The US mission in India held its seventh annual student visa day countrywide on Wednesday with consular officers from New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai interviewing almost 3,500 Indian student visa applicants, according to a press release. Ambassador Eric Garcetti and consuls general throughout India congratulated visa recipients as they prepared to join the growing ranks of Indian students who have chosen to study in the United States – the world’s leading destination for international students, the US embassy press release said.