United States Embassy accelerates American visa processing and warns about fraud

The long waiting time in the procedures to obtain a American visa from Mexico has worried the authorities, this due to the high demand of citizens for traveling to the country of the stars and stripes, which has generated waiting periods that reach up to two years to obtain an appointment.

The dissatisfaction of Mexicans with the American visa process is notorious, since they have repeatedly denounced that appointments to attend the interview at the Embassy or United States Consulate In the country they come to fruition from six to two years or more.

Unfortunately, these long delays have caused several sites in Internetagencies and above all “coyotes”, they have used the situation to ask for money from those interested in obtaining the legal entry document to the USAfor amounts that reach up to 3 thousand Mexican pesos just to advance the already scheduled interview.

That is why the U.S. Embassy announced that due to the delay in this immigration process, it started a program with the purpose of making the process faster if it is carried out from Mexico. Likewise, the diplomatic headquarters asked waiting applicants not to pay third parties to reschedule their appointment to a closer date.

US authorities indicate that a real effort has been made in recent months with the intention of streamlining the process of obtaining a visa.

It must be remembered that at the beginning of 2024, the United States Embassy and Consulates located throughout the Mexican Republic, announced that strategies have been implemented to speed up this type of procedures, which ended up seriously affected by the scourge of the pandemic COVID-19.

Among the strategies is the implementation of the “Advance your appointment” program, which allows interested parties to reschedule their appointments to a closer date, especially those who are completing the procedure for the first time.

I have a degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), with a specialization in Organizational Communication. From an early age I have felt a deep passion for journalism and radio, which led me to do my professional internship at the Culiacán City Council, where I had the privilege of writing and recording notes for a radio newscast. Currently, I am part of the team of journalists at the debate.com.mx news portal, where I work as a specialized editor in the migration and travel section. My work focuses especially on reporting on procedures related to obtaining American visas, residence in the United States and the Mexican passport. In addition, I share information about tourist destinations in Mexico and the world, as well as travel tips that cover airlines such as Aeroméxico, Volaris, Mexicana de Aviación and Viva Aerobús. I also have an extensive history writing about entertainment news and controversies in Mexico, America and the United Kingdom, as I emphasized the British royal family, particularly Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales and wife of Prince William, the next king of England. Likewise, I have dedicated myself to writing police topics, since I have an affinity for addressing sensitive topics with a human approach. Today I complement my professional training as a Law Degree student at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa.

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