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South Africa · All published months

H43,489

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Month	H4
Oct '18	10
Nov '18	5
Dec '18	20
Jan '19	9
Feb '19	22
Mar '19	48
Apr '19	31
May '19	22
Jun '19	19
Jul '19	25
Aug '19	20
Sep '19	32
Oct '19	22
Nov '19	13
Dec '19	6
Jan '20	16
Feb '20	35
Mar '20	38
Apr '20	2
May '20	0
Jun '20	1
Jul '20	8
Aug '20	0
Sep '20	0
Oct '20	0
Nov '20	0
Dec '20	3
Jan '21	4
Feb '21	1
Mar '21	0
Apr '21	7
May '21	1
Jun '21	7
Jul '21	11
Aug '21	11
Sep '21	10
Oct '21	6
Nov '21	16
Dec '21	2
Jan '22	30
Feb '22	25
Mar '22	65
Apr '22	37
May '22	69
Jun '22	38
Jul '22	32
Aug '22	38
Sep '22	28
Oct '22	26
Nov '22	17
Dec '22	18
Jan '23	40
Feb '23	53
Mar '23	117
Apr '23	66
May '23	82
Jun '23	97
Jul '23	52
Aug '23	46
Sep '23	28
Oct '23	35
Nov '23	19
Dec '23	31
Jan '24	42
Feb '24	64
Mar '24	133
Apr '24	124
May '24	59
Jun '24	93
Jul '24	69
Aug '24	46
Sep '24	42
Oct '24	35
Nov '24	15
Dec '24	22
Jan '25	53
Feb '25	103
Mar '25	207
Apr '25	188
May '25	90
Jun '25	78
Jul '25	68
Aug '25	52
Sep '25	32
Oct '25	32
Nov '25	29
Dec '25	46
Jan '26	72
Feb '26	123
Total	3,489

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.