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An official said that the US is working on taking several steps to reduce the visa appointment wait time in India, which is still a bit high. | Latest News India
In an interview to PTI, Julie Stufft, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services, said US missions in India worked six, seven days a week to make sure that students could be interviewed before their classes started.
In an interview, Julie Stufft, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services, said, "In India, the demand (for US visas) is still very high. The wait time of six, eight and 12 months is not what we need and (it is) not indicative of how we view India."
The United States recently completed the small-scale programme at its diplomatic mission in Dublin and it plans to gradually roll it out.
The US is set to begin a pilot programme for domestic renewal of certain categories of H-1B visas in December, benefiting Indian technology professionals.