US Embassy in India exceeds 10L nonimmigrant visa goal

On Thursday, the US Mission to India surpassed its goal of processing one million non-immigrant visa applications in 2023, with Ambassador Eric Garcetti personally handing over the one millionth visa to a couple who will be heading to the United States to attend their son's graduation at MIT. Dr Ranju Singh, senior consultant, Lady Hardinge College was elated at receiving an email from the US Embassy about hers being the one millionth visa this year. Her husband Puneet Dargan, was granted the next visa. The couple will be travelling to the US in May, 2024.

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Greeting the couple as Mr and Mrs One million”, Ambassador Garcetti enquired about their travel plans to the US and made suggestions about what not to miss in the country asa tourist.

“I couldn't be happier today, happy for India, Indians and the United States. Prime Minister Narendra) Modi and President Joe) Biden had said lets do a better job in moving faster on the visas and so the Ministry of External Affairs here approved more bodies in places like Hyderabad... more people who can work on these visas, we changed our systems, we worked harder and smarter and we hit a million visa applications processed this year,” the ambassador said.