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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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I visas issued to people from Russia · February 2026
1

That is 1 more than in January 2026 (0).

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

Quick view · February 2026
last month: no earlier data▼-75.0% vs February 2025 (4)

All published months together: 1,094

Russia · I: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 2025128
  • 20261
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Month20252026Change
January60▼ -100.0%
February41▼ -75.0%
March0––
April2––
May5––
June1––
July2––
August103––
September2––
October1––
November0––
December2––

When is it busy? Russia · I

Busiest month: August (24.8% of a typical year). Quietest: December (2.3%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

9.9%
8.5%
3.4%
3.6%
7.0%
5.6%
7.4%
24.8%
14.0%
9.2%
4.2%
2.3%
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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.

Russia · I: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
0100200300400FY2017partialFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026partial

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

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2017 partial185
FY2018 240
FY2019 239
FY2020 66
FY2021 44
FY2022 64
FY2023 37
FY2024 86
FY2025 129
FY2026 partial4

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119
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Russia · Visa class I · One total per month
  • Dec 20252
  • Jan 20260
  • Feb 20261
Dec 2025
267% of selected
Jan 2026
00% of selected
Feb 2026
133% of selected
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  • Jan 2026 is 2 (100.0%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 1 (50.0%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 201
Total201