Some customers cancelled their flights to India for not getting in-person visa stamping dates.

“This is a piece of welcome news and a big relief to many of our customers in the United States. Whether an individual applying for a non-immigrant visa can avail of the in-person interview waiver, is subject to the discretion exercised by the consular officers. The US visa interview waiver for certain individual petitions will continue to be effective until December 31, 2022. Having anticipated another COVID-19 wave due to the surging cases of Omicron, the Biden administration has decided to waive in-person interviews for US visa applicants in various non-immigrant categories including H1B, H-2, H-3, L1, P1, O1, F1, M1, Q1, J1, and their qualifying derivatives. The US government has already welcomed 2022 with good news for the non-immigrant community of Indians and other foreign nationals. Many of them could not travel to the US due to the limited or non-availability of in-person visa interview slots in India. Indians who hold a majority of US visas in two main categories – employment and student – have had hard times securing slots for an in-person interview at the US Embassy and consulates in India during the pandemic. Since the onset of the pandemic, the wait times for non-immigrant US visas have been as long as the prayers and hopes for eradication of the Novel Coronavirus.

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