Shanghai’s O1 visa issuance rate

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

Before COVID, Shanghai issued 27.3 O1 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 51. It seems like Shanghai 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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