An event held at the American Center in Kolkata on June 13 celebrated the US Mission to India’s interview of over 3,900 student visa applicants in the city and other locations of the country during the 8th Annual Student Visa Day. It emphasised the strong commitment to higher education and the growing ties between the United States and India
All photographs by Amit Datta
‘Our teams are working in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and locally we at present expect around 8,000 students to get visas for higher education. Furthermore, I can assure across Mission India students have the liberty to apply from anywhere. In the end, it all boils down to how many appointments we make and we look forward to having many more such sessions in the months of June, July and August as well,’ added US consul-general Melinda Pavek
Jamaima Kanga, a student who attended the session, got her visa approved. ‘I want to pursue my undergraduate studies in the United States. I attended this session as I wanted to know more about what it is like to study in the United States. I passed out of school this year and I aim to study business administration in the US soon,’ she said
‘I am attending this programme to know more about the benefits of studying in the United States. I applied for a visa and it was successful. I think the entire session was fruitful and full of information. I aim to pursue a masters in music in the US,’ added Imsongdi Imsong, another student who attended the visa session
