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'Don't use tourist visa for purpose of giving birth': US warns Indian appliers

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December 13, 2025

Indian nationals anxious with change in laws

- JAYANTH JACOB @ New Delhi

THE US Embassy in India has issued a public warning to tourist-visa applicants in a tougher stance on what Washington describes as “birth tourism.”

In a post on X, the embassy said consular officers will immediately deny B-1/B-2 tourist visas if they suspect an applicant intends to travel to the United States to give birth so the child can obtain US citizenship.

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