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South Africa · All published months

L15,120

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Month	L1
Apr '18	48
May '18	55
Jun '18	56
Jul '18	71
Aug '18	58
Sep '18	49
Oct '18	84
Nov '18	188
Dec '18	93
Jan '19	70
Feb '19	55
Mar '19	62
Apr '19	78
May '19	73
Jun '19	48
Jul '19	83
Aug '19	72
Sep '19	100
Oct '19	138
Nov '19	118
Dec '19	83
Jan '20	82
Feb '20	48
Mar '20	24
Apr '20	1
May '20	0
Jun '20	1
Jul '20	1
Aug '20	2
Sep '20	1
Oct '20	3
Nov '20	6
Dec '20	10
Jan '21	8
Feb '21	7
Mar '21	6
Apr '21	10
May '21	9
Jun '21	20
Jul '21	21
Aug '21	26
Sep '21	38
Oct '21	32
Nov '21	89
Dec '21	14
Jan '22	130
Feb '22	102
Mar '22	88
Apr '22	53
May '22	66
Jun '22	55
Jul '22	54
Aug '22	85
Sep '22	91
Oct '22	103
Nov '22	166
Dec '22	89
Jan '23	73
Feb '23	46
Mar '23	36
Apr '23	37
May '23	55
Jun '23	37
Jul '23	67
Aug '23	42
Sep '23	44
Oct '23	49
Nov '23	59
Dec '23	40
Jan '24	53
Feb '24	42
Mar '24	37
Apr '24	37
May '24	33
Jun '24	52
Jul '24	56
Aug '24	70
Sep '24	50
Oct '24	42
Nov '24	71
Dec '24	63
Jan '25	55
Feb '25	40
Mar '25	46
Apr '25	50
May '25	41
Jun '25	44
Jul '25	41
Aug '25	52
Sep '25	51
Oct '25	50
Nov '25	57
Dec '25	64
Jan '26	59
Feb '26	56
Total	5,120

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.