US govt aware of long delays in visa appointments in India: White House

Washington: The Biden administration is aware of the agonising delay in visa appointments in India and is working to respond to the "significant demand" for these services, the White House has said, as the wait for visa interviews in the US missions in the country crossed 1,000 days.

Non-immigrant visa, visitor visa (B1/B2), student visa (F1/F2), and temporary worker visa (H, L, O, P, Q) appointments with embassies in



specific Asian countries and Pacific Islands, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, and other countries, have extraordinarily long backlogs.

In the case of India, it has now crossed more than 1,000 days resulting in hardship to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) families inside the US and abroad, as well as major disruptions for students, businesses, and visitors.