Vientiane’s IR5 visa issuance rate

Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age
Before COVID, Vientiane issued 7 IR5 visas in an average May. This May, they issued 13. It seems like Vientiane 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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