About & methodology

What this site is

Visa Status makes the U.S. Department of State's monthly nonimmigrant visa issuance statistics easy to explore and compare. It is an independent, unofficial site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the U.S. government.

Where the data comes from

Every figure comes from the State Department's monthly reports, Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Nationality and Visa Class and by Post and Visa Class, published on the State Department's visa statistics page. U.S. government publications of this kind are public information.

How the numbers are processed

• Each month, both PDF reports are read automatically, row by row (nationality or post, visa class, issuances).
• The total of the extracted rows is checked against the grand total printed in the PDF. A month is published only when the two match.
• If a few rows cannot be matched to a country or post, the difference is added as one row labelled “Unallocated difference” so the overall total stays correct. It counts in totals but not under any specific country or post.
• When a month\u2019s figures look unusual but match the State Department\u2019s file, the site owner may add a short note next to that month. A note never explains the cause; it only points out what stands out.
• Nothing is estimated or modelled. The site only adds up and compares the published numbers.

What the numbers mean

• Issuances are not approval rates. The reports count visas that were issued. They do not show how many people applied or were refused, so they cannot tell you the chance that an application succeeds.
• Monthly figures are preliminary and may be revised by the State Department. Do not add months together and treat the result as an official fiscal-year total.
• Fiscal year means the U.S. federal fiscal year, October to September, named for the year it ends in (FY2026 is October 2025 to September 2026).
• “Partial” marks a year or fiscal year with fewer than 12 published months, so it is not a full year.
• Embassy and nationality reports are separate. The post report has no nationality column, so the site cannot show how many visas a given embassy issued to people of a given nationality.
• Index and share views are calculated from the same counts: index sets the first period to 100, and share shows each item as a percentage of the selected items combined.

Privacy

The site counts page views (which page, on which day) so the owner can see what is useful. It uses no cookies, stores no IP addresses and keeps nothing about you. If your browser sends “Do Not Track”, nothing is counted.

Not advice

This site is for information only. It is not legal or immigration advice. For decisions about a visa application, consult the official State Department website at travel.state.gov or a qualified immigration attorney.

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