Greater than two million Indians traveled to the US within the first eleven months of 2024 — a 26 per cent improve over the identical interval in 2023.
As per statistics shared by the US Embassy in New Delhi on Friday, over 5 million Indian residents have nonimmigrant visas to go to the US. The US mission additionally mentioned it has issued multiple million nonimmigrant visas for the second yr in a row. Prior to now 4 years, variety of guests from India have elevated five-fold, it mentioned.
“The US mission to India issued multiple million nonimmigrant visas for the second yr in a row, together with a file variety of customer visas, underscoring the large demand of Indians for journey to the US for tourism, enterprise, and schooling,” it mentioned in a readout.
It mentioned as there was an increase in processing of hundreds of interview waiver-eligible nonimmigrant visa functions every week, it has grow to be simpler for Indians to resume their nonimmigrant visas.
The embassy famous that the State Division accomplished a profitable pilot programme to resume H-1B visas within the US this yr that allowed many employees from India to resume their visas with out leaving the US.
“This pilot programme streamlined the renewal course of for hundreds of candidates, and the Division of State is working to formally set up a US-based renewal program in 2025,” it mentioned.
The US mission to India issued tens of hundreds of immigrant visas, facilitating authorized household reunification and the migration of expert professionals, in line with the readout. These immigrant visa holders grew to become everlasting residents upon their arrival, including to the already wealthy and sizable Indian diaspora group within the US, it mentioned.
The US mission to India additionally supplied over 24,000 passports and different consular companies to Americans dwelling and travelling in India, it famous.
The mission additionally supplied particulars about visas issued to Indian college students, including that India remained the biggest sender of worldwide graduate college students within the US for the second yr. The variety of Indian graduates elevated by 19 per cent to succeed in nearly two lakh, it mentioned.
“Extra Indian college students than ever prior to now have U.S. pupil visas. In 2024, India grew to become the highest sender of worldwide college students for the primary time for the reason that 2008-09 educational yr with greater than 331,000 college students total finding out within the US,” it mentioned.
Many change guests will now be capable to stay in the US and never must return dwelling for 2 years after finishing their programmes within the US. “The removing of India from the Change Guests Expertise Checklist has supplied better flexibility for these Indian J-1 nonimmigrant visa holders,” it mentioned
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