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Afghanistan · B1/B2

Visitor – business or tourism · For short visits to the U.S. for business meetings (B-1) or tourism, family visits and medical treatment (B-2). Most visitor visas are issued as a combined B-1/B-2.

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B1/B2 visas issued to people from Afghanistan · February 2026
0

That is 1 fewer than in January 2026 (1) — -100.0%.

B1/B2 visas made up 0.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 25.0% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-100.0% vs January 2026 (1)-100.0% vs February 2025 (127)

All published months together: 7,832

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Afghanistan · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 20250
  • Jan 20261
  • Feb 20260
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  • Jan 2026 is 1 higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is the same as Dec 2025.
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Total issued 010
Total010
Total visas issued
290
Latest 12 months · Afghanistan · B1/B2

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10190672711–11–1–
Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

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  1. B1/B2290
  2. G4118
  3. K139
  4. F138
  5. J16
  6. C24

Afghanistan · B1/B2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 2025582
  • 20261
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Month20252026Change
January1661 -99.4%
February1270 -100.0%
March101––
April90––
May67––
June27––
July1––
August1––
September0––
October1––
November1––
December0––

When is it busy? Afghanistan · B1/B2

Busiest month: January (13.3% of a typical year). Quietest: September (6.0%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Average of 7 full years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Each bar is that month's share of the year's total. Years with missing months are left out. It shows when visas are issued, not when people apply.

Afghanistan · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
05001K1.5K2K2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

“partial” means fewer than 12 months have been published for that period.

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YearIssuances
2018 partial284
2019 1,656
2020 469
2021 194
2022 947
2023 1,711
2024 1,988
2025 582
2026 partial1