Hong Kong’s O1 visa issuance rate

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

Before COVID, Hong Kong issued 9.7 O1 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 23. It seems like Hong Kong 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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