Nigeria and Ghana were issued the most student visas in their histories in 2022.Īccording to the State Department records, the number of visas issued to students from Africa in fiscal 2022 surpassed 30,700. Meanwhile, more African students were awarded F1 visas in 2022 than ever before, the report said. 'All four countries hit 25-year highs in student visas issued,' according to the report. Uzbekistan is at the top of this list for the first time, while Nepal, Bangladesh, and Vietnam show continued growth in visa issuance. colleges were seeing an increase in applications for admission after significantly fewer new international student enrollments in 20.Īccording to ApplyBoard, the six countries the saw the largest percentage increases in student visas issued from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022 were Asian. Last September, the Institute of International Education released its annual study showing that international enrollment had largely recovered from the steep drop it took during the pandemic, and U.S. 'While the US has a long way to go before rivaling its high mark of over 644,000 student visas issued in FY2015, these numbers inspire confidence that long-term, sustainable growth is ahead,' ApplyBoard's July 18th report states. 'We are on track to issue the most student visas in a year since 2016. universities and colleges is a priority,' a State Department spokesperson told VOA by email. 'Facilitating the ability of foreign students and academic exchange visitors to study at U.S. will have to issue more than 40,000 international visas before the end of September.

US Colleges Report Rise in Foreign Student Applications

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