48 percent of foreign students in the US were from China and India in 2019: report

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Washington: In the US, 48 percent of the foreign students studying in 2019 were Chinese and Indian students. This information has been given in a government report. A report released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) on migrant students in the US said that in the US, international non-migrant students and students coming under the exchange program The number of foreign students with F-1 and M-1 visas was 15.2 lakhs in 2019, according to Sevis records, an information-based web-based system. It decreased by 1.7 percent from 2018.

The F-1 visa is issued to international students participating in an academic program or English-language program at a college or university in the US, while the M-1 visa is for foreign students studying in professional institutions and technical institutes. . According to the report, in 2019, a total of 7,33,718 or 48 percent students in the US were from China and India. There were 4,74,479 students from China and 2,49,221 students from India.

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