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France · All published months

L117,468

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Month	L1
Oct '18	174
Nov '18	165
Dec '18	262
Jan '19	236
Feb '19	198
Mar '19	230
Apr '19	226
May '19	214
Jun '19	268
Jul '19	352
Aug '19	298
Sep '19	231
Oct '19	228
Nov '19	163
Dec '19	232
Jan '20	211
Feb '20	220
Mar '20	89
Apr '20	2
May '20	2
Jun '20	6
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	1
Sep '20	10
Oct '20	18
Nov '20	11
Dec '20	30
Jan '21	51
Feb '21	49
Mar '21	37
Apr '21	29
May '21	51
Jun '21	133
Jul '21	103
Aug '21	156
Sep '21	134
Oct '21	126
Nov '21	199
Dec '21	184
Jan '22	176
Feb '22	242
Mar '22	211
Apr '22	179
May '22	224
Jun '22	205
Jul '22	270
Aug '22	218
Sep '22	216
Oct '22	201
Nov '22	257
Dec '22	219
Jan '23	231
Feb '23	230
Mar '23	235
Apr '23	161
May '23	220
Jun '23	343
Jul '23	264
Aug '23	228
Sep '23	229
Oct '23	249
Nov '23	199
Dec '23	290
Jan '24	205
Feb '24	253
Mar '24	234
Apr '24	295
May '24	329
Jun '24	293
Jul '24	293
Aug '24	237
Sep '24	238
Oct '24	250
Nov '24	148
Dec '24	251
Jan '25	319
Feb '25	189
Mar '25	196
Apr '25	231
May '25	258
Jun '25	402
Jul '25	398
Aug '25	332
Sep '25	238
Oct '25	205
Nov '25	127
Dec '25	320
Jan '26	207
Feb '26	194
Total	17,468

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.