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Visa class H4 · All published months

Shanghai6,246

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Month	Shanghai
Oct '18	134
Nov '18	116
Dec '18	120
Jan '19	185
Feb '19	128
Mar '19	149
Apr '19	150
May '19	217
Jun '19	239
Jul '19	228
Aug '19	150
Sep '19	183
Oct '19	165
Nov '19	133
Dec '19	117
Jan '20	138
Feb '20	20
Mar '20	2
Apr '20	0
May '20	0
Jun '20	2
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	4
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	12
Dec '20	16
Jan '21	6
Feb '21	10
Mar '21	28
Apr '21	11
May '21	28
Jun '21	–
Jul '21	38
Aug '21	59
Sep '21	43
Oct '21	40
Nov '21	80
Dec '21	65
Jan '22	49
Feb '22	46
Mar '22	31
Apr '22	0
May '22	0
Jun '22	4
Jul '22	1
Aug '22	43
Sep '22	39
Oct '22	31
Nov '22	34
Dec '22	51
Jan '23	53
Feb '23	94
Mar '23	91
Apr '23	45
May '23	51
Jun '23	29
Jul '23	46
Aug '23	180
Sep '23	58
Oct '23	44
Nov '23	21
Dec '23	28
Jan '24	57
Feb '24	31
Mar '24	37
Apr '24	60
May '24	94
Jun '24	108
Jul '24	127
Aug '24	83
Sep '24	60
Oct '24	58
Nov '24	123
Dec '24	78
Jan '25	116
Feb '25	79
Mar '25	91
Apr '25	98
May '25	89
Jun '25	156
Jul '25	142
Aug '25	99
Sep '25	111
Oct '25	79
Nov '25	62
Dec '25	37
Jan '26	76
Feb '26	10
Total	6,246

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.