South Africa · C3

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

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Visa class as printed by the State Department

C3 visas issued to people from South Africa · February 2026

That is 2 fewer than in January 2026 (2) — -100.0%.

C3 visas made up 0.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.0% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

-100.0% vs January 2026 (2)-100.0% vs February 2025 (4)

All published months together: 335

South Africa · C3: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

202545
20262

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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	0	2	–
February	4	0	-100.0%
March	3	–	–
April	2	–	–
May	4	–	–
June	0	–	–
July	5	–	–
August	2	–	–
September	15	–	–
October	6	–	–
November	4	–	–
December	0	–	–

When is it busy? South Africa · C3

Busiest month: September (20.2% of a typical year). Quietest: January (2.5%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

2.5%

13.0%

10.0%

10.3%

10.4%

3.9%

5.8%

6.9%

20.2%

3.5%

7.9%

5.4%

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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.

South Africa · C3: 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	17
FY2018	93
FY2019	29
FY2020	6
FY2021	20
FY2022	38
FY2023	52
FY2024	28
FY2025	40
FY2026 partial	12

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

South Africa · C3

South Africa · C3: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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