Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The US is increasing the staff strength and opening new consulates to reduce waiting time for visa issuance from India, US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said.
The new consulates will come up in Ahmedabad, while one consulate was recently opened in Hyderabad.
In an interactive session organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Garcetti said, “I had a look at the new premises for establishing a consulate in Ahmedabad. Some more people have already joined the Hyderabad consulate as we are increasing the staff strength in the city and premises are being taken up in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad for setting up new consulates.”He also said that the US embassy is likely to issue 10-15 per cent more visas than usual in the current calendar year.
