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A2 visas issued to people from Japan · February 2026
374

That is 61 more than in January 2026 (313) — +19.5%.

A2 visas made up 8.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 7.7% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
+19.5% vs January 2026 (313)+16.1% vs February 2025 (322)

All published months together: 38,330

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Japan · Visa class A2 · One total per month
  • Dec 2025355
  • Jan 2026313
  • Feb 2026374
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  • Jan 2026 is 42 (11.8%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 19 (5.4%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 355313374
Total355313374
Total visas issued
5,160
Latest 12 months · Japan · A2
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273396377349394334944836215355313374
Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

Top visa types

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  1. E215,658
  2. B1/B27,274
  3. F16,730
  4. A25,160
  5. C1/D5,007
  6. J14,581

Japan · A2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 20255,226
  • 2026687
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January431313 -27.4%
February322374 +16.1%
March273––
April396––
May377––
June349––
July394––
August334––
September944––
October836––
November215––
December355––

When is it busy? Japan · A2

Busiest month: January (13.5% of a typical year). Quietest: April (4.6%). 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.

Japan · A2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
02.5K5K7.5K10K2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

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YearIssuances
2018 partial2,897
2019 8,789
2020 2,059
2021 3,615
2022 4,711
2023 5,260
2024 5,086
2025 5,226
2026 partial687