Homesick Indians in America can’t meet their families; Know why

Indians who are residing inAmerica and doing jobs on H1 and H2 visas are facing serious a lot of issues ofcoming to India and then returning to America.

There are a huge number of Indianliving in America, who have not been able to meet their families due to COVIDand now are not able to meet them because of a serious problem.

The situation is that the peoplewho have come to India just for a visit and want to go back to America need a visastamp. When these people are trying to apply for the same in American Embassyin India, they are facing a lot of hurdles as these people are gettingappointment dates of one year or more than that.

Many people who are living inAmerica are not able to back to India as they are at the risk of not being ableto return to America. This problem is not only being faced by people who needvisa stamps, people whose visas have got expired and want to reapply for thesame also are getting appointments for next year or after that.

There are two ways to apply for avisa stamp. The first one is physical and the other one is postal. People applyingthrough either of the ways are getting long queues of waiting and nothing else.

While talking to TrueScoop, SimmiKaur, a resident of Surya Enclave whose daughter lives in America told us that shegot an appointment for 1^st May 2023. Also, Gurpreet Singh living inAmerica told us that he received the appointment date of 2 years from now whenhe applied for the stamp through the App.

The main reason for the rush inAmerican Embassies is that till August, they just want to put all of theirfocus on giving visas to students and not anyone else.

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Now, the Indians residing inAmerica are finding out different ways to get this stamp visa to visit Indiaand then return to America.

The Indians residing in Americaare coming to India and then going to Thailand or some other countries to applyfor stamps on their visas from the American Embassy present in those countriesas it is an easy way.

Let’s see whether theAmerican Embassy will look into this matter and find a solution to this problemor will the people still have to wait for more time to meet their loved ones.