New Delhi: Uncle Sam has resumed the visa process to students in India just before the Fall College Admission season for this year. The posts of Mission India have resumed scheduling F, M, and J (students and exchange) non -resident visa applications. Applicants should examine the embassy for the availability of appointment or websites should consulate, “said an embassy spokesperson on Tuesday. In the previous years when a student was used to see a huge scramble to get a visa interview slot. This time the situation may be even more tight with the process of suspended for more than a month. Vaibhav Gupta, the co-founder and COO of the major study of the consultation firm Isculconlact abroad, said: “This is a very encouraging step by the US mission in India. Our visa team has seen the Limited Appointment Slots, which is now open for the Espire Book for Visa appointments. We are optimistic that more slots will be opened for students in the coming weeks. My estimates suggest that one lakh students are waiting to book visa slots for all 2025 intake., Gupta said, “It will also affect the spirit of Indian candidates who plan to go to America in the coming years. Earlier the spirit was one all time, but now the morale of the students and parents will be promoted,” Gupta said. India has been the top source country for international students in America. Last year at around 4.2 lakhs, Indian students in the US were 11.8% more than 2023. The Trump administration stopped schedules for student visa applications on the issue of social media screening in late May. The embassy said, “All persons applying for immediate effective, F, M, or J Non -Migrant Visa are requested to make public the privacy settings on all their social media accounts to make public the convenience and acceptance for the United States to establish their identity and acceptance for the United States.” Three days later, the policy was expanded when the embassy said: “Visa applicants are required to list all social media user names or handles of each platform used for the last five years on the DS -160 visa application form. Applicants prove that the information in their visa application is correct and correct, before they sign and submit. Leaving social media information can cause visa denial and disqualification for future visas., On the same day, June 26, the US State Department warned: “The US visa screening does not stop after the issuance of visa.
