Study Abroad: The US Consulate in Hyderabad has extended the Student Visa Season to August

The US Consulate in Hyderabad has extended the student visa season by two weeks, which allows students with later interview dates to arrive in the US in time for their programmes. Therefore, student visa interviews will now continue till the end of August 2024. The decision to extend the student visa season came a day after students from Hyderabad started online application requesting the consulate to open additional visa slots. 

Students have claimed that 10,000 F1 (student visa) slots that opened post-midnight Sunday were booked within five minutes leaving them stranded in the portal’s waiting room. 

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F1 Visa allows the students to enter the United States as full-time student at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or rather an academic institution or in a language training programme.

As per the US consulate website, the waiting period for F1 visa slots in Hyderabad is 266 days. 

In addition to this, over 210000 students from India joined US universities in 2022 with 40% of them being from the twin states, primarily Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, and Khammam. 

US is a popular destination for people from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. As per the latest updates, Telugu is the fastest-growing language in the United States which has grown by 86% in the last eight years.

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