Over 55,000 Indian college students and trade site visitors to the US were given student visas in 2021 regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic, the very best range ever, the U.S. Mission in India stated on Monday. “Through those efforts, greater than 55,000 college students and trade site visitors are boarding planes to look at withinside the United States, and more college students are being authorized each day,” a U.S. Mission declaration stated.
Ambassador Atul Keshap, the Chargé d’Affaires on the U.S. Embassy here, stated analyzing withinside the U.S. became a unique experience for Indian college students.
“Indian college students also enrich U.S. society, gain excessive tiers of educational success, and deepen the bonds of friendship among our countries,” he stated.
Though the COVID-19 2nd wave caused a two-month put off in beginning the student visa season, which typically starts in May, the consular groups had been capable of manner more visas this 12 months than pre-COVID, the declaration stated.
“In July, as quickly as situations allowed for the resumption of visa offerings without endangering applicants’ health and safety, consular teams worked not simplest to match, however, surpass, their pre-COVID workload. The U.S. Embassy and Consulates opened extra hours for visa appointments and made each feasible attempt to make sure well-timed arrival for educational programmes for as many college students as feasible.
Ultimately, those efforts paid off, as more college students than ever earlier than acquired visas to look at withinside the United States,” the declaration read.