Chinese students have retained their position being the largest group of international students in the US in 2023 as well. The State Department of US offered six lakhs student visas to international students in 2023. This has been the highest number of student visas issued since 2017. 2,89,526 student visas were offered to Chinese students in 2023. There has been a decrease of 560 student visas as compared to the previous year.
In 2023, Chinese students were the largest group of international students studying in the US, maintaining their previous record. The United States of America has been consciously working to reduce the waiting time in the student visa category. The Department of State has said that they're actively trying to also work on the visitor visa category which has been overlooked because of other visa categories.
