India, March 27 -- The United States embassy in India said its consular team was cancelling about 2,000 visa appointments allegedly booked by bots and said such practices violated its scheduling policies.

In a post on X, the US embassy said, "Consular Team India identified bad actors who made about 2,000 visa appointments that violated our scheduling policies."

"Effective immediately, we are cancelling these appointments and suspending the associated accounts' scheduling privileges," the embassy said.

"We will continue our anti-fraud efforts. We have zero tolerance for fraud," it added.

As reported by HT, the April 2025 Visa Bulletin released by the US State Department showed significant retrogression in certain employment-based visa ...