40% decline in US visas for Pakistan, 28% increase for India
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- “Pakistan has had a significant 40% drop in the number of American visas granted to its nationals under the new Donald Trump administration despite not being on the list of the US President’s travel ban countries.”
- “The number of non-immigrant US visas to Indians increased by 28% in March and April this year as compared to the monthly average of the previous year, according to the newly-released monthly official data.”
- “Pakistanis were issued 3,925 non-immigrant visas in April and 3,973 visas in March, 2017. Even in 2015, monthly average remained 6,179 as a total of 74,150 Pakistanis had been granted visas.”
- “Even in 2015, monthly average remained 6,179 as a total of 74,150 Pakistanis had been granted visas. The data showed that Indian nationals received 87,049 visas in April and 97,925 visas in March this year. Last year, people from India received 72,082 non-immigrant visas each month on average with an annual total of 864,987 visas.”
- “Pakistan is not the only Muslim-majority country experiencing decline in non-immigrant US visas. A similar analysis of 50 Muslim majority countries reveals that number of visas issued to their nationals has also declined by 20 per cent in April as compared to their monthly country average last year, the report said.”
