Us Visa Wait Time News Today

Shedding light on visa appointments and the waiting time concerning them, the US envoy to India, Eric Garcetti, said that President Joe Biden told him to bring down the waiting time for it in India.

The United States has announced a steep fee hike for H-1B, L-1, and EB-5 visas, which are commonly used by Indians to immigrate to the country. This is the first fee increase since 2016 and will be effective from April 1st.

US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said that the US embassy is likely to issue 10-15 per cent more visas than usual in the current calendar year.

The consular teams of the US have been making a "huge push" to process as many visa applications as possible in India, US Department of State official spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a press briefing on Thursday.

Describing India as an important partner wherein people-to-people relationship plays a significant role, top US lawmakers have urged the Biden Administration to address the visa wait time issue in India on a priority basis.

Top American lawmakers, while describing India as an important partner, urged the Biden administration to address the visa wait time issue in the country on a priority basis.

US lawmakers have urged the Joe Biden administration to address the visa wait time issue in India on a priority basis. According to a report by the news agency PTI on Thursday (June 8), during two separate Congressional hearings on consular affairs budget, Senator Bob Menendez (Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee), and Congressman Michael Waltz (Co-Chair of the House India Caucus), asked the US State Department officials  why people in India were facing visa wait time up to 600...

Reducing the wait time for US visas for Indians is not the "10th or 11th priority" but the "number one priority", the new US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti told NDTV today.

The wait time for a visitor visa to the US can run as high as one year for Indians. So one Delhi-based family came up with a clever way to attend their daughters US wedding without a US visa.

To cut delays in processing visas, the US recently launched new initiatives, including scheduling special interviews for first time applicants and increasing the strength of consular staff.