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Visa class L2 · All published months

Shanghai7,488

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Month	Shanghai
Nov '18	90
Dec '18	153
Jan '19	152
Feb '19	114
Mar '19	152
Apr '19	149
May '19	136
Jun '19	244
Jul '19	310
Aug '19	256
Sep '19	184
Oct '19	120
Nov '19	99
Dec '19	133
Jan '20	116
Feb '20	3
Mar '20	0
Apr '20	1
May '20	0
Jun '20	1
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	4
Dec '20	5
Jan '21	1
Feb '21	3
Mar '21	4
Apr '21	1
May '21	11
Jun '21	–
Jul '21	58
Aug '21	84
Sep '21	39
Oct '21	22
Nov '21	58
Dec '21	65
Jan '22	36
Feb '22	57
Mar '22	41
Apr '22	0
May '22	0
Jun '22	9
Jul '22	1
Aug '22	15
Sep '22	29
Oct '22	44
Nov '22	75
Dec '22	69
Jan '23	75
Feb '23	95
Mar '23	121
Apr '23	94
May '23	125
Jun '23	93
Jul '23	96
Aug '23	142
Sep '23	97
Oct '23	102
Nov '23	74
Dec '23	27
Jan '24	49
Feb '24	26
Mar '24	85
Apr '24	46
May '24	132
Jun '24	134
Jul '24	170
Aug '24	157
Sep '24	110
Oct '24	124
Nov '24	147
Dec '24	80
Jan '25	199
Feb '25	147
Mar '25	163
Apr '25	142
May '25	126
Jun '25	176
Jul '25	172
Aug '25	213
Sep '25	106
Oct '25	85
Nov '25	103
Dec '25	109
Jan '26	102
Feb '26	100
Total	7,488

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.