Almaty’s IR5 visa issuance rate

Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age
Before COVID, Almaty issued 4 IR5 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 79. It seems like Almaty is hard at work catching up on their backlog from COVID.
Source: The U.S. Department of State’s Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuance Statistics.
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