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Japan · All published months

O21,806

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Month	O2
Oct '18	59
Nov '18	11
Dec '18	7
Jan '19	12
Feb '19	14
Mar '19	1
Apr '19	8
May '19	16
Jun '19	24
Jul '19	3
Aug '19	20
Sep '19	13
Oct '19	27
Nov '19	9
Dec '19	7
Jan '20	30
Feb '20	6
Mar '20	2
Apr '20	0
May '20	0
Jun '20	0
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	2
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	1
Dec '20	4
Jan '21	0
Feb '21	0
Mar '21	2
Apr '21	1
May '21	3
Jun '21	13
Jul '21	14
Aug '21	1
Sep '21	5
Oct '21	11
Nov '21	4
Dec '21	1
Jan '22	3
Feb '22	67
Mar '22	20
Apr '22	3
May '22	3
Jun '22	19
Jul '22	32
Aug '22	19
Sep '22	18
Oct '22	41
Nov '22	1
Dec '22	5
Jan '23	25
Feb '23	0
Mar '23	6
Apr '23	43
May '23	21
Jun '23	14
Jul '23	8
Aug '23	35
Sep '23	6
Oct '23	9
Nov '23	20
Dec '23	9
Jan '24	17
Feb '24	24
Mar '24	32
Apr '24	42
May '24	3
Jun '24	37
Jul '24	68
Aug '24	108
Sep '24	44
Oct '24	19
Nov '24	19
Dec '24	19
Jan '25	62
Feb '25	87
Mar '25	30
Apr '25	39
May '25	65
Jun '25	77
Jul '25	47
Aug '25	54
Sep '25	22
Oct '25	50
Nov '25	11
Dec '25	9
Jan '26	24
Feb '26	39
Total	1,806

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.