‘Overstayed in India’: Redditor says H-1B visa got canceled at Abu Dhabi preclearance

A Redditor on an H-1B visa claimed that her passport was stamped ‘cancelled and withdrawn’ at Abu Dhabi preclearance as she was traveling back to the US in January, along with her husband. Explaining her case, she said that she traveled to India in November to celebrate her daughter’s first birthday and did not face the H-1B stamping delay as their appointment dates were before December 15, 2025 — before the visa chaos started.

The Redditor said her husband and she got their visa stamping o December 12 before dates started to get rescheduled en masse. Their ticket to the US was in January and as they reached the Abu Dhabi preclearance, her case was flagged. Her husband was cleared with no issue.