Skift Take

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma said at the Skift Global Forum that the State Department is still working to reduce wait times in countries like Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and India.

Meghna Maharishi

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma said the State Department has largely been able to get visa wait times back to pre-pandemic levels as it grapples with record levels of demand. 

However, Verma said that the department is still working to reduce wait times for first-time visa applications from countries like Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and India. 

“We still have some wait times that are too high,” Verma said at the Skift Global Forum on Tuesday. “The volume has been incred