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MUMBAI: Jamnabai Narsee’s Vian Jain who is to join Syracuse University for mechanical engineering in the Fall of 2021 heaved a sigh of relief on learning the travel ban from India had exempted students. Like him, thousands of other candidates were comforted when they read the fresh travel policy put out by the US department of state on Friday.
The psychological boost came at a time when prospective freshmen are in the process of finalising their admits and making deposits to universities before they can get their crucial i-20, needed to apply for a visa.
On Friday, the US reviewed its travel policy and suspended entry into their country for non-immigrants who were physically present in India during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the country.