Chennai’s O1 visa issuance rate

Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
Before COVID, Chennai issued 8.3 O1 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 67. 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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