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Are you applying for a US Student Visa? Read this blog to know the Student Visa interview waive-off eligibility and conditions.
Amid the growing concerns of the rising COVID-19 cases, the US has announced that they are waiving off in-person interviews for a range of visa applications, including H-1B visas and student visas (F & J visas). The waiver includes certain petition-based temporary employment nonimmigrant visas and some other categories of nonimmigrant visas.
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The Department of State has authorized Consular officers to waive-off in-person interviews, through 31st December 2022, for the following visa categories -
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The waiver is granted to individuals applying for nonimmigrant work visas who meet certain conditions, including that they are applying for the visa from their country of residence or nationality.
Under this authority, Counselor Officers can waive off in-person interviews of individuals who -
The same conditions are extended to students, professors, research scholars, short-term scholars, or specialists through the end of 2022. The waiver applies to individuals from countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The first-time F, M, and academic J visa applicants who are citizens or nationals of a country that participates in VWP and have previously traveled to the United States via ESTA authorization, and who do not have any apparent ineligibility or potential ineligibility are also eligible for the waiver.
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Furthermore, the department has also extended indefinitely the authority to waive the in-person interview for applicants who are renewing the visa in the same class within 48 months of the prior visa’s expiration.
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