Italy · F1

Name: U.S. visas issued to nationals of Italy
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F1 visas issued to people from Italy · February 2026

That is 344 fewer than in January 2026 (408) — -84.3%.

F1 visas made up 4.4% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 16.4% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

-84.3% vs January 2026 (408)-36.0% vs February 2025 (100)

All published months together: 43,166

Italy · F1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

20256,074
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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	470	408	-13.2%
February	100	64	-36.0%
March	141	–	–
April	235	–	–
May	526	–	–
June	690	–	–
July	1,482	–	–
August	1,021	–	–
September	176	–	–
October	131	–	–
November	157	–	–
December	945	–	–

When is it busy? Italy · F1

Busiest month: July (22.3% of a typical year). Quietest: February (2.0%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

6.1%

2.0%

2.2%

3.1%

9.2%

14.5%

22.3%

15.8%

5.4%

3.3%

4.0%

12.2%

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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.

Italy · F1: 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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Year	Issuances
2017 partial	3,627
2018	3,686
2019	3,619
2020	1,505
2021	5,393
2022	6,169
2023	6,116
2024	6,505
2025	6,074
2026 partial	472

	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	945	408	64
Total	945	408	64

Italy · F1

Italy · F1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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