Hyderabad, May 8 -- The US Consulate in Hyderabad has released the first tranche of student visa appointment slots for interviews to be held in late May.

In the coming weeks, the consulate will release additional appointment batches for June, July, and August.

Over 140k US student visas issued to Indians in FY 2023

The US Embassy and Consulates in India issued an all-time record of more than 140,000 student visas from October 2022 through September 2023, the State Department announced.

Stating that international students at US colleges and universities inject up to USD 38 billion annually into the country's economy, the Department said it issued more than 600,000 student visas - the highest in any year since FY 2017.

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