Indian Scientist Finally Gets a U.S. Visa, After ‘Degrading Experience’ in American Consulate

by E Wayne Ross on February 26, 2006

The Chronicle: Indian Scientist Finally Gets a U.S. Visa, After ‘Degrading Experience’ in American Consulate

The federal government has taken “exceptional measures” to grant a visa to a prominent Indian scientist whose difficulties in obtaining a visa this month caused outrage in India. U.S. officials scrambled to resolve the dispute before President Bush’s first trip to India, which begins next week.