America is giving preference to Chinese citizens over Indians for visa interview America is discriminating in granting visas to Indians, giving preference to Chinese citizens

Washington/New Delhi:

For other categories including business and tourism America Departing Indians face discrimination in obtaining visas as compared to Chinese nationals. On an average, Indians have to wait more than two years for an appointment for a visa interview at the US Embassy. opposite of this China Citizens of K are getting visa appointments within a few hours. America’s social media has erupted over this discrimination. According to the US State Department website, any Indian B-1 business from New Delhi Visa They have to wait for an interview appointment after an average of 833 days or more than two years while applying for this B-2 tourism visa. The second meaning of this is that if an Indian applies for a visitor visa today, he will get an appointment in January 2025. You have to wait 767 days for the same class visa at the consulate in Kolkata, it is 848 days in Mumbai. The waiting period for interview appointment has increased from one to two months.

Appointments can be made within a few days in China
Unlike India, Chinese nationals living in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will have to wait only a few hours for a visa interview appointment, compared to Indian cities. The US Embassy in Beijing, the capital of China, is giving time to Chinese citizens for visa interviews in just two days. For other categories of visas, including student visas, Chinese nationals have to wait for a few hours longer than Indians. America’s social media has erupted over this discrimination. Some people are directly linking it with the failed diplomacy of the Modi government. Netizens say that the US is using India as a tool for its strategic interests. They have no concern about bilateral trade with India or the future of Indian students pursuing higher education. India’s passport is very weak in the eyes of America.

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar raised the issue
However, the US Embassy in India announced on Tuesday that it was discontinuing visa appointments for all categories. Along with this, it is said that due to the huge demand for visas from India and the corona epidemic that started in 2020, there has been a tremendous increase in the minimum waiting period of employees. It is worth noting that during his visit to the US this week, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said that he had raised the issue of problems faced by Indians in obtaining US visas during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He said the US Secretary of State has assured that the US is committed to resolving the visa problems of Indians. It is said that the interview period for the US visa for Indians has increased more than the last few months. In the months of July-August, this waiting period was equal to 500 days i.e. about one and a half years.