Over 70% of all H-1B visas issued between October 2022 and September 2023 were received by Indian skilled workers, according to data shared in the Rajya Sabha. 

The United States embassy in India said its consular team was cancelling about 2000 visa appointments allegedly booked by bots and said such practices violated its scheduling policies. 

The embassy also stated that it has “zero tolerance for agents and fixers that violate our scheduling policies.”

In an official notification posted on “X”, the embassy stated,”Consular Team India identified bad actors who made about 2000 visa appointments that violated our scheduling policies.”

“Effective immediately, we are cancelling these appointments and suspending the associated accounts scheduling.

Several social media users shared their opinions on the US Embassy’s decision to cancel such applications. 

One user suggested,”how about cancelling all the H1Bs of everyone the appointments were for and the companies they were being brought to work for.”

A second user added, “time to freeze the visa program. The corruption is everywhere, and it’s absurd to import workers while American workers are drowning and going through mass layoffs”