Hyderabad, July 17 -- Around 1,000 Indian students have written a letter to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), seeking their intervention to ensure the release of bulk US F1 visa appointment slots.

The students have requested the PMO and MEA to raise the matter with the US Embassy in India.

Indian students waiting for US visa appointment slots

In the letter, they mentioned that many Indian students have secured admission to US universities for the upcoming Fall 2025 semester but are facing a severe shortage of US student visa slots.

They claimed that unlike previous years, when bulk releases in June and July enabled most students to schedule interviews on time, no such large-scale release has...