Malaysia · R1

Name: U.S. visas issued to nationals of Malaysia
Creator: Visa Status

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R1 visas issued to people from Malaysia · February 2026

That is 2 more than in January 2026 (0).

R1 visas made up 0.1% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.0% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

last month: no earlier data+100.0% vs February 2025 (1)

All published months together: 116

Malaysia · R1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

202517
20262

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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	1	0	-100.0%
February	1	2	+100.0%
March	2	–	–
April	1	–	–
May	2	–	–
June	2	–	–
July	2	–	–
August	1	–	–
September	4	–	–
October	0	–	–
November	1	–	–
December	0	–	–

When is it busy? Malaysia · R1

Busiest month: May (15.4% of a typical year). Quietest: August (3.2%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

6.4%

12.0%

7.6%

9.4%

15.4%

3.8%

7.7%

3.2%

10.8%

12.1%

6.2%

5.5%

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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.

Malaysia · R1: 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	9
FY2018	16
FY2019	13
FY2020	1
FY2021	6
FY2022	13
FY2023	13
FY2024	20
FY2025	22
FY2026 partial	3

	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	0	0	2
Total	0	0	2

Malaysia · R1

Malaysia · R1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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