Waiting time to get US visa in Mexico can take up to 736 days, No more than two years, while in countries such as UK or Australia maximum seven weeks.
The longest waiting period is recorded at the Guadalajara Consulate, while at the Embassy in Mexico City, 581 days can pass; in Ciudad Juárez, which has the shortest waiting time, is 316 days.
The cause of the problem is the backlog of orders, because county administration Priority immigrant visas, so the B1 and B2 business and tourist visas respectively.
According to a recent report by American Travel AssociationIf visa processing delays continue, 6.6 million international travelers and up to $11.6 billion will be lost in 2023.
Three of the largest travel markets for the United States — Mexico, Brazil and India — are responsible for much of those projected losses, according to the travel association.
I say “it is not acceptable”. Jeff Freeman Group chief, whose delay hurts American workers and it’s time for a government President Joe Biden solves the problem.
To deal with visa issuance delays and the expected economic consequences of this reason, United States representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (Florida Republic) and Susie Lee (Democrat of Nevada) are promoting a law obligating the State Department to prescribe specific steps to address this issue at every diplomatic center where waiting time for a visitor visa appointment exceeds 100 days.
Salazar and Lee note in their invoice that waiting times for visas for business and tourist travelers are already extreme in some countries, and that the way to help solve them is to temporarily reassign employees from other areas of the weather department.
“Many of my constituents are experiencing this delay, which prevents them from seeing their families and hurts our local tourism-dependent business,” Maria Elvira Salazar said in a press release.
The bill was introduced just a month before the intermediate elections for congressional renewal, on November 8, so it must be approved in record time, not just by the House, but by the Senate, where it can be amended.
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