While it has been smooth sailing for students going to the US, owing to the unconditional nature of the admits, others are facing a tough time,” said Khandelwal. “For instance, the US Universities issue an I-20, while the universities in the UK issue a CAS letter. “While the details for the visa are very specific, the delay in the board results has had an impact on foreign admissions,” Khandelwal said, adding that countries issue specific documents for issuing visas for prospective students. Foreign education consultants like Adarsh Khandelwal, co-founder and director of Collegify, the timeline for Indian students has been disrupted ahead of the Fall semester intake season. “When I was applying, Delhi had a waiting period of three months, I would have had to travel to Kolkata or Chennai if I had to make it in time for my classes, starting from mid-August 2022,” said Jain. One such lucky student is Vansh Jain, who became eligible for drop box renewal. So students should plan to schedule their interview as soon as they receive their I-20. Generally, appointments are expedited at the US consular sections for cases involving a genuine emergency. This year, with board results yet to be announced, there was a lot of uncertainty on whether I will meet the score threshold for the University of St Andrews,” said Gulyani. “Universities in the UK, Canada, and other non-US destinations extend what is known as a conditional offer where they ask us to score a minimum percentage that varies from campus to campus and we need to provide the same before receiving any confirmation from them. But a delay in the declaration of CBSE results, which are yet to be announced, helped her to go ahead with UC Berkeley.
For instance, Delhi-based Praniti Gulyani was torn between University of St Andrews in Scotland and UC Berkeley in the US. Also Read: US okays a record 55,000 student, exchange visas in 2021 from India so far From the spike in visa applications amid pandemic-induced under-staffing at consulates, to a delay in the declaration of board exam results, multiple factors have led to this situation. Not just the inability to get the desired dates and centres for visa appointments, even applying to the desired education destinations has become a challenge for Indian students this year. Some of my friends had to travel to even Chennai for the same,” she told Business Standard. Due to under-staffed consular offices and the rush, especially among students flying overseas for further education, we were not getting the biometrics and visa interview appointment dates at our desired centres. “I could get biometrics and visa interview appointment dates for the end of July, which was not feasible for me. Delhi-based Avani recently had to travel to Kolkata for biometric and visa interviews for her US travel to avoid missing the Fall semester joining dates at Georgetown University.
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