The Modi effect: Gujarati to be included in US visa process

December 11, 2014 14:16

The United States may include Gujarati language in its visa procedure for the convenience of people from the state planning to travel there, a senior official has said.

"We have included several regional languages of India in our visa procedure and would consider to include Gujarati language too if required," US consulate's vice consul Cheryl Collins said, according to a release issued in Rajkot by Travel Agents Association of India's Saurashtra Chapter.

Collins met the members of TAAI during a seminar organised jointly by the US Consulate and TAAI's Saurashtra Chapter.

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