Seoul’s O1 visa issuance rate

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

Before COVID, Seoul issued 29.3 O1 visas in an average May. This May, they issued 39. It seems like Seoul 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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