Hong Kong’s DV1 visa backlog

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Before 2020 March, Hong Kong issued 1.5 DV1 visas per month on average. If we naively assume that the number of visa applications didn’t change during COVID, they are now 86.8 months ahead of expectations.

Source: The U.S. Department of State’s Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuance Statistics.
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