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Costa Rica · 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 Costa Rica · February 2026
8,752

That is 789 fewer than in January 2026 (9,541) — -8.3%.

B1/B2 visas made up 98.3% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 98.5% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-8.3% vs January 2026 (9,541)+3.1% vs February 2025 (8,486)

All published months together: 478,809

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Costa Rica · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 20257,982
  • Jan 20269,541
  • Feb 20268,752
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  • Jan 2026 is 1,559 (19.5%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 770 (9.6%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 7,9829,5418,752
Total7,9829,5418,752
Total visas issued
114,906
Latest 12 months · Costa Rica · B1/B2
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Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

Top visa types

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  1. B1/B2114,906
  2. J11,060
  3. H2B630
  4. H2A503
  5. F1451
  6. L1381

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

compared with
  • 2025112,990
  • 202618,293
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January7,8919,541 +20.9%
February8,4868,752 +3.1%
March9,429––
April8,643––
May9,204––
June8,297––
July9,098––
August10,432––
September11,453––
October11,446––
November10,629––
December7,982––

When is it busy? Costa Rica · B1/B2

Busiest month: January (10.5% of a typical year). Quietest: April (6.3%). 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.

Costa Rica · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
050K100K150K200KFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026partial

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

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2019 64,810
FY2020 36,812
FY2021 24,766
FY2022 48,755
FY2023 76,185
FY2024 78,640
FY2025 100,491
FY2026 partial48,350