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Visa class H2B · All published months

Japan1,112

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Month	Japan
Oct '18	1
Nov '18	1
Dec '18	25
Jan '19	9
Feb '19	2
Mar '19	0
Apr '19	0
May '19	113
Jun '19	40
Jul '19	0
Aug '19	0
Sep '19	3
Oct '19	0
Nov '19	0
Dec '19	18
Jan '20	10
Feb '20	2
Mar '20	0
Apr '20	5
May '20	91
Jun '20	42
Jul '20	2
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	0
Dec '20	13
Jan '21	13
Feb '21	0
Mar '21	0
Apr '21	55
May '21	81
Jun '21	3
Jul '21	0
Aug '21	1
Sep '21	0
Oct '21	0
Nov '21	0
Dec '21	27
Jan '22	3
Feb '22	2
Mar '22	1
Apr '22	7
May '22	45
Jun '22	73
Jul '22	0
Aug '22	0
Sep '22	0
Oct '22	0
Nov '22	3
Dec '22	26
Jan '23	4
Feb '23	1
Mar '23	0
Apr '23	2
May '23	2
Jun '23	104
Jul '23	5
Aug '23	0
Sep '23	1
Oct '23	0
Nov '23	0
Dec '23	27
Jan '24	4
Feb '24	0
Mar '24	0
Apr '24	0
May '24	10
Jun '24	93
Jul '24	2
Aug '24	0
Sep '24	0
Oct '24	1
Nov '24	0
Dec '24	23
Jan '25	6
Feb '25	0
Mar '25	0
Apr '25	0
May '25	41
Jun '25	44
Jul '25	0
Aug '25	0
Sep '25	0
Oct '25	1
Nov '25	0
Dec '25	5
Jan '26	19
Feb '26	0
Total	1,112

Source: U.S. Department of State monthly nonimmigrant visa issuance reports. Monthly figures are preliminary. Issuance counts do not measure approval rates. A dash means that month has not been published.