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El Salvador · B1/B2

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.

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B1/B2 visas issued to people from El Salvador · February 2026
2,146

That is 262 more than in January 2026 (1,884) — +13.9%.

B1/B2 visas made up 85.3% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 92.5% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
+13.9% vs January 2026 (1,884)-55.6% vs February 2025 (4,829)

All published months together: 203,685

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El Salvador · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 20252,652
  • Jan 20261,884
  • Feb 20262,146
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  • Jan 2026 is 768 (29.0%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 506 (19.1%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 2,6521,8842,146
Total2,6521,8842,146
Total visas issued
43,996
Latest 12 months · El Salvador · 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/B243,996
  2. H2B6,571
  3. A2517
  4. H2A492
  5. C1/D287
  6. F1206

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

compared with
  • 202549,819
  • 20264,030
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January5,0241,884 -62.5%
February4,8292,146 -55.6%
March5,173––
April5,395––
May2,911––
June3,460––
July4,098––
August3,930––
September3,994––
October5,337––
November3,016––
December2,652––

When is it busy? El Salvador · B1/B2

Busiest month: March (9.5% of a typical year). Quietest: May (6.8%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

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Average of 4 full years (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.

El Salvador · B1/B2: all published months

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

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2022 33,144
FY2023 49,479
FY2024 51,842
FY2025 54,185
FY2026 partial15,035