Ngokwesilinganiso emhlabeni jikelele, izikhathi zokulinda zehle zaba ngaphansi kwezinsuku eziyi-150 okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2021.
Izinyathelo ezithathwe emasontweni asanda kwedlula ukunciphisa izikhathi zokulinda i-visa yesivakashi kubahambi abaya e-United States—kufika kuhhafu kwezinye izimakethe ezibalulekile njenge-India—maka inqubekelaphambili enkulu yoMnyango Wezwe wase-US ngemva kwezinyanga zokumenyezelwa okungaguquki okuvela embonini yezokuvakasha.
"Ngokwenza izinqubomgomo ezihlakaniphile nezisebenzayo, uMnyango Wezwe ubamba iqhaza elikhulu ekutshaleni imali ekuvuseleleni umnotho wezokuvakasha," kusho. Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha yase-US Umongameli kanye ne-CEO uGeoff Freeman. "Umbuso kumele uhlale ugxile ekuxazululeni lolu daba olubucayi futhi ubeke imigomo nemikhawulo ecacile yezikhathi zokulinda ezamukelekile."
UMnyango Wezwe usebenzise uhlelo “lweMigqibelo Emikhulu” lapho amanxusa namanxusa avula khona ngeMigqibelo ukuze kucutshungulwe ama-visa. Umcimbi owodwa onjalo wenzeke eMonterrey, eMexico, enxusa kulo Mgqibelo odlule, lapho izikhathi zokulinda inhlolokhono ye-visa manje sezehle ngezinsuku ezingaphezu kwekhulu ukusuka ekuphakameni kwezinsuku ezingama-545 maphakathi no-December.
Abaphathi bahoxise izidingo zenhlolokhono zokuvuselela ubungozi obuncane bekilasi lama-visa ezivakashi, abasebenzi kanye nabafundi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaphrojekthi kahulumeni azoqashwa ngokugcwele ehlobo lika-2023 futhi abe nezikhathi zokulinda zenhlolokhono ngaphansi kwezinsuku eziyi-120 ekupheleni kwe-FY23—amazinga angcono kakhulu kunezikhathi zokulinda namuhla, kodwa asadlula kude lokho okudingwa umnotho ukuze kuvuselelwe uhambo oluqinile.
Izimakethe ezibalulekile eziye zabhekana nokulinda okumangalisayo—njengeBrazil, iMexico neNdiya—zibona inqubekelaphambili elinganisekayo. I-India ithuthuke ngokuphawulekayo ukusuka maphakathi no-December ukuphakama kwezinsuku ezingu-999 kuya ezinsukwini ezingu-577 kusukela ngoJanuwari 19.
Lesi isinyathelo esibalulekile esiya phambili ekubuyiseleni imakethe yezokuvakasha yangaphakathi. Ngo-2019, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe eziyizigidi ezingama-35 kanye nezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-120 zivela emazweni lapho kudingeka khona i-visa ukuze ungene e-United States. I-Brazil, i-India ne-Mexico iyodwa ibale cishe izigidi ezingu-22 zalezi zivakashi.
“Izikhathi zokulinda zisaphakeme ngokwedlulele naphezu kokuthuthuka okuphawulekayo emazweni afana ne-India,” kwengeza uFreeman. “Yize siyayithokozela imizamo yoMbuso, usemningi umsebenzi wokwehlisa izikhathi zokulinda inhlolokhono zibe sezingeni elamukelekile.”
