Tremendous efforts underway to cut wait time for issuance of visa in India: US

The US is undertaking “tremendous efforts” to solve the problem of long wait time in issuance of visas in India, US Charge d’Affaires Ambassador Elizabeth Jones said on Friday, acknowledging that the situation in the country is particularly “bad” because of the high demand.

The newly-appointed diplomat also said that the issue is on the “top of the mind” of Washington and efforts being initiated to cut the wait time for grant of visas included recruitment and training of visa counsellors.

There have been growing concerns in India over the long waiting period for first-time visa applicants, especially for those applying under B1 (business) and B2 (tourist) categories.