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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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J1 visas issued to people from Slovakia · February 2026
226

That is 156 more than in January 2026 (70) — ▲ +222.9%.

J1 visas made up 59.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 30.2% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
▲+222.9% vs January 2026 (70)▲+804.0% vs February 2025 (25)

All published months together: 15,648

Slovakia · J1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 20251,649
  • 2026296
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Month20252026Change
January1370▲ +438.5%
February25226▲ +804.0%
March766––
April415––
May245––
June36––
July50––
August34––
September19––
October8––
November12––
December26––

When is it busy? Slovakia · J1

Busiest month: April (26.6% of a typical year). Quietest: October (0.9%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

1.6%
1.8%
24.6%
26.6%
20.3%
8.2%
6.8%
3.3%
1.1%
0.9%
1.7%
3.0%
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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.

Slovakia · J1: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
05001K1.5K2KMar'17Nov'17Jul'18Mar'19Nov'19Jul'20Mar'21Nov'21Jul'22Mar'23Nov'23Jul'24Mar'25Nov'25
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MonthIssuances
Mar '17398
Apr '171,047
May '171,177
Jun '17367
Jul '1793
Aug '1745
Sep '1722
Oct '1713
Nov '1711
Dec '1747
Jan '1826
Feb '1834
Mar '18386
Apr '18
1,074
May '18892
Jun '18195
Jul '1885
Aug '1834
Sep '1815
Oct '188
Nov '1818
Dec '1837
Jan '1916
Feb '1911
Mar '19232
Apr '19996
May '19966
Jun '19150
Jul '1986
Aug '1936
Sep '1929
Oct '1918
Nov '1916
Dec '1932
Jan '2026
Feb '2020
Mar '20232
Apr '200
May '200
Jun '202
Jul '2023
Aug '2015
Sep '203
Oct '205
Nov '204
Dec '2015
Jan '211
Feb '212
Mar '214
Apr '212
May '216
Jun '2155
Jul '2158
Aug '2125
Sep '215
Oct '214
Nov '2117
Dec '2124
Jan '2213
Feb '2215
Mar '2228
Apr '22502
May '22367
Jun '22103
Jul '2250
Aug '2224
Sep '2210
Oct '229
Nov '2212
Dec '2214
Jan '2311
Feb '2319
Mar '23400
Apr '23495
May '23380
Jun '23137
Jul '2354
Aug '2332
Sep '2311
Oct '2311
Nov '2311
Dec '2317
Jan '2411
Feb '2430
Mar '24563
Apr '24635
May '24357
Jun '2498
Jul '2434
Aug '2417
Sep '2415
Oct '2419
Nov '2413
Dec '2426
Jan '2513
Feb '2525
Mar '25766
Apr '25415
May '25245
Jun '2536
Jul '2550
Aug '2534
Sep '2519
Oct '258
Nov '2512
Dec '2526
Jan '2670
Feb '26226

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Slovakia · Visa class J1 · One total per month
  • Dec 202526
  • Jan 202670
  • Feb 2026226
Dec 2025
268% of selected
Jan 2026
7022% of selected
Feb 2026
22670% of selected
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  • Jan 2026 is 44 (169.2%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 200 (769.2%) higher than Dec 2025.
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Total issued 2670226
Total2670226