India Inc for quick US biz visa processing
Indian businessmen, who want to visit the US for trade and investment opportunities, are facing huge delays in getting visas: IACC
At a recent conference organised in the US for promoting foreign investment, the Indian business delegation turned out to be the largest with as many as 210 pvt firms coming to participate - Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India
New Delhi: The captains of Indian industry want the USA to expedite the issuance of visas to businessmen, who want to visit America to explore opportunities for trade and investments. The request was made by Lalit Bhasin, national president, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), at a flagship event held to promote trade and investment between the two countries in Delhi on Tuesday. The US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti was the chief guest at the event.
Bhasin said that Indian businessmen, who want to visit the US for trade and investment opportunities were facing huge delays in getting visas and requested ambassador Garcetti to help in ensuring quicker action in the matter. Addressing the 20th Indo-US Economic Summit, Garcetti acknowledged that Indo-US economic ties had strengthened over the years and there was a two-way flow of both trade and investments between the two countries, from which both were benefiting in terms of more job creation and incomes.
