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O1 visas issued to people from China - Mainland · February 2026

141

That is 35 fewer than in January 2026 (176) — -19.9%.

O1 visas made up 0.2% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.2% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

-19.9% vs January 2026 (176)-9.6% vs February 2025 (156)

All published months together: 8,758

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China - Mainland · Visa class O1 · One total per month

Dec 2025202
Jan 2026176
Feb 2026141

Dec 2025

20239% of selected

Jan 2026

17634% of selected

Feb 2026

14127% of selected

Jan 2026 is 26 (12.9%) lower than Dec 2025.
Feb 2026 is 61 (30.2%) lower than Dec 2025.

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	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	202	176	141
Total	202	176	141

China - Mainland · O1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

20251,705
2026317

Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	179	176	-1.7%
February	156	141	-9.6%
March	100	–	–
April	147	–	–
May	125	–	–
June	142	–	–
July	153	–	–
August	151	–	–
September	113	–	–
October	118	–	–
November	119	–	–
December	202	–	–

When is it busy? China - Mainland · O1

Busiest month: January (16.2% of a typical year). Quietest: May (5.7%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

16.2%

6.2%

7.3%

5.8%

5.7%

7.1%

8.7%

9.3%

7.0%

7.1%

8.9%

10.4%

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Average of 8 full years (2018, 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 · O1: all published months

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Month	Issuances
Mar '17	62
Apr '17	41
May '17	64
Jun '17	69
Jul '17	59
Aug '17	107
Sep '17	105
Oct '17	85
Nov '17	68
Dec '17	94
Jan '18	129
Feb '18	69
Mar '18	92
Apr '18	79
May '18	94
Jun '18	88
Jul '18	107
Aug '18	108
Sep '18	82
Oct '18	96
Nov '18	104
Dec '18	87
Jan '19	148
Feb '19	80
Mar '19	111
Apr '19	95
May '19	98
Jun '19	93
Jul '19	112
Aug '19	136
Sep '19	110
Oct '19	100
Nov '19	99
Dec '19	151
Jan '20	142
Feb '20	18
Mar '20	18
Apr '20	2
May '20	0
Jun '20	0
Jul '20	1
Aug '20	2
Sep '20	3
Oct '20	5
Nov '20	8
Dec '20	2
Jan '21	6
Feb '21	6
Mar '21	11
Apr '21	8
May '21	7
Jun '21	19
Jul '21	23
Aug '21	22
Sep '21	17
Oct '21	6
Nov '21	25
Dec '21	31
Jan '22	24
Feb '22	21
Mar '22	30
Apr '22	24
May '22	23
Jun '22	36
Jul '22	41
Aug '22	41
Sep '22	31
Oct '22	43
Nov '22	46
Dec '22	33
Jan '23	74
Feb '23	56
Mar '23	65
Apr '23	68
May '23	75
Jun '23	83
Jul '23	106
Aug '23	144
Sep '23	85
Oct '23	100
Nov '23	102
Dec '23	143
Jan '24	163
Feb '24	90
Mar '24	121
Apr '24	100
May '24	104
Jun '24	113
Jul '24	161
Aug '24	154
Sep '24	127
Oct '24	139
Nov '24	149
Dec '24	217
Jan '25	179
Feb '25	156
Mar '25	100
Apr '25	147
May '25	125
Jun '25	142
Jul '25	153
Aug '25	151
Sep '25	113
Oct '25	118
Nov '25	119
Dec '25	202
Jan '26	176
Feb '26	141