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New Zealand · 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 New Zealand · February 2026
155

That is 33 more than in January 2026 (122) — +27.0%.

B1/B2 visas made up 21.8% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 29.7% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
+27.0% vs January 2026 (122)-5.5% vs February 2025 (164)

All published months together: 13,893

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New Zealand · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 2025130
  • Jan 2026122
  • Feb 2026155
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  • Jan 2026 is 8 (6.2%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 25 (19.2%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 130122155
Total130122155
Total visas issued
1,554
Latest 12 months · New Zealand · B1/B2
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By month · latest 12 months

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1821161849396106103147120130122155
Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

Top visa types

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  1. J11,676
  2. B1/B21,554
  3. A2745
  4. F1584
  5. C1/D526
  6. C3255

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

compared with
  • 20251,559
  • 2026277
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January118122 +3.4%
February164155 -5.5%
March182––
April116––
May184––
June93––
July96––
August106––
September103––
October147––
November120––
December130––

When is it busy? New Zealand · B1/B2

Busiest month: March (11.3% of a typical year). Quietest: December (6.5%). 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.

New Zealand · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
01K2K3K4K2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

“partial” means fewer than 12 months have been published for that period.

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YearIssuances
2018 partial804
2019 2,994
2020 1,094
2021 624
2022 1,993
2023 2,270
2024 2,278
2025 1,559
2026 partial277