2023-11-29 12:03:37
The US visa would change for all countries in the world after the successful completion of a pilot program for the so-called ‘paperless visa’, as the government of that country, headed by Joe Biden, named it.
The United States did a small-scale test with officials who verified the status of travelers to find out if this new way of granting the document could be expanded to more countries and they indeed confirmed it. This adds to the efforts that are being made to accelerate the process of releasing this document in several countries.
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Apparently, and as indicated by the United States Visa Service for media in that country, visas stamped or pasted on the pages of the passports of those who apply for them could be a thing of the past. The change could save the waiting process for the delivery of the passport visa to make the trip, which can take several days and weeks.
Although the program was successful in its implementation at the diplomatic mission in Dublin (Ireland), United States State officials clarified that this is not a change that will be made immediately, although they did give an estimated time frame for that occurs.
“We did our first small-scale pilot of a paperless visa, which means the visa process is the same but there is no physical visa in someone’s passport. “We just tried this for the first time, so this is not something that is going to happen next year,” Julie Stufft, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services, said in a media roundtable. cited by the Money Control portal.
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Stufft noted that the widespread use of the paperless visa could take about 18 months, meaning that by mid-2025 the change could have completely occurred in countries where there is a US consular presence.
Additionally, the official made a clarification regarding the electronic visa that is given, for example, to Indian citizens.
“We do not call it an electronic visa because we have the same visa process until the moment of the document. Therefore, an interview is still required by law. If this is your first time applying for the visa, apply in the same way with the same forms. If you get a paperless visa, it will look the same up to the point where there is no paper,” he concluded.
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