US Waives In-Person Interview for various Visa applicants in India
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The US has waived off in-person interview requirements for many visa applicants in India until December 31st-2022. Those who are eligible for the waiver include student visa (F, M and academic J) applicants. Apart from this, H-1, H-2, H-3 workers along with individual L visas, Culture and extraordinary ability (O, P and Q visas) as reported by news agency PTI.
Applicants eligible for the waiver includes student (F, M and academic J) visas, workers (H-1, H-2, H-3, and individual L visas), Culture and extraordinary ability (O, P, and Q visas).
“This is much-needed support to visa applicants. This would be very helpful to our friends and immediate family members and remove a lot of their concerns and remove inconveniences," Ajay Jain Bhutoria, South Asian Community Leader and US President Joe Biden's Advisor for Asian Americans said.
Earlier, Mr Bhutoria raised raised the issue of visas during his meeting with Donal Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for South Central Asia on Friday.
To be eligible for the expanded interview waiver programme, applicants seeking these visa classifications must have previously been issued any category of US visa; have never been refused a US visa and have no indication of ineligibility or potential visa ineligibility.
The State Department said, that applicants also need to be a resident or national of the country where they are applying.
As per a notice posted on the website of the US Embassy in New Delhi, the US embassy in New Delhi and its consulates in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai will release more than 20,000 additional waiver (dropbox) appointments for Spring 2022 to allow qualified applicants to make use of the new interview waiver authority.
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