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Visa class B1/B2 · All published months

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Month	Lome
Oct '18	91
Nov '18	138
Dec '18	108
Jan '19	137
Feb '19	111
Mar '19	142
Apr '19	140
May '19	132
Jun '19	144
Jul '19	76
Aug '19	82
Sep '19	87
Oct '19	98
Nov '19	84
Dec '19	82
Jan '20	55
Feb '20	90
Mar '20	88
Apr '20	0
May '20	1
Jun '20	2
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	3
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	1
Nov '20	0
Dec '20	0
Jan '21	0
Feb '21	3
Mar '21	2
Apr '21	0
May '21	3
Jun '21	–
Jul '21	4
Aug '21	3
Sep '21	9
Oct '21	0
Nov '21	1
Dec '21	15
Jan '22	55
Feb '22	43
Mar '22	68
Apr '22	71
May '22	16
Jun '22	108
Jul '22	111
Aug '22	151
Sep '22	206
Oct '22	194
Nov '22	163
Dec '22	88
Jan '23	126
Feb '23	151
Mar '23	196
Apr '23	147
May '23	199
Jun '23	228
Jul '23	205
Aug '23	254
Sep '23	196
Oct '23	148
Nov '23	136
Dec '23	123
Jan '24	206
Feb '24	222
Mar '24	199
Apr '24	220
May '24	124
Jun '24	155
Jul '24	169
Aug '24	138
Sep '24	128
Oct '24	146
Nov '24	167
Dec '24	129
Jan '25	81
Feb '25	184
Mar '25	202
Apr '25	160
May '25	94
Jun '25	75
Jul '25	23
Aug '25	30
Sep '25	19
Oct '25	12
Nov '25	31
Dec '25	34
Jan '26	0
Feb '26	2
Total	8,265

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.