US Consulate hosts ‘Special Saturday’ visa interviews for over 250 visitor applicants in Kolkata
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The US Consulate General Kolkata on Saturday (March 16, 2024) opened its doorways to interview over 250 visitor visa applicants.
This was the primary of the 4 “Super Saturday” visa processing occasions deliberate in 2024.
The US Embassy in New Delhi and US Consulate Mumbai opened their doorways on March 9 for comparable particular visa processing hours.
US Ambassador Eric Garcetti mentioned, “The basis of our U.S.-India partnership is the community of relationships that people kind once they work, journey, and examine in the United States. We’re doing the whole lot we will to facilitate the visa course of and help important people-to-people connections. The U.S. Mission in India has elevated staffing and harnessed technological improvements to satisfy the unprecedented demand and course of extra visas than ever earlier than.”
In 2023, the US Embassy and Consulates in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million visas.
Demand throughout all visa lessons was unprecedented, with a 60 % enhance in purposes in comparison with 2022.
Indians now characterize one out of each ten US visa applicants all over the world.
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