As of the beginning of the year 2024, more than 1.2 million Indians have gone to the United States. This is a 35 percent increase in comparison to the same time period in 2023.
On Monday, the United States Embassy in India made the announcement that it has opened an extra 250,000 visa appointments for Indian travelers. These tourists, skilled workers, and students are all eligible for these appointments.
The United States Mission to India made the following statement: “The just issued new slots will assist hundreds of thousands of Indian applicants take timely interviews, thereby facilitating travel, which is the backbone of the people-to-people ties that underpin the relationship between the United States and India.”
Additionally, it was said that the Indian Mission has already topped one million applications for nonimmigrant visas for the second year in a row.
We continued to handle record numbers of student visa applications throughout our student visa season this summer, and all first-time student applicants were able to get an appointment in one of our five consular sections located across India. Bringing families together, linking companies, and making tourism easier are the three primary focuses that we are now concentrating on,” the statement said.
In 2023, more than 1.2 million Indians went to the United States.
As of the beginning of the year 2024, more than 1.2 million Indians have gone to the United States. This is a 35 percent increase in comparison to the same time period in 2023.
According to the United States Mission, there are now at least six million Indians who are in possession of a nonimmigrant visa that allows them to visit the United States, and many more are issued every single day.
With the United States Senate designating September 30 as a “US-India Partnership Day,” the Embassy highlighted on Monday that the United States’ “partnership with India is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than any time in history.” This was done in recognition of the contribution that both countries have made to one another and a relationship that continues to define the 21st century.
We are pleased to announce that we have fulfilled the commitment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden made to enhance and speed up the visa process. I am glad to declare that we have been successful in achieving this aim. A recent statement made by the United States Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said that “our consular teams at the embassy and four consulates work tirelessly to ensure that we meet the increasingly high demand.”
There are now two new Indian consulates in the United States.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the United States last week, he made the announcement that the Indian government would be opening two new consulates in the cities of Boston and Los Angeles.
The previous year, I made the announcement that a new Indian embassy would be established in Seattle. I was interested in hearing your recommendations for two more Consulates. While meeting with members of the Indian diaspora at New York’s Nassau Coliseum, Prime Minister Modi made the announcement that India has now made the decision to establish two new consulates in the cities of Boston and Los Angeles.
