US Embassy 2022 visa guidelines for Indian students |
The US embassy in India is planning a change in the visa application system for those applying in the summer of 2022 as thousands of Indian students have plans to study in US universities in the 2022 Fall. In 2021, more students were interviewed and more student visas were issued in India than ever before. This year the number of student visas is expected to be even higher than the 62,000 issued in 2021. Last summer, as US campuses opened their doors to international students after being shut down during the pandemic, the US Embassy and consulates in India had announced the opening of tens of thousands of visa interview slots, since June 2021, especially for Indian students planning to join courses at universities and colleges in America in the Fall 2021 session starting August-September last year. Students had been advised to visit the US Embassy website to schedule their visa appointments. The US government has now made software changes to ensure that students who are refused a visa once in the summer-spring of 2022 will not be able to seek another visa interview appointment again this year. Besides, student visa applicants are being advised to keep checking for interview dates on the US embassy website to schedule their visa appointments once they receive their documents from US universities without any special timeline being announced for them. Meanwhile, the visa interview waiver scheme, which was announced by the US government last year, has benefitted several Indian students. Many Indian students who are in the US and want to travel to India to meet their families are using the visa waiver dropbox scheme.
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