Astana’s A1 visa issuance rate

Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family

Before COVID, Astana issued 5.7 A1 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 20. It seems like Astana 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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