How to Apply for US Visitor Visa: There is bad news for those planning to visit the US. People will have to wait till 2024 for a visitor visa. If you go to the website of the US State Department, you will find that there is a waiting period of one and a half years. This means that if you apply now, you will get an appointment between March-April 2024. The website shows that the average waiting period at the US Consulate in New Delhi is 522 days for visitor visas and 471 days for student visas.
What is the waiting period?
If we talk about Mumbai then here you have to wait 517 days for a US visitor visa and 10 days for a student visa. The waiting period for all other non-immigrant visas is 198 days in Delhi and 72 days in Mumbai. According to the State Department website, the waiting period in Chennai is 557 days for visitor visas and 185 days for non-immigrant visas. People applying from Hyderabad will have to wait for 518 days to get a visitor visa.
According to the website’s visa page, “Estimated wait times for interview appointments at U.S. embassies or consulates may vary from week to week depending on employees’ workloads.” These are only estimates and do not guarantee the availability of appointments.’
What did the US embassy say about the delay?
On reports of delays, the US Embassy said that the State Department is committed to providing both immigrant and nonimmigrant travelers with valid travel to the US. The US government is taking steps to reduce waiting times and backlogs by working on recruiting and training new employees.
Doubled recruitment
The state department has doubled the recruitment of officers in this financial year. The newly recruited employees are going on their postings in other parts of the world including India.” Earlier, some reports said that visa processing is taking longer for the Schengen states, Canada, and the UK as well.
The delay in the approval of visas by the Canadian authorities has worried many, especially in Punjab. A report by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration states that in 2021, 41% of applications for study permits from India were turned down.
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