Visa Status
Visa Status · unofficial · data from the U.S. Department of State
· printed

Country

China - Mainland · B1/B2

See visa appointment dates →
See Visa Bulletin dates →

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 China - Mainland · February 2026
57,257

That is 20,567 fewer than in January 2026 (77,824) — -26.4%.

B1/B2 visas made up 93.1% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 91.6% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-26.4% vs January 2026 (77,824)-29.2% vs February 2025 (80,887)

All published months together: 4,232,155

Compare months or years

Compare by
Quick pick
Chart
China - Mainland · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 202573,058
  • Jan 202677,824
  • Feb 202657,257
Download CSV
  • Jan 2026 is 4,766 (6.5%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 15,801 (21.6%) lower than Dec 2025.
View as table
Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 73,05877,82457,257
Total73,05877,82457,257
Total visas issued
891,230
Latest 12 months · China - Mainland · B1/B2
Compare with other countries →Compare months or years →East Asia & Pacific →Share snapshot →

By month · latest 12 months

Choose a month to filter
101.1K91.5K73K63.3K66.9K66.5K84.4K68.2K68.2K73.1K77.8K57.3K
Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

Top visa types

Select one to look at only that visa type

  1. B1/B2891,230
  2. F155,295
  3. H1B22,324
  4. J112,109
  5. C1/D10,483
  6. L16,471

China - Mainland · B1/B2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 2025911,421
  • 2026135,081
050K100K150K200KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Download CSV
Month by month
Month20252026Change
January74,38577,824 +4.6%
February80,88757,257 -29.2%
March101,054––
April91,544––
May73,017––
June63,312––
July66,855––
August66,549––
September84,363––
October68,151––
November68,246––
December73,058––

When is it busy? China - Mainland · B1/B2

Busiest month: January (17.2% of a typical year). Quietest: February (5.3%). 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.

China - Mainland · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
0250K500K750K1M2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

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

Download CSV
View as table
YearIssuances
2018 partial928,233
2019 973,457
2020 62,180
2021 13,967
2022 85,066
2023 352,727
2024 770,023
2025 911,421
2026 partial135,081