Now I have to think about Canada or Australia.