Malaysia · F1

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F1 visas issued to people from Malaysia · February 2026

That is 9 fewer than in January 2026 (20) — -45.0%.

F1 visas made up 0.5% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.7% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

-45.0% vs January 2026 (20)-47.6% vs February 2025 (21)

All published months together: 10,900

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

Year compared with

2025621
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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	45	20	-55.6%
February	21	11	-47.6%
March	23	–	–
April	50	–	–
May	95	–	–
June	77	–	–
July	130	–	–
August	65	–	–
September	18	–	–
October	11	–	–
November	30	–	–
December	56	–	–

When is it busy? Malaysia · F1

Busiest month: July (23.4% of a typical year). Quietest: March (2.4%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

6.4%

2.8%

2.4%

4.4%

10.8%

14.6%

23.4%

10.0%

3.0%

3.7%

7.5%

11.0%

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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.

Malaysia · 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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Fiscal year	Issuances
FY2017 partial	1,415
FY2018	1,722
FY2019	1,613
FY2020	613
FY2021	1,201
FY2022	1,225
FY2023	1,244
FY2024	1,053
FY2025	686
FY2026 partial	128

Malaysia · F1

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

When is it busy? Malaysia · F1

Malaysia · F1: all published months

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	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	56	20	11
Total	56	20	11