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Top US lawmakers urge the Biden administration to address visa wait times for Indian applicants, citing the importance of the people-to-people relationship.
Carefully drawn up budgets had to be banished with airfares and room tariffs soaring as travel restrictions lifted, and plans changed as visa wait times grew longer by the minute.
The US has deployed temporary visa officers to help with the visa operations in Mumbai and reduce the wait time. Consular officers from around the world have left their regular duties for this purpose, the US Consulate in Mumbai said in a tweet.
Indian visa applicants require a wait-time of over two years just for getting an appointment, a US government website showed, while the timeframe is only two days for countries like China.