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South Africa · All published months

H2B12,707

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Month	H2B
Oct '18	706
Nov '18	63
Dec '18	43
Jan '19	185
Feb '19	98
Mar '19	220
Apr '19	167
May '19	77
Jun '19	104
Jul '19	45
Aug '19	31
Sep '19	91
Oct '19	724
Nov '19	38
Dec '19	55
Jan '20	101
Feb '20	198
Mar '20	222
Apr '20	0
May '20	7
Jun '20	1
Jul '20	0
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	147
Dec '20	101
Jan '21	191
Feb '21	1
Mar '21	0
Apr '21	0
May '21	0
Jun '21	3
Jul '21	1
Aug '21	3
Sep '21	0
Oct '21	7
Nov '21	460
Dec '21	1
Jan '22	215
Feb '22	127
Mar '22	211
Apr '22	124
May '22	87
Jun '22	28
Jul '22	34
Aug '22	35
Sep '22	592
Oct '22	244
Nov '22	51
Dec '22	25
Jan '23	134
Feb '23	113
Mar '23	163
Apr '23	219
May '23	94
Jun '23	37
Jul '23	10
Aug '23	14
Sep '23	667
Oct '23	274
Nov '23	41
Dec '23	81
Jan '24	208
Feb '24	140
Mar '24	276
Apr '24	227
May '24	84
Jun '24	41
Jul '24	19
Aug '24	71
Sep '24	849
Oct '24	230
Nov '24	24
Dec '24	101
Jan '25	270
Feb '25	220
Mar '25	275
Apr '25	259
May '25	98
Jun '25	38
Jul '25	19
Aug '25	33
Sep '25	698
Oct '25	474
Nov '25	91
Dec '25	114
Jan '26	57
Feb '26	80
Total	12,707

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.