US Embassy in Delhi processes over 1,000 visitor visa applications in 'Super Saturday'
economictimes.indiatimes.comUS Embassy in New Delhi processed more than 1,000 visitor visa applicants for interviews during the 'Super Saturday' drive.
The US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti joined the embassy team to support the surge and assist in the fingerprint verification process, according to a press release from the embassy.
'Super Saturday' drives, initiated sporadically since 2022, are set to become a quarterly feature going forward.
Ambassador Garcetti said, “The foundation of our US-India partnership is the network of relationships that individuals form when they work, travel, and study in the United States. We’re doing everything we can to facilitate the visa process and support critical people-to-people connections. The US mission in India has increased staffing and harnessed technological innovations to meet the unprecedented demand and process more visas than ever before.”
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In 2023, the US Embassy and Consulates in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million US visas.
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