The US consular missions in New Delhi and Mumbai have processed greater than 2,500 visa functions beneath the “Tremendous Saturday” occasion, which was held on March 9, 2024.

On the identical day, the US Embassy in New Delhi interviewed greater than 1,000 customer visa candidates, VisaGuide.World experiences.

In the meantime, the US Consulate in Mumbai dealt with over 1,500 visa candidates. These included aged mother and father trying to go to their youngsters in America, college students aspiring to check overseas, non permanent employees, guests, and enterprise individuals, in response to the Instances of India (TOI).

Ambassador Eric Garcetti, who participated within the “Tremendous Saturday” occasion held in New Delhi, supported the embassy employees with the elevated workload and assisted within the fingerprint verification course of too.

Ambassador Garcetti mentioned that the core of the US-India partnership is the connection that individuals construct after they work, journey and examine in the US.

We’re doing every thing we are able to to facilitate the visa course of and help essential people-to-people connections. The US Mission in India has elevated staffing and harnessed technological improvements to fulfill the unprecedented demand and course of extra visas than ever earlier than.

In the meantime, the Visa Chief on the US Consulate in Mumbai, Katherine Estes, mentioned {that a} important demand for visas from Indian nationals had led to a ready interval of as much as 1,000 days.

She additional inspired candidates to use themselves as a substitute of reaching brokers who promise to safe visa appointments for them.

In spite of everything, they too, preserve scouring our web site to guide openings. So it’s higher that candidates preserve checking our system and guide themselves.

The “Tremendous Saturday” has been held since 2022, and this was the primary occasion for 2024. In the meantime, the US Embassy in New Delhi revealed there shall be three extra such occasions this yr.

US Processed 1.4 Million Visas to Indians Final 12 months

The US Embassy and consulates in India processed a document 1.4 million US visas final yr. In line with the US Embassy in India, demand throughout all visa varieties was unprecedented, with 60 p.c extra functions than in 2022.

Indians now characterize one out of each ten US visa candidates world wide.

Total, 230 US Embassies and Consulates worldwide issued a document variety of 10.4 million visas final yr.