Which does the U.S. issue more, B1/B2 or BBBCC visas?

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B1/B2 vs BBBCC: U.S. visas issued

Updated: February 2026 · Source: U.S. Department of State, visa statistics · Unofficial

In the 12 months from March 2025 to February 2026, 5,817,925 B1/B2 visas were issued, compared with 1,708,066 BBBCC visas. B1/B2 received about 3.4 times as many as BBBCC. These count visas issued, not approval rates.

Month	B1/B2 visas	BBBCC visas
February 2026	406,961	135,649
January 2026	437,573	128,124
December 2025	423,472	110,919
November 2025	420,825	107,560
October 2025	535,309	147,685
September 2025	525,855	149,591

Source numbers: visas B1/B2 and BBBCC, State Department monthly reports. Recent months can be revised.

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