Indian students get more visas than Chinese

INDIAN students got more US F1 Visa than the Chinese, who usually take the lead, in the first seven months of 2022, according to latest State Department data.

Prior to the pandemic, Indian students helped add $8bn to US coffers in 2019, about half of the $16bn provided by the Chinese. USA earned a total of about $44bn in 2019 from international students.

From January to July 2022, Indian students got 77,799 F1 visas, while the Chinese got 46,145 tipping the scales in India's favor, according to State Department data. In 2021, 99,431 Chinese students got F1 Visas with India coming second with 87,258 students.

Though the current population of Chinese students in the USA is still far higher than India, their numbers have dwindled post pandemic. With 16,865 students in 2021, South Korea stood at the third position.