This one was a wonderful article highlighting the new changes that have been brought into the Visa application/interview slot booking process.
One other site which is very useful in getting uptodate info on Visa/greencard application info is the Immihelp website
Though this system of pre-paying for the slot through HDFC and the VFS webpage seems cool and hassle-free on paper,its a nightmare for someone in the U.S to go about it.One cannot pay online and this has to be done through a representative in India.And one has to wait for 2 days after the HDFC payment to start booking the slot on the VFS webpage.2 frigging days?Is this 2006 or 1906?
That VFS webpage is the clunkiest of all webpages I have ever seen.It broke at almost every page where I had to click "submit".
The bane of the pre-payment option is that the Visa dates have been booked till almost June end(125 days in advance!!!?) for the Chennai consulate.God knows when they are going to open the hyderabad consulate.That should take off the majority of interviews away from Chennai.
I wonder how students who have no idea about which Univ is going to admit them and when they are going to receive their 1-20s,plan to apply for these slots.
In the case of the Infosys and Wipros,I guess the american consulate needs to open their branches in these companies' main offices and start alloting the Visas since its obvious that they are the major applicants!
With Bush talking about relaxing the U.S visa limit and probably even bring it back to 195000 from the existing 65000 quota,its going to be a homerun/field day for the software companies and great agony to anyone else just for getting the Visa interview slot,let alone the chances of procuring any kind of Visa!
Stupid system!
-Raapi
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