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Bulgaria · B1/B2

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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.

B1/B2 visas issued to people from Bulgaria · February 2026
1,162

That is 29 fewer than in January 2026 (1,191) — -2.4%.

B1/B2 visas made up 76.9% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 91.5% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-2.4% vs January 2026 (1,191)-4.6% vs February 2025 (1,218)

All published months together: 80,859

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Bulgaria · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 20251,052
  • Jan 20261,191
  • Feb 20261,162
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  • Jan 2026 is 139 (13.2%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 110 (10.5%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 1,0521,1911,162
Total1,0521,1911,162
Total visas issued
12,889
Latest 12 months · Bulgaria · B1/B2
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  1. B1/B212,889
  2. J13,953
  3. C1/D749
  4. F1197
  5. H2B129
  6. B192

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

compared with
  • 202513,172
  • 20262,353
05001K1.5K2KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January1,4181,191 -16.0%
February1,2181,162 -4.6%
March1,164––
April1,024––
May1,003––
June1,093––
July1,156––
August883––
September848––
October1,108––
November1,205––
December1,052––

When is it busy? Bulgaria · B1/B2

Busiest month: February (11.6% of a typical year). Quietest: May (6.2%). 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.

Bulgaria · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
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“partial” means fewer than 12 months have been published for that period.

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2019 14,160
FY2020 6,836
FY2021 1,874
FY2022 9,489
FY2023 14,893
FY2024 13,995
FY2025 13,894
FY2026 partial5,718