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36% more US visas processed across India after COVID-19 pandemic

“All the non-visitor time or student-visa have very, very low wait times and that’s really key. Our H-1B and F student’s wait time were just as high almost six months ago and so we brought down the wait time.”

— Julie Stufft, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs

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Addressing a presser organised by Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies on February 21, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs Julie Stufft said, “India is the number one priority that we are facing right now. We are absolutely committed to getting out of this situation. Anyone in India seeking a visa appointment or visa have to wait for that’s not certainly our ideal,” reported ANI. She also stated, “So far this year, we have issued 36% more visas than we did before the COVID-19 pandemic in India. And that is a huge percentage of progress.”

The H-1B visa, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise

She said that they were doing everything to reduce the wait time. “All the non-visitor time or student-visa have very, very low wait times and that’s really key. Our H-1B and F student’s wait time were just as high almost six months ago and so we brought down the wait time,” she added.

The H-1B visa, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

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Roma Ghosh
Roma Ghosh
Roma Ghosh has recently retired as Associate Professor for Media Studies from an international university. She was with the Times of India as a correspondent for many years. Her passion is cooking and she has been doing recipes and photo shoots for Women's Era for the last 15-odd years.

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