New Delhi: The United States has issued a large number of student visas – more than 55,000 – in India this year.
The US Embassy in a statement said Monday that the mission in India “approved more student visa applicants in 2021 than before, despite the Global Covid-19 pandemic.
Through these efforts, more than 55,000 students and visitors exchange is a plane on board Study in the US, and more students are approved every day.
“Embassies say that with” Summer Student Rush “disappeared,” The mission will change its energy and effort for other visa categories.
” Atul Keshap Ambassador, Charge D’Affaires at the US Embassy in New Delhi, said: “Learning in the US is a unique experience and often changes for life for Indian students, providing a fresh global perspective and often leads to invaluable career opportunities .
Students India also enrich American society, achieving a success rate of high academic and deepen the bonds of friendship between our countries.
Many women and men who work hard from the uS mission to India is proud to facilitate travel and study them.
“Counting challenge Faced during the pandemic, the embassy statement said the consulate usually began to interview semester students falling for a certain year in May.
But the second covid wave in India forced the US mission to postpone the start of the student visa season for two months.
“In July, as soon as conditions are permitted to resume visa services without endangering the health and safety of applicants, the consular team works not only to match, but surpass, their pre-covid workload.
US Embassy and Consulate open additional hours for visa appointments and make any possible efforts to ensure timely arrival for academic programs as much as possible students.
In the end, this effort paid off, as more students than before before receiving a visa to study in the US, “said the statement.
“The US mission looks forward to the other great student season because it facilitates studies for spring semester students over the coming months,” he added.