United States of America Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said on Wednesday that one out of every five US student visas was issued in India in 2022, which is more than the proportion of Indian population in the world.

The US Mission in India held its seventh annual Student Visa Day countrywide on Wednesday with Consular Officers from New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai interviewing almost 3,500 Indian student visa applicants, PTI reported.