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Visa class L1 · All published months

Shanghai8,429

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Month	Shanghai
Oct '18	171
Nov '18	134
Dec '18	140
Jan '19	207
Feb '19	130
Mar '19	167
Apr '19	176
May '19	206
Jun '19	244
Jul '19	249
Aug '19	252
Sep '19	243
Oct '19	183
Nov '19	116
Dec '19	181
Jan '20	139
Feb '20	2
Mar '20	1
Apr '20	0
May '20	0
Jun '20	2
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	1
Dec '20	1
Jan '21	1
Feb '21	5
Mar '21	5
Apr '21	1
May '21	7
Jun '21	–
Jul '21	46
Aug '21	89
Sep '21	46
Oct '21	14
Nov '21	101
Dec '21	82
Jan '22	69
Feb '22	66
Mar '22	44
Apr '22	0
May '22	0
Jun '22	16
Jul '22	2
Aug '22	12
Sep '22	25
Oct '22	55
Nov '22	72
Dec '22	81
Jan '23	83
Feb '23	123
Mar '23	146
Apr '23	90
May '23	96
Jun '23	89
Jul '23	78
Aug '23	131
Sep '23	125
Oct '23	133
Nov '23	84
Dec '23	65
Jan '24	75
Feb '24	43
Mar '24	74
Apr '24	56
May '24	116
Jun '24	115
Jul '24	109
Aug '24	155
Sep '24	134
Oct '24	157
Nov '24	207
Dec '24	114
Jan '25	199
Feb '25	164
Mar '25	164
Apr '25	169
May '25	114
Jun '25	127
Jul '25	174
Aug '25	235
Sep '25	144
Oct '25	102
Nov '25	139
Dec '25	105
Jan '26	90
Feb '26	121
Total	8,429

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.