Indians represent one out of every 10 U.S. visa seekers in the world, the U.S. Embassy said in New Delhi on January 29. A press note from the U.S. mission informed that the U.S. consular team in India processed a “record-smashing 1.4 million U.S. visas” during 2023.
“In 2023, the U.S. consular team in India issued over 1,40,000 student visas — more than in any other country in the world, setting a record for the third year in a row. Taken individually, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai now stand as the top four student visa processing posts in the world,” the statement mentioned.
The embassy said that as a result of the increased numbers, Indian students in the United States now constitute “more than a quarter of the over one million foreign students”. The press statement has come in the backdrop of growing demand from the Indian side about faster processing of U.S. visas.
