ahmedabad with covid on decline gujaratis like most indians are busy making revenge travel plans however people headed to the us which has one of the largest gujaratis diaspora are forced to cool their heels waiting for the elusive appointment date for interview for visitor visa to uncle sams land desperation is writ large on the faces of ahmedabad residents bhavesh vora 55 and his wife seema vora 50 who have been waiting in vain for more than two years to go to the us and meet their daughter who had left for higher education in detroitthe couple first got their visa interview dates on march 27 2020 to attend their daughters convocation but the appointment was cancelled due to covid19 lockdown while the parents missed the convocation ceremony their daughter juhi has now got a job the family desperately awaits a reunioni and my wife are willing to appear for an interview in any of the three language mediums english hindi and gujarati but we are not getting interview dates for any said bhavesh he said that their visa application has expired after one year and they have not been able to reapply as the us consulate has not announced new interview dates for the last two years there are other desperate gujaratis too who are waiting for the appointment to give wings to their travel plans to attend social functions like marriages meet close relatives or stand in proud attendance of their wards convocation ceremonyjayshree pandya a 57yearold resident of rajkot felt lucky when she got the interview dates twice but unfortunately both dates were cancelled she was to attend her sons marriage in new york when the mother could not reach the son who had planned for a grand wedding opted for a court marriage instead my son tried to get a visa to visit india instead but he did not get a date for the visa interview he opted for a court marriage recently the us authorities have given a date in november to him hopefully our family will reunite soon pandya saidchetan trivedi a 49yearold businessman who applied for a visitors visa a year ago to attend his son jays convocation in january 2023 has not got any dates yet i have been trying to get interview dates in consulates located in mumbai kolkata and delhi but have not yet got dates from any of these many of my friends are also facing the same situation said trivedi who says he would not like to miss the milestone in his sons lifeahmedabad based consultant bharat patel said that many of his clients are trying in vain to get visa appointments for two years now people wanting to visit the us in emergencies are also not getting the dates putting them in a major fix patel saidvisa consultant hemant agrawal says that many of his clients who have functions and events planned in the next few months have got interview slots in november or in