Astana’s J1 visa issuance rate

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Before COVID, Astana issued 20 J1 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 87. 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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