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Visa class H4 · All published months

Japan2,503

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Month	Japan
Oct '18	26
Nov '18	18
Dec '18	47
Jan '19	21
Feb '19	32
Mar '19	26
Apr '19	25
May '19	35
Jun '19	38
Jul '19	65
Aug '19	50
Sep '19	25
Oct '19	28
Nov '19	25
Dec '19	36
Jan '20	25
Feb '20	18
Mar '20	11
Apr '20	0
May '20	3
Jun '20	13
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	4
Sep '20	3
Oct '20	8
Nov '20	12
Dec '20	4
Jan '21	5
Feb '21	5
Mar '21	8
Apr '21	20
May '21	16
Jun '21	16
Jul '21	36
Aug '21	46
Sep '21	14
Oct '21	10
Nov '21	21
Dec '21	27
Jan '22	19
Feb '22	12
Mar '22	23
Apr '22	34
May '22	35
Jun '22	79
Jul '22	86
Aug '22	52
Sep '22	18
Oct '22	19
Nov '22	28
Dec '22	50
Jan '23	12
Feb '23	20
Mar '23	20
Apr '23	18
May '23	24
Jun '23	83
Jul '23	60
Aug '23	52
Sep '23	21
Oct '23	29
Nov '23	20
Dec '23	41
Jan '24	22
Feb '24	18
Mar '24	36
Apr '24	11
May '24	10
Jun '24	52
Jul '24	60
Aug '24	44
Sep '24	14
Oct '24	36
Nov '24	43
Dec '24	34
Jan '25	46
Feb '25	17
Mar '25	11
Apr '25	30
May '25	29
Jun '25	53
Jul '25	73
Aug '25	44
Sep '25	44
Oct '25	25
Nov '25	10
Dec '25	27
Jan '26	21
Feb '26	16
Total	2,503

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.