The US Embassy said on Thursday that it had issued a record 82,000 student visas in India in the past year, with more Indian students heading to the United States to study than from any other country in the world.
This comes amid reports of long wait times for short-term business and tourist (B1/B2) visas to the United States, with the earliest appointments available only in mid-2024.
This showed that the US remained the most sought-after destination for Indian students, Patricia A Lacina, Charge D'Affaires, US Embassy in India, said on microblogging platform Twitter.
"This year the US Mission in India has issued the highest number of student visas to date," she said.
"We celebrate the important contributions Indian students make to both our countries as they build lifelong connections with American peers to maintain and grow international partnerships," Lacina added.
Last year, too, the United States had issued a record 62,000 visas as travel opened up after the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Closures because of the virus outbreak had resulted in embassies and consulates not issuing student visas for most of 2020.
Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/study/issued-highest-number-of-student-visas-to-indians-in-2022-us-embassy/articleshow/94081956.cms
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