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What changed in February 2026

The biggest rises and falls compared with January 2026. Small numbers are left out so one-off swings do not top the list.

All U.S. visas issued · February 2026
677,910
That is -2.1% compared with January 2026 (692,319). It is -25.9% compared with February 2025 (914,989).

Countries going up vs January 2026

  1. Guyana▲ +39.2%
    1,198 → 1,668 (+470)
  2. Thailand▲ +38.2%
    3,845 → 5,315 (+1,470)
  3. Honduras▲ +31.4%
    6,086 → 7,996 (+1,910)
  4. Australia▲ +31.3%
    2,141 → 2,811 (+670)
  5. Sri Lanka▲ +28.6%
    630 → 810 (+180)

Countries going down vs January 2026

  1. Italy▼ -41.0%
    2,483 → 1,465 (−1,018)
  2. Vietnam▼ -34.1%
    9,577 → 6,311 (−3,266)
  3. Taiwan▼ -33.5%
    2,282 → 1,517 (−765)
  4. Panama▼ -31.4%
    7,161 → 4,916 (−2,245)
  5. Morocco▼ -30.0%
    4,230 → 2,963 (−1,267)

Visa types going up

  1. G2▲ +75.5%
    669 → 1,174 (+505)
  2. I▲ +46.7%
    1,152 → 1,690 (+538) · Foreign media representative
  3. J1▲ +45.1%
    12,408 → 18,000 (+5,592) · Exchange visitor
  4. H2A▲ +35.2%
    25,277 → 34,178 (+8,901) · Temporary agricultural worker
  5. F2▲ +35.0%
    588 → 794 (+206) · Dependent of an F-1 student

Visa types going down

  1. F1▼ -54.0%
    8,780 → 4,035 (−4,745) · Academic student
  2. P1▼ -27.4%
    2,083 → 1,512 (−571) · Internationally recognized athlete or entertainer
  3. H1B▼ -24.9%
    6,117 → 4,593 (−1,524) · Specialty occupation worker
  4. C1▼ -20.5%
    385 → 306 (−79)
  5. O1▼ -19.0%
    1,796 → 1,455 (−341) · Extraordinary ability

Countries up vs February 2025 (a year ago)

  1. Canada▲ +76.5%
    574 → 1,013 (+439)
  2. Korea, South▲ +51.9%
    3,949 → 5,997 (+2,048)
  3. Azerbaijan▲ +50.1%
    704 → 1,057 (+353)
  4. Turkey▲ +48.9%
    10,957 → 16,314 (+5,357)
  5. Paraguay▲ +35.4%
    1,149 → 1,556 (+407)

Countries down vs February 2025 (a year ago)

  1. Georgia▼ -66.4%
    1,599 → 537 (−1,062)
  2. El Salvador▼ -55.3%
    5,628 → 2,517 (−3,111)
  3. Albania▼ -51.3%
    2,423 → 1,179 (−1,244)
  4. Mongolia▼ -51.1%
    2,085 → 1,019 (−1,066)
  5. Tunisia▼ -50.3%
    1,345 → 669 (−676)

Monthly figures are preliminary. Issuance counts are not approval rates. See full rankings