U.S. Records Over 2 Million Indian Visits, Surpassing Pre-Covid Numbers — India Report
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Over 2 million Indians traveled to the U.S., between January and November 2024, as per the latest data from the U.S. International Trade Administration. This is 26% more than the same period in 2023.
Tourism levels also surpassed pre-Covid numbers. In the first 11 months of 2019, the U.S. received over 1.37 million Indians.
The U.S. Mission to India said last week that it issued more than 1 million nonimmigrant visas for the second consecutive year in 2024. As of September-end last year, at least 6 million people already held non-immigrant visas.
Ramped Up Visa Efforts: Without sharing numbers, the U.S. Embassy said that it issued a record number of visitor visas amid a “huge demand of Indians for travel to the United States for tourism, business, and education.”
It said that it has worked to increase processing of interview waiver-eligible non-immigrant visa applicants to make it easier for Indians to get visa renewals. This has helped the Mission to redirect its resources to focus on in-person interviews.
The U.S. Mission also has two new consulates coming up in Ahmedabad and Bengaluru, and is assigning more consular officers to India. In September, it announced additional 250,000 visa appoi
