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Month	Colombo
Dec '18	400
Jan '19	601
Feb '19	597
Mar '19	854
Apr '19	630
May '19	760
Jun '19	896
Jul '19	944
Aug '19	1,188
Sep '19	686
Oct '19	780
Nov '19	506
Dec '19	504
Jan '20	624
Feb '20	583
Mar '20	346
Apr '20	1
May '20	0
Jun '20	4
Jul '20	28
Aug '20	64
Sep '20	46
Oct '20	120
Nov '20	79
Dec '20	93
Jan '21	101
Feb '21	127
Mar '21	169
Apr '21	170
May '21	171
Jun '21	–
Jul '21	406
Aug '21	399
Sep '21	214
Oct '21	382
Nov '21	545
Dec '21	479
Jan '22	597
Feb '22	695
Mar '22	911
Apr '22	1,053
May '22	528
Jun '22	1,020
Jul '22	1,118
Aug '22	1,062
Sep '22	627
Oct '22	1,075
Nov '22	1,173
Dec '22	1,031
Jan '23	849
Feb '23	973
Mar '23	1,323
Apr '23	1,090
May '23	1,408
Jun '23	1,191
Jul '23	1,590
Aug '23	1,404
Sep '23	1,091
Oct '23	993
Nov '23	971
Dec '23	816
Jan '24	880
Feb '24	734
Mar '24	526
Apr '24	1,002
May '24	1,024
Jun '24	830
Jul '24	722
Aug '24	789
Sep '24	671
Oct '24	737
Nov '24	644
Dec '24	610
Jan '25	653
Feb '25	560
Mar '25	781
Apr '25	897
May '25	925
Jun '25	618
Jul '25	840
Aug '25	700
Sep '25	656
Oct '25	606
Nov '25	251
Dec '25	402
Jan '26	464
Feb '26	610
Total	57,218

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.