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F1 visas issued to people from India · February 2026
657

That is 239 fewer than in January 2026 (896) — -26.7%.

F1 visas made up 0.8% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 1.2% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-26.7% vs January 2026 (896)+59.9% vs February 2025 (411)

All published months together: 515,620

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India · Visa class F1 · One total per month
  • Dec 20251,117
  • Jan 2026896
  • Feb 2026657
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  • Jan 2026 is 221 (19.8%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 460 (41.2%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 1,117896657
Total1,117896657
Total visas issued
30,292
Latest 12 months · India · F1
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By month · latest 12 months

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3972.5K7K10.7K2.1K2.4K7067191.1K1.1K896657
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 · F1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 202530,317
  • 20261,553
05K10K15K20KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January1,167896 -23.2%
February411657 +59.9%
March397––
April2,525––
May6,984––
June10,695––
July2,081––
August2,389––
September706––
October719––
November1,126––
December1,117––

When is it busy? India · F1

Busiest month: June (23.3% of a typical year). Quietest: February (1.1%). 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 · F1: all published months

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050K100K150K200K2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

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

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YearIssuances
2018 partial6,554
2019 45,178
2020 21,908
2021 87,258
2022 120,525
2023 125,632
2024 76,695
2025 30,317
2026 partial1,553