Costa Rica · F1

Name: U.S. visas issued to nationals of Costa Rica
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F1 visas issued to people from Costa Rica · February 2026

That is 4 fewer than in January 2026 (10) — -40.0%.

F1 visas made up 0.1% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.1% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

-40.0% vs January 2026 (10)+20.0% vs February 2025 (5)

All published months together: 4,363

Costa Rica · F1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	25	10	-60.0%
February	5	6	+20.0%
March	28	–	–
April	36	–	–
May	93	–	–
June	40	–	–
July	87	–	–
August	64	–	–
September	12	–	–
October	10	–	–
November	21	–	–
December	44	–	–

When is it busy? Costa Rica · F1

Busiest month: July (20.5% of a typical year). Quietest: February (2.6%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

5.3%

2.6%

2.7%

4.0%

11.1%

14.4%

20.5%

18.3%

3.1%

3.4%

4.5%

10.1%

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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.

Costa Rica · F1: all published months

By month By year By fiscal year

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

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Fiscal year	Issuances
FY2017 partial	382
FY2018	541
FY2019	517
FY2020	244
FY2021	489
FY2022	521
FY2023	539
FY2024	544
FY2025	495
FY2026 partial	91

	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	44	10	6
Total	44	10	6

Costa Rica · F1

Costa Rica · F1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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