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Panama · 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 Panama · February 2026
4,723

That is 2,112 fewer than in January 2026 (6,835) — -30.9%.

B1/B2 visas made up 96.1% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 95.4% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-30.9% vs January 2026 (6,835)+19.9% vs February 2025 (3,938)

All published months together: 192,784

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Panama · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 20255,293
  • Jan 20266,835
  • Feb 20264,723
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  • Jan 2026 is 1,542 (29.1%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 570 (10.8%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 5,2936,8354,723
Total5,2936,8354,723
Total visas issued
53,959
Latest 12 months · Panama · B1/B2
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  1. B1/B253,959
  2. C1/D1,213
  3. F1625
  4. A2352
  5. J1195
  6. H2B136

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

compared with
  • 202549,529
  • 202611,558
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January3,1906,835 +114.3%
February3,9384,723 +19.9%
March4,365––
April4,943––
May3,187––
June3,235––
July3,331––
August5,258––
September5,256––
October5,062––
November2,471––
December5,293––

When is it busy? Panama · B1/B2

Busiest month: February (10.5% of a typical year). Quietest: July (6.2%). 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.

Panama · B1/B2: all published months

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

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YearIssuances
2018 partial7,079
2019 30,623
2020 7,265
2021 12,237
2022 18,288
2023 24,510
2024 31,695
2025 49,529
2026 partial11,558