Istanbul’s J2 visa issuance rate

Spouse or child of exchange visitor

Before COVID, Istanbul issued 34.3 J2 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 45. It seems like Istanbul 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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