US issues record low number of visas in last two years

A record low number of visas were given during 2020-2021 from the US Embassies and Consulates across the world. Pretty much every proportion of migration shows less individuals from abroad came to the US since the pandemic.

Coronavirus guidelines provoked the State Department to give 38% less worker visas in 2021 and 68% less non-migrant visas in 2020-2021 when contrasted with 2019. The United States issues nonimmigrant visas every year in all classifications, with a normal of 8.5 million to 10 million. As per the information delivered by the US State Department, nearly 4,013,210 non-settler visas were given in 2020 and 2,792,083 out of 2021 in same classification.

While around 8,742,068 non-worker visas were given in 2019. In 2020, nearly 15, 642 non-outsider visas were given to Pakistani nationals from the US Embassy Islamabad and 10,127 from US Consulate Karachi when contrasted with 21,356 and 16,476 separately in 2019.

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The such number of non-outsider visas gave in different years is essentially higher when contrasted with these two years. For instance, 8,742,068 visas were given during 2019, and 9,028,026 were given during 2018. also, nearly 9,681, 913 were given in 2017. Classes of Immigrants Visas gave at US Foreign Service Posts, about 240,526 settlers visas were given in 2020 and 285,069 out of 2021 when contrasted with 462,422 Visas in 2019.

The fundamental justification for less visa issuances during 2020 and 2021 was the conclusion of US Embassies and Consulates Visakhapatnam Services across the globe because of the pandemic (COVID-19).

In the mean time, the strategic missions kept on giving just crisis type visas at a restricted level. As per the US State Department, "Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, presents were told on suspend routine visa benefits and give just crucial and crisis administrations in late March 2020.

This essentially affected the arrangement of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related administrations. Presents were just capable on continue restricted administrations on a post-by-post premise starting in July 2020, as neighborhood conditions permitted."