Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Why they are making such a drama about the verification process? In Germany all the Federal police does is check your data in the Justice Ministry database to see if you have any prior convictions or if there are any current warrants in your name. Why the US govt wants the Indians to be cleared by the ED and intelligence services is beyond logic.
The Indian government came up with its own angle of what criteria it wanted for Indians resident in India to meet before the Indian government approves such applicants for being considered for final approval into the GE program. It wasn't the US that came up with the Indian side of the process.
The Indian government wants to seem like its "tough" on "security" and "not leaving any stone unturned" on behalf of the US, and this may be considered part of that. That and they think it makes it less likely that the US pulls the GE program for resident Indian citizens in the event that some bad Indian/"Indian" apples get into GE and then do something awful.