1 district in India got 2,20,000 H-1B visas, that's a scam: Economist
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Ankush Verma /
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Wednesday, 26 November, 2025 Former US Congressman and economist Dr Dave Brat has alleged massive irregularities in H-1B visa processing at US consulate in Chennai. "There's a cap of only 85,000 H-1B visas, but somehow one district in India, the [Chennai] district, got 2,20,000, two and a half times the cap set by Congress. So that's the scam," Brat claimed.