in the posttravel ban us where unexpect ed travel restrictions and checks reign sikhs have started shelving or postponing their plans to travel outside us fearing trouble on their returni booked my ticket in august 2016 to visit india from december 28 to february 8 2017 but i started having second thoughts following the trump executive order and have cancelled my trip at that time my coworkers and family were surprised but once immigration attorneys started issuing warnings they have realized that my decision was right said californiabased it consultant nitin kapoor from jalandhar who is in the us on h1b visaa couple of my us citizen relatives who had planned to visit punjab a few days back too have postponed their plan till the time there is some clarity on the immigration policies said north american punjabi association executive director satnam singh chahalword is being spread among green card holders about not filling the form i407 provided by us citizenship and immigration services which pertains to abandonment of lawful permanent resident status coloradobased punjabi businessman kehar singh gill said while those having american citizenship are not concerned people with green card or on h1b visa were worried a friend of my son also scrapped his plan to visit india due to the climate of uncertainty we came to india for the marriage of my daughter but those who do not have important commitments have started cancelling their travel plans said seattlebased h s preet who belongs to phagwara and used to edit a prominent magazine on punjabi musiccaliforniabased mangal singh bhandaal who migrated to us in 1979 and set up a trucking company feels people have to bide their time and things will settle down after sometimei voted for trump as democrats had ruined the business by framing policies which were detrimental to the interests of businessmen we will have to give him some time on this front sikhs dont need to fear him as his target is stopping illegal immigration to us he claimedwe have been getting calls from us nris reflected this scare especially among those who are not permanent citizens said s k chopra of chopra foreign travels who also heads the travel agents association punjab and has his kin settled in us