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The US claims to have issued record visas for Indian students. According to the figures released by the embassy, the US Embassy in India has issued more than 1,25,000 student visas which is record breaking. US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said that one in every five US student visas in 2022 will be issued to India, which is more than the proportion of the world’s Indian population. The US Embassy on Wednesday celebrated the annual Student Visa Day across the country during which 3500 Indian student visa applicants were interviewed at consulates in Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.
“More Indians come to America than any other country in the world,” Garcetti said. One in five student visas will be issued here in India in 2022, which is more than the proportion of Indian population in the world. Indians have not only studied in America but have also shown their talent for decades. We are processing the most student visa applications in our history.” He said the US administration will conduct more student visa programs this year than ever before. “In the coming weeks, we will release a schedule for thousands of visa applications for July and August,” he said.
Compared to the total number of students in the world, the number of Indian students in America is more than 21 percent.
According to the figures released by the embassy, the US Embassy in India has issued more than 1,25,000 student visas which is record breaking. In 2022, the highest number of H&L employment visas (65 percent) and F1 student visas (17.5 percent) were issued to Indians in the world. More than 1.2 million people traveled to the United States last year, one of the largest international visitor groups ever to arrive in the United States. Indian students account for more than 21 percent of the total international students in the US. Around two lakh Indians are studying in the US during the academic year 2021-22. (PTI)
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