rajkotupdates.news/the-us-is-on-track-to-grant-more-than-1-million-visas-to-indians-this-year: The U.S. is on track to issue more than a million visas for Indians in the coming year, according to a top official said, while ensuring they are confident that the Biden administration is determined this summer to ensure it can process all visas for students of Indians who start their school in the autumn.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu also said to the PTIin an interview earlier this week that they’re also in the process of enhancing work visas, specifically L and H-1B visas that are most sought-after for IT-related professionals in India.
This is a visa that’s non-immigrant Visa that permits U.S. companies to employ foreign workers for special jobs that require either technical or theoretical knowledge.
Companies in the field of technology rely on it to employ hundreds of thousands of workers every year from countries such as India as well as China.
“We are close to releasing more than one million visas during the year. This is an all-time record for us, as is the an all-time high number of student visas as well as immigrants’ visas.” the Mr. Lu declared.
He said Mr. Lu said the U.S. is determined this summer to ensure it is processing all students’ visas to Indians who will start school in the autumn.
There are growing concerns in India regarding the long wait time for visa applicants who are first-time in particular for those applying under the B1 (business) as well as B2 (tourist) categories.
India is currently ranked second in the world when it comes to of international students who come into the United States.
“We’ve also focused on work visas: H-1B’s and L Visas. The wait times at some consular sections of India for these visas, are currently under 60 days. We will ensure that we give priority to visas for employees, since it is crucial in both American as well as the Indian business,” Mr. Lu stated.
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“For some petition-based immigration jobs in visa types, we are planning to renew domestic visas to applicants who satisfy certain criteria, such as physically being at the United States. We’ll have the pilot in operation by the end of this year. This will eliminate the requirement for applicants traveling abroad in order to renew visas” the official said.
Answering a question regarding the Indian IT professionals in H-1B visas and who have been fired He said. Lu noted that the Department of Homeland Security recently released a new document specifically on what they should do in order to re-adjust their status.
India-U.S. relationship has broad support from both sides across America, U.S., he said.
“I believe a significant that part of the answer will find in a large diaspora population within the U.S. For the past 30 to more than 30 years, our connection is largely driven through Indian Americans who have lived for many years in this country, but maintain a solid connection to India,” he said.
More than a million passengers fly across the border between two nations.
“That’s an impressive number considering that we’re not even close to each other in any way. It’s expensive for a flight between the two cities. But the ties of those who have moved to this country, or maybe their parents are from India These ties are still. They aren’t shattered through immigration.” the man said.
“In fact we know now that more than 1,000,000 Americans reside in India too. This relationship is extremely to consider and is beneficial for each of us. Yeah. This is the case for political parties just as well as households living in America. U.S.. As a child, I had a lot of Indian American friends. I believe that’s a part of the culture that is the United States,” Mr. Lu said.
