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H1B116,972

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Month	H1B1
Oct '18	136
Nov '18	124
Dec '18	167
Jan '19	162
Feb '19	117
Mar '19	132
Apr '19	105
May '19	130
Jun '19	165
Jul '19	194
Aug '19	179
Sep '19	97
Oct '19	127
Nov '19	122
Dec '19	216
Jan '20	197
Feb '20	118
Mar '20	98
Apr '20	19
May '20	8
Jun '20	11
Jul '20	61
Aug '20	64
Sep '20	43
Oct '20	48
Nov '20	155
Dec '20	148
Jan '21	143
Feb '21	127
Mar '21	111
Apr '21	93
May '21	104
Jun '21	125
Jul '21	186
Aug '21	148
Sep '21	199
Oct '21	117
Nov '21	82
Dec '21	151
Jan '22	241
Feb '22	252
Mar '22	193
Apr '22	205
May '22	242
Jun '22	212
Jul '22	135
Aug '22	316
Sep '22	230
Oct '22	247
Nov '22	222
Dec '22	338
Jan '23	240
Feb '23	224
Mar '23	274
Apr '23	188
May '23	330
Jun '23	222
Jul '23	233
Aug '23	285
Sep '23	239
Oct '23	156
Nov '23	170
Dec '23	301
Jan '24	309
Feb '24	232
Mar '24	267
Apr '24	222
May '24	261
Jun '24	298
Jul '24	302
Aug '24	319
Sep '24	235
Oct '24	219
Nov '24	207
Dec '24	351
Jan '25	282
Feb '25	231
Mar '25	211
Apr '25	219
May '25	201
Jun '25	300
Jul '25	342
Aug '25	248
Sep '25	198
Oct '25	136
Nov '25	157
Dec '25	304
Jan '26	251
Feb '26	246
Total	16,972

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.