El Salvador · H1B

Name: U.S. visas issued to nationals of El Salvador
Creator: Visa Status

Specialty occupation worker · For temporary workers in jobs that need specialized knowledge and usually a bachelor's degree or higher.

H1B visas issued to people from El Salvador · February 2026

That is 1 more than in January 2026 (3) — +33.3%.

H1B visas made up 0.2% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.1% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

+33.3% vs January 2026 (3)-33.3% vs February 2025 (6)

All published months together: 644

El Salvador · H1B: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

202597
20267

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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	18	3	-83.3%
February	6	4	-33.3%
March	4	–	–
April	5	–	–
May	6	–	–
June	7	–	–
July	7	–	–
August	7	–	–
September	8	–	–
October	8	–	–
November	7	–	–
December	14	–	–

When is it busy? El Salvador · H1B

Busiest month: December (15.5% of a typical year). Quietest: April (4.9%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

13.2%

6.5%

6.1%

4.9%

5.5%

6.3%

6.6%

7.8%

12.2%

9.8%

5.6%

15.5%

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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.

El Salvador · H1B: 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	27
FY2018	62
FY2019	60
FY2020	42
FY2021	41
FY2022	89
FY2023	89
FY2024	101
FY2025	97
FY2026 partial	36

	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	14	3	4
Total	14	3	4

El Salvador · H1B

El Salvador · H1B: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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