New Delhi’s R1 visa issuance rate

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Before COVID, New Delhi issued 7 R1 visas in an average October. This October, they issued 33. It seems like New Delhi 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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