10,000 F-1 visa slots gone in 5 mins, say worried students accepted by US universities

[Spartan]

HYDERABAD: A day after being unable to secure US visa appointments, students from Hyderabad floated on Tuesday an online petition urging the consulate here to open additional visa slots. Some students said they had been trying, unsuccessfully, to book a slot for over six months.
The US consulate-general, Hyderabad, responded officially on 'X', saying they had "extended the student visa season by two weeks" to ensure that students who interview later in the season will arrive in time.

"StudentVisa interviews will now go on till the end of Aug," the consulate said. Consulate sources said they would be adding more slots but were not giving numbers at the moment.
Students claimed that 10,000 F-1 (student visa) slots that opened post-midnight Sunday were booked within 5 minutes, leaving them stranded in the portal's waiting room. While many still stayed logged in, expecting the page to be revived, their hopes crashed when multiple attempts failed. These students are now worried about their US university admissions as the fall session begins in Sept.
The student petition was initiated by Hyderabad's Darsh Golecha, who has been accepted by Harvard for a master's in education, learning, design, innovation, and technology. His session is scheduled to start in Aug.

"I have been trying since Nov 2023, but have not managed to book a slot even once. Whenever I try to book, it shows different things, like limits reached, portal error, site crashed, etc. My course starts in Aug and still I have not received any clarity from the consulate," said Golechha, who has also sent an email to foreign minister S Jaishankar urging him to intervene.
"Their call centre representatives either say they will escalate the issue or ask us to refill the form, which requires paying the fee again. My college is starting mid-Aug and I am still waiting for a slot," said H S Kumar, who has been accepted by a university in California.

"After paying Rs 15,540 to book the slot, my receipt was 'locked' by the portal. When I contacted customer service, they asked me to email 'support India' to 'unlock' it. Once it was unlocked, it got locked again during scheduling. This cycle of locking and unlocking happened four-five times for three months until one day it said 'Limit reached' and that I cannot schedule without paying again," said A Rajeshwari, who has secured admission for a master's in computer science and AI in Texas, adding that despite paying again, her issue remains unresolved.
Currently, Hyderabad has the longest wait period - 299 days - for a US visa appointment. In other metros like Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, waiting period is 14, 51, 19 and 144 days, respectively.

[Sreeven]

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[Assam_Bhayya]

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[Hitman]

7 minutes ago, Assam_Bhayya said:

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Sad to see You added “Stealtime “.

[Assam_Bhayya]

22 minutes ago, Hitman said:

Sad to see You added “Stealtime “.

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Already borders open, super cheap labor ki doka ledu, but they can only work in construction, roads, housekeeping etc, labor work buja balam unnollu unnaru, we're good there, but restaurants lo, hotel/motels lo, other hospitality-allied sectors where english peaking is required dheggara manollu better ani import cheskuntunnar.

manollaki adhi thelisi savadam le, ochi kantri panulu chesthunnaru. already schools lo chinkis making fun of our desi kids, shoplifters ani, curry word was not offensive.  Mana bathuku karri mob rioters/looters kante heenam ga comment chesthar chudu 

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[Sucker]

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[Sucker]

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[futureofandhra]

6 minutes ago, Sucker said:

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[Raisins_72]

9 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

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[csrcsr]

18 minutes ago, Sucker said:

Anna IT jobs vunnaya naaku okati kuda ravatam le kadha anna with US passport 

Unna jobs anni crying stars @perugu_vada and @TOM_BHAYYA lepuka poyaru

[perugu_vada]

7 hours ago, csrcsr said:

Unna jobs anni crying stars @perugu_vada and @TOM_BHAYYA lepuka poyaru

@csrcsr Uncle don’t spread false rumors .. I gave up 4th job na .. when u complained at the client site 

[lollilolli2020]

15 hours ago, Assam_Bhayya said:

chinna pichayya gaadu nerpinchadu bedi thatha ki, how to import cheap labor, college graduated ayithe better and india laanti background safe ani, vachi antlu thomukovadame parttime/fulltime/stealtime

 

stealtime ante 

chinna pichchaya ante maa trudeau gadena ani @papampasivadu asking