US Ambassador joins consular team for visa interviewsworld news
The US Embassy in New Delhi opened its doors on Saturday, March 9, 2024, to interview over 1,000 visitor visa applicants. US Ambassador Eric Garcetti joined the embassy team to support the surge and assist in the fingerprint verification process, according to a press release from the embassy.
Ambassador Garcetti said, “the foundation of our US-India partnership is the network of relationships that individuals form when they work, travel, and study in the United States.We’re doing everything we can to facilitate the visa process and support critical people-to-people connections. The US mission in India has increased staffing and harnessed technological innovations to meet the unprecedented demand and process more visas than ever before.”
In 2023, the US Embassy and Consulates in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million US visas. Demand across all visa classes was unprecedented, with a 60% increase in applications compared to 2022. Indians now represent one out of every ten US visa applicants around the world.
This was the first of four “Super Saturday” visa processing events planned in 2024. Consulate Mumbai also opened its doors on March 9 for special visa processing hours.
Ambassador Garcetti said, “the foundation of our US-India partnership is the network of relationships that individuals form when they work, travel, and study in the United States.We’re doing everything we can to facilitate the visa process and support critical people-to-people connections. The US mission in India has increased staffing and harnessed technological innovations to meet the unprecedented demand and process more visas than ever before.”
In 2023, the US Embassy and Consulates in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million US visas. Demand across all visa classes was unprecedented, with a 60% increase in applications compared to 2022. Indians now represent one out of every ten US visa applicants around the world.
This was the first of four “Super Saturday” visa processing events planned in 2024. Consulate Mumbai also opened its doors on March 9 for special visa processing hours.