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India · 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 India · February 2026
70,531

That is 5,873 more than in January 2026 (64,658) — +9.1%.

B1/B2 visas made up 87.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 86.1% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
+9.1% vs January 2026 (64,658)-22.6% vs February 2025 (91,137)

All published months together: 4,132,251

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India · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 202559,810
  • Jan 202664,658
  • Feb 202670,531
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  • Jan 2026 is 4,848 (8.1%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 10,721 (17.9%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 59,81064,65870,531
Total59,81064,65870,531
Total visas issued
892,982
Latest 12 months · India · B1/B2
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By month · latest 12 months

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97K91.6K90.8K66.1K81K61.6K70.9K75K63.8K59.8K64.7K70.5K
Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

Top visa types

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  1. B1/B2892,982
  2. H1B99,496
  3. H482,010
  4. C1/D40,458
  5. F130,292
  6. L220,817

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

compared with
  • 2025940,026
  • 2026135,189
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January91,09664,658 -29.0%
February91,13770,531 -22.6%
March96,982––
April91,646––
May90,805––
June66,103––
July81,033––
August61,644––
September70,903––
October75,035––
November63,832––
December59,810––

When is it busy? India · B1/B2

Busiest month: March (14.4% of a typical year). Quietest: July (5.0%). 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.

India · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
0250K500K750K1M2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

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

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YearIssuances
2018 partial120,549
2019 601,431
2020 159,695
2021 64,078
2022 390,955
2023 814,024
2024 906,304
2025 940,026
2026 partial135,189