Beijing’s O1 visa issuance rate

Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics

Before COVID, Beijing issued 27 O1 visas in an average May. This May, they issued 39. It seems like Beijing 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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