The US State Department released a report on monitoring the situation of Arab countries in terms of obtaining entry visas to the United States of America. According to the Moroccan site Hespress, the Arab Republic of Egypt ranked first, and the Kingdom of Morocco third. deadlines for obtaining entry visas.Designed for countries with low immigration to the United States.
Regarding Morocco, the report indicated that the Kingdom’s citizens received 4,065 entry visas from the Americas, including 2,554 visas issued under the “Diversity Visa (DV) Program for countries with low levels of immigration to the United States.”
He indicated that Morocco has also received “more than 700 visas issued to Moroccans for direct relatives, and 673 visas were issued under the Family Preference Program, which issues visas for specific long-distance family relationships, with a US citizen, and some specific relationships with lawful permanent residents.” “
The report said that the number of visas issued to Moroccan citizens increased “from 1,500 in 2012 to more than 2,000 in 2016”, noting that their number decreased again “between 2017 and 2018, when the number of visas issued decreased from 1300 to 1100”.
The report indicated that Egypt topped the list with 5,293 visas, followed by Yemen with 5,222 visas.
Notably, the number of visas issued by the United States has declined “over the past ten years as it has gone from 235,616 visas in 2012 to 170,604 visas in 2021.”