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Kuwait · 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 Kuwait · February 2026
380

That is 101 fewer than in January 2026 (481) — -21.0%.

B1/B2 visas made up 87.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 78.5% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-21.0% vs January 2026 (481)-40.7% vs February 2025 (641)

All published months together: 83,570

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Kuwait · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 2025464
  • Jan 2026481
  • Feb 2026380
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  • Jan 2026 is 17 (3.7%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 84 (18.1%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 464481380
Total464481380
Total visas issued
6,945
Latest 12 months · Kuwait · B1/B2
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7691K592466744481559438527464481380
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  1. B1/B26,945
  2. F1555
  3. A2448
  4. F281
  5. G259
  6. C1/D58

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

compared with
  • 20257,366
  • 2026861
05001K1.5K2KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January641481 -25.0%
February641380 -40.7%
March769––
April1,044––
May592––
June466––
July744––
August481––
September559––
October438––
November527––
December464––

When is it busy? Kuwait · B1/B2

Busiest month: January (10.1% of a typical year). Quietest: December (6.4%). 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.

Kuwait · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
05K10K15K20KFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026partial

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2019 17,406
FY2020 6,146
FY2021 5,312
FY2022 16,142
FY2023 16,098
FY2024 12,227
FY2025 7,949
FY2026 partial2,290