Jaishankar flags India’s U.S visa ‘nightmare’: Blinken vows to act fast

India has raised the issue of visa delays and hurdles in human mobility with the United States, while the US has promised to work on it and promised action within a few months. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed the pandemic for the backlog of visa applications from Indian nationals. He said that the United States had a plan to address it. The reassurance came after he met with EAM Jaishankar. India flagged the challenges Indians have been facing in receiving visas to work & live in the United States.