Almaty’s J2 visa issuance rate

Spouse or child of exchange visitor
Before COVID, Almaty issued 3.3 J2 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 18. 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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