Getting visas to travel to the US has never been easy for people of certain nationalities, even for students who have already been accepted to a US university. During the pandemic, visa processing delays extended to a year or more. Sushmita Pathak reports from Delhi, India, that long delays remain because of the large numbers of applicants, forcing students to rethink their educational futures.
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