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> estimated that 0.005% of U.S. visa applicants worldwide, or in the range of 65,000 individuals per year, 1,300,000,000 people apply for visas each year?!
by scrumper 7y ago
> estimated that 0.005% of U.S. visa applicants worldwide, or in the range of 65,000 individuals per year,
1,300,000,000 people apply for visas each year?!
- gniv 7y agoThat cannot be right. There are about 10 mil visas issued, so the number of applications cannot be much higher (it costs $160 to apply). So probably 13 mil.
- sbayeta 7y agoMy US Visa is good for ten years (B1-B2 from Argentina, paid $160 and submitted the DS-160). If they all are like mine, then maybe it's 1.300.000. That's consistent with the total 10M you mentioned.
- saagarjha 7y agoThe percent sign might be unintentional.
- conanbatt 7y agoMost countries need tourist visas to enter at all. Any chinese person that comes to the US for the first time needs to get one. Those last 10 years. 75 million people visit the US every year. The magnitude looks believable.