Washington DC:
Indian college students are witnessing a large drop in examine visas issued to them. The newest information from the US State Division exhibits there was a 38 per cent decline in F-1 pupil visas issued to Indian nationals within the first 9 months of 2024 in comparison with the identical interval within the earlier yr.
Knowledge from the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ month-to-month studies present Indian college students had been granted 64,008 F-1 visas between January and September this yr, a steep fall from 1,03,495 visas issued throughout the identical interval in 2023.
That is the least variety of visas issued to Indian college students for the reason that pandemic-affected 2020, when simply 6,646 requests had been thought-about throughout the identical timeframe. In a post-pandemic rebound, a complete of 93,181 Indian college students got F-1 visas between January 2022 and September 2022, whereas in 2021, the quantity stood at 65,235.
Nonetheless, the decline isn’t distinctive to Indian college students, as Chinese language college students, the second largest worldwide cohort within the US, additionally witnessed an 8 per cent decline within the issuance of F-1 visas in 2024.
As per the official information, a complete of 73,781 F-1 visas had been issued to Chinese language college students within the first 9 months of 2024, down from 80,603 issued throughout the identical time-frame in 2023. The quantity was, nevertheless, nonetheless increased than the 52,034 F-1 visas issued to Chinese language college students in 2022.
About F1 Visa
An F-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa which allows worldwide college students from the world over to review full-time in the USA. It’s the most typical visa standing for college kids from different international locations within the US.
Apparently, in 2024, Indians surpassed Chinese language non-migrants to change into the most important cohort of abroad college students in the USA. As per the Open Doorways 2024 report, 3,31,000 Indian college students had been learning in US establishments in the course of the 2023-24 educational yr, in comparison with 2,68,923 the earlier yr.
On the identical time, the rely of Chinese language college students declined within the US. The Open Doorways 2024 report mentioned there have been 2,77,398 Chinese language college students within the US in 2023-24, practically 12,000 lower than 2,89,526 in 2022-23. China additionally witnessed an 8 per cent decline within the issuance of F-1 visas in 2024.
