A big blow to Indian students who want to study in America…

Study in USA, Aboard Study: The US has issued fewer visas to Indian students than ever before. Talking about 2024 alone, there has been a significant drop from January to September compared to the previous year, which is a matter of concern for Indian students who want to go to the US for higher education. A media report cited US State Department data as saying that the number of F-1 student visas issued to Indians in the first nine months of 2024 (January to September) fell by 38 percent compared to the previous year. . According to the report, only 64,008 visas were issued to Indian students between January and September 2024, compared to 1,03,495 in the same period in 2023.

Talking about the year 2021, during the same period, 65,235 Indians were issued student visas, while in the year 2022, the number was 93,181. During the Corona pandemic, only 6,646 F-1 visas were issued to Indians between January and September in the year 2020. Experts believe that there could be several reasons behind this decline. Another reason for this is that apart from the US, Indian students are also moving to countries like Canada, UK and Germany. Apart from this, the change in the rules for visa can also be a major reason for this.

There is also a shortage of visas for Chinese students…
This decline in student visas is not only for Indian students, but a limited number of student visas have also been issued to Chinese students. After India, the largest number of Chinese students come to study in America. There has also been a reduction in the issuance of their visas.

Statistics show that a total of 73,781 F-1 visas were issued to Chinese students between January and September 2024, compared to 80,603 during the same period last year.