India accounted for 1 out of 5 US student visas in 2022: Garcetti

Acknowledging the longstanding tradition of Indian students pursuing education in the US, he expressed the commitment to process the highest number of student visa applications in history and announced the availability of a greater number of visa appointments for students this year.

On the occasion, consular officers interviewed around 3,500 Indian student visa applicants from cities like New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai.

The embassy reported a record-breaking number – over 125,000 – of student visas issued in India in 2022. Indians also received the highest percentage of H&L employment visas (65%) and F1 student visas (17.5%) worldwide, according to a press release by the embassy. Indian visitors constituted one of the largest groups of international visitors to the US, with over 1.2 million people from the country travelling to the US in the previous year, according to the embassy.

Indian students constitute over 21% of the total international student population in the US, and approximately 200,000 Indian students were studying there in the 2021-2022 academic year, according to a press release from the embassy.