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 The wait time is reportedly 14 days in Thailand whereas wait time in Kolkata is 589 days and 638 in Mumbai, as of now.


 




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Amid attempts to cut the massive backlog for US visa appointments, the US embassy in India on Sunday said that Indians seeking B1 and B2 visa can apply for the interview at select American embassies abroad.&nbsp;
Citing Thailand as an example, it said that the country has appointment capacity for B1 and B2 visa (travel and business). The wait time is reportedly 14 days whereas wait time in Kolkata is 589 days and 638 in Mumbai, as of now.
"Do you have upcoming international travel? If so, you may be able to get a visa appointment at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in your destination. For example, @USEmbassyBKK has opened B1/B2 appointment capacity for Indians who will be in Thailand in the coming months," US embassy, India, tweeted.
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US visa delays: online petition urging Blinken to reduce visa wait time launched

"We request the State Department, Secretary of State Mr Anthony Blinken and the US embassies in India to eliminate wait times for visa appointments in India.

A US-based diaspora body on Tuesday launched an online petition campaign urging the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to reduce the long waitlist for various types of American visas being issued from India.
"We request the State Department, Secretary of State Mr Anthony Blinken and the US embassies in India to eliminate wait times for visa appointments in India.
"Even after a two-year-long Covid-era pause in visa appointments at the US embassies in India, the visa appointment situation is far from normal, requiring 300 to 900 days of wait time based on the visa types,&rdquo; Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies or FIIDS said launching its online petition campaign.
As per travel.state.gov reports on October 31, there is an average 900+ days' wait time for appointments for visitors&rsquo; visa (B1/B2), an average 400 days' wait time for students (F, M,J) and an average 300 days' wait time for petition-based temp workers like H, L, O, P and Q across the USA consulates in India (Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata), it said.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in his meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday raised the issue of the backlog of visa applications from India to which the top American diplomat said he is sensitive to the matter and had a plan to address it.
“It is also in our mutual interest to facilitate the development and mobility of talent. We agreed that impediments over this should be addressed,” Jaishankar told reporters during a joint media availability with Blinken at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department here following their over an hour-long meeting.
US visa services are trying to clear a backlog after Washington the US halted almost all visa processing worldwide in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Indians make up a large proportion of the recipients of H-1B and other work visas granted to skilled foreign workers, many in the tech industry.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
The Indian minister did not specifically mention the H-1B visas issue during the joint presser.
There is a keen interest in India's national education policy and we will explore how that can best serve to expand our partnership, Jaishankar said.
"On mobility, specifically visas, this is particularly crucial given its centrality to education, business, technology, and family reunions,” he said.
“There have been some challenges of late, and I flagged it to Secretary Blinken and his team, and I have every confidence that they will look at some of these problems seriously and positively,” Jaishankar said.
“Bear with us. This will play out over the next few months, but we're very focused on it,” Blinken said in response to a question when asked about the historic delays in visa appointments that now runs into 800 days.
“On the question of visas, I'm extremely sensitive to this," Blinken said.
Blinken blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for a backlog of visa applications from Indian nationals.
"If it's any consolation, I can tell you that this is a challenge that we're facing around the world and it's a product largely of the COVID pandemic. Our ability to issue visas dropped dramatically during COVID,” he said as he explained the self-financing part of the issuing of visas.
“When COVID hit, the demand for visas fell through the floor, visa fees went away, the system, as a whole, suffered. And then of course, in actually issuing visas, even with much more limited resources, we had constraints from COVID about the number of people we could have in our embassies at any one time, etc,” he said.
Blinken said he had a plan to deal with it.
“We are now building back very determinedly from that surging resource. We have a plan, when it comes to India, to address the backlog of visas that has built up. I think you'll see that play out in the coming months," he said.
"But it's something that we're very focused on. These connections, these people-to-people ties, whether it's students, whether it's business people, whether it's tourists, whether it's family, this is what really links us together,” Blinken said.
“The last thing we want to do is make that any more difficult in the country we want to facilitate it," said the US Secretary of State. 

Jaishankar raises US visa delay issues; Blinken assures action

US visa services are trying to clear a backlog after Washington the US halted almost all visa processing worldwide in March 2020 due to the pandemic.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in his meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday raised the issue of the backlog of visa applications from India to which the top American diplomat said he is sensitive to the matter and had a plan to address it.
&ldquo;It is also in our mutual interest to facilitate the development and mobility of talent. We agreed that impediments over this should be addressed,&rdquo; Jaishankar told reporters during a joint media availability with Blinken at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department here following their over an hour-long meeting.
US visa services are trying to clear a backlog after Washington the US halted almost all visa processing worldwide in March 2020 due to the pandemic.
Indians make up a large proportion of the recipients of H-1B and other work visas granted to skilled foreign workers, many in the tech industry.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
The Indian minister did not specifically mention the H-1B visas issue during the joint presser.
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There is a keen interest in India's national education policy and we will explore how that can best serve to expand our partnership, Jaishankar said.
"On mobility, specifically visas, this is particularly crucial given its centrality to education, business, technology, and family reunions,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;There have been some challenges of late, and I flagged it to Secretary Blinken and his team, and I have every confidence that they will look at some of these problems seriously and positively,&rdquo; Jaishankar said.
&ldquo;Bear with us. This will play out over the next few months, but we're very focused on it,&rdquo; Blinken said in response to a question when asked about the historic delays in visa appointments that now runs into 800 days.
&ldquo;On the question of visas, I'm extremely sensitive to this," Blinken said.

Processing time delays for student visas have left Canada-bound Indian students with few options. Having paid lakhs of rupees in fees, and unable to start classes, what can the ‘Covid cohort’ do? Vikram Chandra discusses with experts.

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August is an exciting month for new students, especially those who are going abroad. Universities normally start their terms in September, so students are moving to a new country and starting their new lives. But for Indian students looking to study in Canada, the excitement has been dampened by delays in their visas.
Thousands of students, who have enrolled in top Canadian universities, are unable to meet the start dates for their courses. Some of these students have already paid their course fees, around ₹40 - 50 lakh, and a few months of accommodation fees as well.
Universities have also not allowed these students to start online classes until their visas come in, something which they've allowed in 2021 and 2020. The only option now for students, it seems, is to defer admission, and lose out on a year.
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Can anything be done to help these students? Should prospective students re-think plans to study in Canada? On this episode of The India Story, Vikram Chandra discusses with experts.
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