10 Facts about New Regulations to Reduce Wait Times for US Visas and International Appointments

The US has made a number of announcements to reduce the backlog of visa appointments.

Indian citizens seeking a business or tourist visa will be allowed to request an appointment at embassies or consulates outside of India, the US embassy announced today.

USEmbassyBKK has increased the number of B1/B2 appointment slots available for Indian travellers to Thailand in the near future. The US Embassy in India tweeted this (sic).

Thailand was used as an example by the embassy, which said that nation could issue B1 and B2 visas.

The US has also made a number of additional announcements to reduce the backlog in visa appointments.

When travel restrictions associated to the coronavirus were abolished, India was one of the relatively few nations during covid where applications for US visas significantly increased.

The US has declared that it will increase staffing by this summer.

People can use a dropbox to submit their application if they want to renew their US visa.

This year, the US embassy and consulates anticipate receiving a record number of visa requests from Indian students.

To assist first-time candidates, the US embassy in Delhi and the consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad have begun holding "special Saturday interview days."

More than 2,50,000 new B1/B2 appointments were made public two weeks ago by the US embassy in India.