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Demand to Study in U.S. Increases, Need To Apply Early - 22-May-2016

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Chennai: The United States Acting Consul General Charles Luoma-Overstreet gave specific advice to hundreds of students while delivering remarks at a recent education fair in Chennai.

He said, "I have two important bits of advice to students heading to the U.S. If you are waiting to apply for a U.S. Student Visa, I strongly suggest that you submit your application as soon as possible. We currently have a wait time of 24 business days for student visa appointments.

Also, I urge you to seek information from the right sources. Do not take advice from your friends, or from unknown people on various Internet fora. What is applicable to someone else may not be applicable to you, and you could end up with wrong information that could jeopardize your chances to succeed. Speak to official education offices, such as EducationUSA, and consult authentic websites to get accurate information."

• Promoting economic and educational ties between the United States and India is one of our highest priorities.

• Mission India’s nonimmigrant visa workload is one of the largest in the world. This reflects the expansion in people-to-people ties and our bilateral relationship.

• In the last five years the demand for visas to travel to the United States has increased 80 percent. In FY2015, countrywide we processed over one million visa applications in India, issuing more than 80,000 visas to student and exchange visitors, more than at any time in history.

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