The U.S. Mission to India has released 250,000 additional visa appointments for Indian travelers, including tourists, skilled workers and students.

Key Points:

  • The newly opened appointments will help accommodate hundreds of thousands of Indian visa applicants.
  • The U.S. Mission to India has already processed more than 1 million visa applications this year, including a record-setting student visa application season this summer.

Additional Information: The U.S. Mission to India includes the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and the U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai, along with consulates in Kolkata, Chennai, and Hyderabad. Over 1.2 million Indians have traveled to the United States so far in 2024, an increase of 35% over the same period in 2023. More than 6 million Indian nationals currently hold a U.S. nonimmigrant visa, with thousands more visas issued each day.

This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group.

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