Indian students of a ‘sham’ university anxiously looking for alternatives to avoid expulsion, the Indian missions here have set up help lines to guide them through the legal process. Some 1,555 students of Tri-Valley University (TVU), 90 % of them from India, mostly Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of expulsion following the closure of the university in Pleasanton, California, on charges of selling student visas.
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A number of students have already been interviewed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, most have been questioned and released but a few have been required to wear anklet tags to monitor their movements. Many others have been detained and released on bond.
To remain in the US, they must get admission in another school, but with the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) of the department of homeland security, a web-based programme to track foreign students, closed for them it’s proving a hard job.
The embassy of India here in a notice on its website said it has taken up with the US State Department the issue of Tri-Valley University, so as to ensure that Indian students are not subjected to any kind of discrimination or victimization.
The embassy along with the consulate general in San Francisco have set up a dedicated e-mail address to enable the affected students to communicate and seek guidance from the Indian authorities. Students in the consular jurisdiction of the embassy and the consulate general of India in New York may also separately contact: (i) minca@indiagov.org; (ii) edu@indiacgny.org.
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