Chennai’s J2 visa issuance rate

Spouse or child of exchange visitor
Before COVID, Chennai issued 42.3 J2 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 94. It seems like Chennai 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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