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Turkey · 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 Turkey · February 2026
15,497

That is 415 fewer than in January 2026 (15,912) — -2.6%.

B1/B2 visas made up 95.0% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 95.4% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-2.6% vs January 2026 (15,912)+56.1% vs February 2025 (9,928)

All published months together: 572,408

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Turkey · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 202520,214
  • Jan 202615,912
  • Feb 202615,497
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  • Jan 2026 is 4,302 (21.3%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 4,717 (23.3%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 20,21415,91215,497
Total20,21415,91215,497
Total visas issued
145,963
Latest 12 months · Turkey · B1/B2
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Mar'25Apr'25May'25Jun'25Jul'25Aug'25Sep'25Oct'25Nov'25Dec'25Jan'26Feb'26

Top visa types

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  1. B1/B2145,963
  2. J16,921
  3. C1/D4,044
  4. F12,340
  5. H1B670
  6. A2578

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

compared with
  • 2025136,015
  • 202631,409
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Month by month
Month20252026Change
January11,53315,912 +38.0%
February9,92815,497 +56.1%
March8,851––
April9,056––
May9,381––
June6,543––
July7,834––
August7,438––
September10,615––
October16,075––
November18,547––
December20,214––

When is it busy? Turkey · B1/B2

Busiest month: January (11.6% of a typical year). Quietest: July (5.1%). 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.

Turkey · B1/B2: all published months

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050K100K150K200K2018partial20192020202120222023202420252026partial

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

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YearIssuances
2018 partial12,485
2019 69,930
2020 17,787
2021 18,847
2022 67,445
2023 102,103
2024 116,387
2025 136,015
2026 partial31,409