Students can book appointments to their nearest centre and avoid travel.'

These bulk slots will be opened at the same time across all five US visa issuing offices at New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Heflin said, 'We will open tens of thousands of visa appointment slots on Monday June 14 during the morning business hours. Entry of foreign nationals from India, Brazil, the UK, amongst others, within 14 days prior to their attempted entry into the US was suspended in accordance with a Presidential proclamation in April 2021. The announcement was made by the embassy's counsellor for consular affairs Don Heflin, who is in charge of visa operations at the embassy and the four consulates in India. The interviews will take place in July and August. In a big relief for Indian students planning to join colleges in the United States, the US Embassy in India announced that tens of thousands of interview slots would be available starting Monday, June 14 for students who need to travel to the country to commence or resume their degrees and courses.

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