in mumbai, the next available interview is october 2025, two months before tickets go on sale in bogota, february 2026, nearly two months after they go on sale. in mexico city, it is already too late, available interview is august 2026, which is a month after the world cup is over. i know y'all have been making progress lowering wait times, you have expanded interview waiver authority but what about the people who have not been here before? i think this problem is not only hurting us economically, it is part of our soft power and cultural diplomacy. could you talk a little bit about how we can address this problem, if you need additional resources, but the situation is? >> i very much agree with you, we are intensely focused on the sun fy 23, we issued more nonimmigrant visas by over 20% then we did before the pandemic, which is when we started to have real challenges with visas outside of the country, passports inside the country and we have reduced interview times, the wait times back to pre-pandemic levels in every category except one and the one is first time visitors to the united