US intends to issue 100,000 visas every month to Indian applicants

It has been projected that there will be around 1.2 million applicants in total by the summer of 2023, reported Livemint citing a senior official of the US embassy. According to the official, India is a top priority for the United states and there will be a dramatic decrease in the period that candidates must wait before acquiring a US visa. Washington wants to put the situation back to how it was before Covid-19 by the middle of 2023, said the official while talking to Livemint.

It is expected that every month approximately one lakh visas will be issues. In the last one year, over 82,000 visas were awarded by the US.