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Visa class B1 · All published months

Shanghai3,371

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Month	Shanghai
Oct '18	5
Nov '18	2
Dec '18	4
Jan '19	4
Feb '19	0
Mar '19	2
Apr '19	2
May '19	3
Jun '19	2
Jul '19	8
Aug '19	6
Sep '19	8
Oct '19	6
Nov '19	4
Dec '19	2
Jan '20	0
Feb '20	0
Mar '20	0
Apr '20	0
May '20	0
Jun '20	0
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	0
Dec '20	0
Jan '21	0
Feb '21	0
Mar '21	0
Apr '21	0
May '21	0
Jun '21	–
Jul '21	0
Aug '21	0
Sep '21	0
Oct '21	0
Nov '21	0
Dec '21	6
Jan '22	36
Feb '22	35
Mar '22	20
Apr '22	0
May '22	0
Jun '22	7
Jul '22	1
Aug '22	60
Sep '22	87
Oct '22	104
Nov '22	106
Dec '22	50
Jan '23	63
Feb '23	91
Mar '23	152
Apr '23	80
May '23	119
Jun '23	31
Jul '23	10
Aug '23	40
Sep '23	60
Oct '23	227
Nov '23	263
Dec '23	126
Jan '24	225
Feb '24	121
Mar '24	200
Apr '24	76
May '24	106
Jun '24	67
Jul '24	89
Aug '24	77
Sep '24	70
Oct '24	65
Nov '24	73
Dec '24	58
Jan '25	43
Feb '25	54
Mar '25	52
Apr '25	18
May '25	18
Jun '25	14
Jul '25	11
Aug '25	37
Sep '25	18
Oct '25	16
Nov '25	9
Dec '25	1
Jan '26	15
Feb '26	6
Total	3,371

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.