US: 250,000 Visa Appointments Opened, Wait Time Drops To A Month

For the first time since the pandemic, the US visa appointment wait time has dropped to a month.

The United States opened up 250,000 new appointments for nonimmigrant visas as of Wednesday.

Last week the wait time in New Delhi was 543 days dropped and the B1/B2 interview appointment is down to 37 days now in Delhi. The wait time in Kolkata has now dropped to 126 days while Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad continue to have wait times over 500 days.

According to the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, more than 150,000 Indians have traveled to the US till September 2023.

The US mission to India last month hit a milestone of one million non-immigrant visa applications for the year.