Beijing’s O1 visa issuance rate

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

Before COVID, Beijing issued 33.3 O1 visas in an average July. This July, they issued 52. 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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