Washington — The U.S. issued nearly half a million long-lasting visas to immigrants overseas in fiscal yr 2022 as legal immigration rebounded subsequent a sharp fall in visa approvals at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which impeded worldwide vacation and crippled processing at U.S. consulates, unpublished governing administration data show. Through the 12-thirty day period span that finished on Sept. 30, the Point out Division issued 493,000 visas to immigrants overseas who had used to move to the U.S. completely, a 73{c024931d10daf6b71b41321fa9ba9cd89123fb34a4039ac9f079a256e3c1e6e8} soar from fiscal calendar year 2021 and a 7{c024931d10daf6b71b41321fa9ba9cd89123fb34a4039ac9f079a256e3c1e6e8} enhance from fiscal calendar year 2019, the previous complete fiscal 12 months prior to the pandemic. There are…