# US Attorney Confirms Indian-American Dancer Was Not On Student Visa 2026-08-06T18:05:11+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet US Attorney Aaron Reitz has confirmed that Sadhana Gollapudi, an Indian-American Kuchipudi dancer, is a naturalised US citizen, rejecting a social media accusation that she had stayed in America for 12 years on an F-1 student visa. An anti-Indian account had reposted one of her dancing videos and alleged visa violations, work as a dancer and cash tutoring without presenting evidence. The episode drew criticism from Indian-American advocacy groups, which accused Reitz of lending official weight to an online smear and disclosing Gollapudi’s citizenship. Gollapudi said the video was reposted without permission and that the claims were false and misleading. Her LinkedIn profile identifies her as a senior graduate research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Indian diaspora, Kuchipudi, social media, United States, Visa fraud Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-attorney-confirms-indian-american-dancer-was-not-on-student-visa/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-attorney-confirms-indian-american-dancer-was-not-on-student-visa/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.