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Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 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 Great Britain and Northern Ireland · February 2026
2,368

That is 165 more than in January 2026 (2,203) — +7.5%.

B1/B2 visas made up 31.9% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 34.2% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
+7.5% vs January 2026 (2,203)+4.3% vs February 2025 (2,271)

All published months together: 115,068

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 20252,186
  • Jan 20262,203
  • Feb 20262,368
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  • Jan 2026 is 17 (0.8%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 182 (8.3%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 2,1862,2032,368
Total2,1862,2032,368
Total visas issued
23,455
Latest 12 months · Great Britain and Northern Ireland · B1/B2
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Top visa types

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  1. B1/B223,455
  2. J118,344
  3. C1/D6,801
  4. L14,567
  5. F14,432
  6. L23,020

Great Britain and Northern Ireland · B1/B2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 202523,615
  • 20264,571
01K2K3K4KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January2,4602,203 -10.4%
February2,2712,368 +4.3%
March2,151––
April2,202––
May1,612––
June1,665––
July1,338––
August1,195––
September1,853––
October2,504––
November2,178––
December2,186––

When is it busy? Great Britain and Northern Ireland · B1/B2

Busiest month: November (16.7% of a typical year). Quietest: July (4.9%). 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.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
010K20K30K40KFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026partial

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

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2019 0
FY2020 7,753
FY2021 1,072
FY2022 14,947
FY2023 28,689
FY2024 27,825
FY2025 23,343
FY2026 partial11,439