• MEDIA: No respite from delays for H-1B visa holders travelling to India

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 11:27:47 2022
    Via Brave,
    <URL:https://search.brave.com/news?q=H-1B>
    see the anonymous Times of India hack on scalping golden tickets to
    America: <URL:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/no-respite-from-delays-for-h-1b-visa-holders-travelling-to-india/articleshow/93529297.cms>
    | Several H-1B holders in the US, who spoke Times of India but didn't
    | want to be named, said that they were part of many groups on
    | different social media platforms to stay updated on the availability
    | of visa slots. Some had even approached 'agents' in India and got
    | slots booked through them paying huge amounts of money.
    |
    | Some were even facing long delays after coming to India despite
    | having booked a date because they had to submit additional documents
    | or were picked for extra background checks.
    |
    | While it is not yet clear when the backlog for H-1B visa interviews
    | will ease and a pre-pandemic timeline be available; in a recent
    | interview to the Times of India, Donald L Heflin, minister-counselor
    | for consular affairs at the US Embassy in Delhi, had said that it is
    | expected that by the middle of 2023, the US consular facilities will
    | be back at 100%.

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