‘We have no ETA on when they are coming back’: Immigration attorney on H-1Bs stuck in India

As thousands of H-1B visa holders are stuck in India with no appointment date available in 2026, immigration attorney Rosanna Berardi said they have no idea when these people will be finally able to come back to the US. “The government’s playing games with social media vetting. And we have no ETA on when [they] are coming back,” Berardi told The San Francisco Standard. “These are individuals who were lawfully in the US.”

The Standard narrated the story of a San Jose woman from Hyderabad who had to return to India in November for a family emergency.