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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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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: 679,499

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

compared with
  • 2025136,015
  • 202631,409
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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 (11.5% of a typical year). Quietest: July (5.6%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

11.5%
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10.0%
6.3%
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6.1%
5.6%
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7.8%
9.0%
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9.9%
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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.

Turkey · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
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MonthIssuances
Mar '178,156
Apr '175,786
May '175,818
Jun '176,562
Jul '177,583
Aug '176,206
Sep '175,958
Oct '172,013
Nov '171,636
Dec '172,033
Jan '187,166
Feb '187,433
Mar '186,991
Apr '186,661
May '185,684
Jun '185,907
Jul '186,190
Aug '184,763
Sep '184,545
Oct '184,456
Nov '184,309
Dec '183,720
Jan '195,950
Feb '195,388
Mar '196,564
Apr '195,674
May '197,293
Jun '194,175
Jul '195,693
Aug '195,144
Sep '197,024
Oct '196,311
Nov '195,191
Dec '195,523
Jan '206,783
Feb '205,458
Mar '203,989
Apr '2016
May '208
Jun '2038
Jul '20134
Aug '20242
Sep '20311
Oct '20229
Nov '20242
Dec '20337
Jan '21325
Feb '21456
Mar '21835
Apr '21874
May '21525
Jun '211,560
Jul '21867
Aug '211,908
Sep '211,832
Oct '212,760
Nov '213,473
Dec '213,432
Jan '223,945
Feb '224,599
Mar '224,370
Apr '223,886
May '223,534
Jun '225,435
Jul '222,335
Aug '224,741
Sep '226,947
Oct '227,649
Nov '2210,341
Dec '229,663
Jan '239,852
Feb '237,970
Mar '2310,653
Apr '238,421
May '239,900
Jun '237,384
Jul '236,319
Aug '237,782
Sep '237,607
Oct '238,838
Nov '239,654
Dec '237,723
Jan '2410,114
Feb '2412,116
Mar '2411,242
Apr '248,350
May '249,562
Jun '246,602
Jul '248,154
Aug '249,028
Sep '249,736
Oct '2410,437
Nov '2411,008
Dec '2410,038
Jan '2511,533
Feb '259,928
Mar '258,851
Apr '259,056
May '259,381
Jun '256,543
Jul '257,834
Aug '257,438
Sep '2510,615
Oct '2516,075
Nov '2518,547
Dec '2520,214
Jan '2615,912
Feb '2615,497

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Total visas issued
7,438
Latest 12 months · Turkey · B1/B2 · August
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Turkey · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 202520,214
  • Jan 202615,912
  • Feb 202615,497
Dec 2025
20,21439% of selected
Jan 2026
15,91231% of selected
Feb 2026
15,49730% of selected
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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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Total issued 20,21415,91215,497
Total20,21415,91215,497