Although the US government has made significant efforts in reducing the visa approval time for Indian students and immigrants, it seems like there has been negligible progress. The current waiting time for a US visa is somewhere between 560 to 590 days in most cities of India. There has been a lot of progress if you compare it to last year where the average wait time was 1000 days. But over 500 days of waiting time after two years of pandemic is too much, especially for students who have to start their classes. The worst situation is being faced in Mumbai with the average waiting time for the US visa is 592 days. This means that students have to wait for more than 1.5 years to get their visas approved. Hyderabad is at the lowest with an average waiting time of 512 days. Typically, without any backlogs, the average waiting time generally ranges from 2 to 90 days.
