The US Mission to India has opened 250,000 additional visa appointments to help Indian tourists, students, and workers secure timely interviews. This move is expected to strengthen US-India ties.

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• 250,000 new visa slots announced for Indian applicants.
• Aimed at tourists, skilled workers, and students.
• US-India people-to-people ties at the core of this move.
• Over 1.2 million Indians have visited the US so far in 2024.
• Visa processing hit a record during the 2024 student visa season.
• US surpasses one million nonimmigrant visa applications for the second year.
• Mission working to unite families and boost business, tourism.
• Over six million Indians already hold nonimmigrant US visas.
• US Ambassador Garcetti praised the progress in expediting visas.
• Embassy and consulates processing thousands of visas daily.