So, it's a really it's a genuinely serious problem of some magnitude.' There are students who are waiting for a long time. 'In India, I mean, there are families who are not able to meet their relatives there and people who can't keep their business appointments. In Mumbai, the waiting period is 848 calendar days for visitor visas, 430 calendar days for student/exchange visitor visas and 392 calendar days for all other non-immigrant visas.ĭuring the press briefing in Washington, the external affairs minister raised concerns about families not being able to meet and students waiting for a long time and underlined it as a 'genuinely serious' problem. In Delhi, the waiting period is 833 calendar days for visitor visas, 430 calendar days for student/exchange visitor visas and 390 calendar days for all other non-immigrant visas. Seeing at the current waiting time, the non-immigrant visa waiting period for the United States has gone now over two years. The waiting period is nearly 400 days for student/exchange visitor visas and other non-immigrant visas. The waiting period for Indians looking to secure a visitor visa to the US has gone up to 800 days, according to the website of the US State Department. He further added, 'To the people who are concerned about the visa issues, I would like to give the message that I understand their anxiety and the urgency and which is precisely the reason why I took up the matter,' and suggested Blinken that India will help the US to deal with the situation in a better way. 'But I again, feel this is an issue where obviously it's mainly for the US but we will be supportive and collaborative,' Jaishankar told news agency ANI in response to a question asked about people facing visa issues.

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