Visa wait time in India over 900 days while in China it’s 3 days, states diaspora group in online petition – The Indian Express

“We ask for the State Department, Secretary of State Mr Anthony Blinken and the United States embassies in India to get rid of wait times for visa visits in India. Even after a two-year-long Covid-era time out in visa consultations at the United States embassies in India, the visa visit scenario is far from regular, needing 300 to 900 days of wait time based upon the visa types,” Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) stated releasing its online petition project. Based on travel.state.gov reports on October 31, there is an average 900+ days’ wait time for consultations for visitors’ visa (B1/B2), an average 400 days’ wait time for trainees (F, M, J) and an average 300 days’ wait time for petition-based temperature employees like H, L, O, P and Q throughout the USA consulates in India (Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata), it stated. On the other hand, the United States consulates in China just have a typical 3 days’ wait time, FIIDS stated. “The 900+ days’ hold-up denies Indian Americans and Indian immigrants in the USA of having their cherished family members to check out, whether in the time of troubles, requirements, or for events, affecting their lifestyle,” it stated. “The 400+ days’ wait time impacts trainees signing up with the United States universities, that not just effects trainees’ future however likewise adversely affects the United States universities,” FIIDS stated, including, the 300+ days’ wait time is affecting efficiency and success of different markets and organizations due to absence of experienced employees. “We advise the United States State Department and Sec Blinken to solve this concern. Our company believe it is not just crucial for United States interests however the ideal thing to do on ethical and caring premises,” FIIDS stated in its petition on Change.Org. “As per Reuters news on 27 th Sept, the Secretary of State blamed the absence of resources and financing due to lost profits from costs on this ‘self-financed program,'” the petition stated. “We ask for the worried authorities to take all needed actions and to look for emergency situation funds to fix this stockpile. We aspire to help in any method possible and will create a union of people who will increase to the event to help in reducing this problem,” it included.
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