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The White House stated on Thursday that the Biden Government<\/strong> is working to meet the “significant demand for these visa services<\/strong>” and is aware of the long delays in visa appointments<\/strong> in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said to reporters, “I can say that the Biden government is aware of the issues,” in response to a question about the over 1,000-day visa appointment<\/strong> process at US missions in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US Embassy previously stated that since March 2020, the wait time for non-immigrant visa applicants<\/strong> has increased due to reduced workforce and coronavirus-related restrictions in operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are still working to respond to the significant demand<\/strong> for these visa services,” Jean-Pierre stated. “While we have made great strides, as you know, because you cover this very closely, in recovering from the pandemic-related<\/strong> closures and staffing challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We will continue to do that in the future. We have doubled our hiring of US Foreign Service<\/strong> personnel to perform this crucial task, and we are successfully reducing visa interview wait times <\/strong>worldwide. She stated, “We expect to reach pre-pandemic processing levels<\/strong> this year because visa processing is recovering faster than expected.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US govt aware of long delays in visa appointments in India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the beginning of this week, a presidential commission<\/strong> suggested that President Joe Biden thinks about sending a memo to the State Department to limit the amount of time it takes to get a visa appointment<\/strong> to two to four weeks for countries like India <\/strong>that have a lot of backlogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wait times for appointments with Indian embassies for non-immigrant visas<\/strong>, visitor visas (B1\/B2), student visas (F1\/F2), and temporary worker visas (H, L, O, P, and Q) are extremely long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has now crossed more than 1,000 days<\/strong>, causing significant disruptions for students, businesses, and visitors as well as difficulties for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) families both in the United States<\/strong> and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suggested that the State Department take all necessary measures to expedite visa processing<\/strong> at foreign embassies and shorten visa appointment wait times for India and other affected embassies to no more than two to four weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[White House backs bill that could severely cut down the 90-year wait for Green Cards<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It was suggested that to reduce high backlogs<\/strong>, the State Department should allow for virtual interviews <\/strong>wherever they are necessary and allow staff from US consular offices and embassies around the world to help in conducting virtual interviews<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commission also recommended that the State Department hire new full-time officers<\/strong>, contractors, and temporary staff, or bring back retired consular officers, to clear the backlog at relevant embassies in Asia that have wait times of over a month.<\/strong> Priority should be given to embassies with wait times of more than 300 days<\/strong>, and the wait time should be reduced to two to four weeks by clearing the backlog of visa appointments.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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