They’re right about 1 and 3, but not 2. Life has gotten much better in a good chunk of the world, that the opportunity loss for not moving to US is getting smaller. You can easily see it by immigration application numbers by country.
Visa issuance doubling and having less applications from improving countries can both be true. I think you want issuance by place of birth to make the comparison OP is pointing out.
> I think you want issuance by place of birth to make the comparison OP is pointing out.
I’m not seeing a year to year comparison on the page you linked. It’s calculable from the monthly figures, but I’ll wait and see if the GP responds with his own source.
They’re right about 1 and 3, but not 2. Life has gotten much better in a good chunk of the world, that the opportunity loss for not moving to US is getting smaller. You can easily see it by immigration application numbers by country.
> You can easily see it by immigration application numbers by country.
Where are you getting this information? Visa issuance more than doubled between 2020 and 2024.
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Annual...
Visa issuance doubling and having less applications from improving countries can both be true. I think you want issuance by place of birth to make the comparison OP is pointing out.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/v...
> I think you want issuance by place of birth to make the comparison OP is pointing out.
I’m not seeing a year to year comparison on the page you linked. It’s calculable from the monthly figures, but I’ll wait and see if the GP responds with his own source.