How the US Embassy is prepping for an anticipated surge in Indian student visa applications this yearIn 2023, more Indian students received US student visas than from any other country, prompting the US Embassy to start visa appointments tw...
29 May, 2024, 06.21 PM IST
US Consulate in Hyderabad conducts visa interviews for 1500 applicants in 'Super Saturday' exerciseUS Consulate Team in Hyderabad conducted a quarterly Super Saturday, processing 1500 visitor visa applicants. Efforts to streamline the pro...
20 Apr, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
US consolidates visitor visa interview waiver appointments in New DelhiUS Embassy in India updates visa procedures, focusing on B-1/B-2 interview waivers in New Delhi. Nonimmigrant B-1/B-2 visas can be processe...
03 Apr, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
US Embassy in Delhi processes over 1,000 visitor visa applications in 'Super Saturday'The US Embassy in New Delhi conducted interviews for over 1,000 visitor visa applicants on Saturday, with Ambassador Garcetti assisting in ...
11 Mar, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Planning a trip to the United States? Be prepared for a 500-day wait. At least.The B1 visa lets individuals travel to the United States for business purposes, while the B2 visa is designed for tourists, those visiting ...
06 Nov, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
US hits one-million goal; Indians now 10% of all visa applicants worldwideThe US Mission to India has achieved its goal of processing one million non-immigrant visa applications in 2023. This is a significant incr...
29 Sep, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
The United States has a new plan to cut your visa wait timeAs part of the multi-pronged approach to cut the visa backlog, the US embassy in Delhi and the consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and H...
23 Jan, 2023, 10.06 AM IST
Applying for US visa? You may get an appointment only in 2024Scores of people planning to apply for US visitor visas have been stumped by unprecedented long appointment wait times. The US State Depart...
18 Aug, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
The American Dream: Over 14,600 US student visas issued this year, record intake expectedThe US Consulate maintains it will see a record intake of Indian students this year. According to data accessed by TOI, 14,694 student visa...
14 Jul, 2022, 11.39 AM IST
Wait for visas is getting even longer, say companiesA spokesperson of visa processing firm VFS Global said the company is experiencing "high volumes" of visa applications coupled with "limite...
07 Jun, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
Afghanistan crisis: Marine vanguard lands in Kabul as US speeds up evacuationsThe Taliban, emboldened by the imminent end of the U.S. combat mission in the country, took four more provincial capitals Friday, heighteni...
14 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
U.S. Embassy in Kabul urges U.S. citizens to leave Afghanistan immediatelyTaliban fighters captured the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni on Thursday. This took them to within 150 km (95 miles) of Kabul.
13 Aug, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
India's diplomat shortage leaves it far behind ChinaWith 940 foreign service officers, India has one of the most understaffed diplomatic corps of any country.
31 Aug, 2018, 08.50 PM IST
US missions abroad paid some local staff less than $1 a dayIn fact, some of them were so poorly paid they had to cut back to one meal a day or send their children to peddle on the streets, the repor...
04 Jan, 2014, 09.42 AM IST
- US Embassy to streamline visa process
With Obama signing an Executive Order to boost tourism in US from countries like India and China, the American Embassy today said streamlin...
21 Jan, 2012, 07.00 PM IST
US embassy issues over 4.9 lakh non-immigrant visasThe non-immigrant visa category includes business, tourist, student and related visas, a release from the US embassy said today.
25 Oct, 2011, 04.45 AM IST
High cut-offs drive students to US; number Of Visa applicants has gone up by 20% over last year’sIf the rise in student visa applications this year is anything to go by, students are increasingly looking westwards and flooding American ...
10 Aug, 2011, 11.53 AM IST