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India · H4

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H4 visas issued to people from India · February 2026
884

That is 10 more than in January 2026 (874) — +1.1%.

H4 visas made up 1.1% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 1.2% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
+1.1% vs January 2026 (874)-91.2% vs February 2025 (10,034)

All published months together: 723,220

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India · Visa class H4 · One total per month
  • Dec 20253,791
  • Jan 2026874
  • Feb 2026884
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  • Jan 2026 is 2,917 (76.9%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 2,907 (76.7%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 3,791874884
Total3,791874884
Total visas issued
82,010
Latest 12 months · India · H4
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7.6K8.9K9.6K13.4K15.8K6.2K5.2K4.7K5K3.8K874884
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 · H4: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 2025101,119
  • 20261,758
05K10K15K20KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January10,833874 -91.9%
February10,034884 -91.2%
March7,588––
April8,943––
May9,584––
June13,442––
July15,777––
August6,221––
September5,192––
October4,676––
November5,038––
December3,791––

When is it busy? India · H4

Busiest month: February (12.0% of a typical year). Quietest: August (6.5%). 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 · H4: 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 partial23,128
2019 111,568
2020 34,535
2021 55,048
2022 137,238
2023 146,082
2024 112,744
2025 101,119
2026 partial1,758