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Visa type

B1/B2

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 worldwide · February 2026

406,961

That is 30,612 fewer than in January 2026 (437,573) — -7.0%.

Quick view · February 2026

-7.0% vs January 2026 (437,573)-28.9% vs February 2025 (572,499)

All published months together: 41,916,022

Which countries changed? February 2026 compared with January 2026

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Most visas Biggest change

Country	February 2026	January 2026	Change
India	70,531	64,658	+9.1%+5,873
China - Mainland	57,257	77,824	-26.4%−20,567
Brazil	42,971	55,228	-22.2%−12,257
Colombia	36,985	29,210	+26.6%+7,775
Argentina	23,202	22,606	+2.6%+596
Turkey	15,497	15,912	-2.6%−415
Ecuador	12,122	13,802	-12.2%−1,680
Dominican Republic	10,434	9,814	+6.3%+620
Peru	9,604	10,881	-11.7%−1,277
Guatemala	9,597	8,983	+6.8%+614
Costa Rica	8,752	9,541	-8.3%−789
Honduras	7,412	5,591	+32.6%+1,821
Philippines	6,887	7,132	-3.4%−245
Vietnam	5,359	7,912	-32.3%−2,553
Panama	4,723	6,835	-30.9%−2,112
Jamaica	3,527	3,500	+0.8%+27
Thailand	2,896	2,540	+14.0%+356
Pakistan	2,882	3,355	-14.1%−473
Morocco	2,753	4,057	-32.1%−1,304
Saudi Arabia	2,744	3,101	-11.5%−357
Ukraine	2,723	2,737	-0.5%−14
Romania	2,645	3,266	-19.0%−621
Hong Kong S. A. R.	2,630	3,297	-20.2%−667
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2,368	2,203	+7.5%+165
Indonesia	2,315	2,072	+11.7%+243
Bolivia	2,209	1,789	+23.5%+420
Trinidad and Tobago	2,182	2,449	-10.9%−267
Russia	2,152	2,155	-0.1%−3
El Salvador	2,146	1,884	+13.9%+262
Egypt	1,994	1,853	+7.6%+141
Uruguay	1,958	1,791	+9.3%+167
South Africa	1,896	2,542	-25.4%−646
Malaysia	1,806	2,637	-31.5%−831
Germany	1,777	1,662	+6.9%+115
Guyana	1,628	1,136	+43.3%+492
Ghana	1,539	1,464	+5.1%+75
Israel	1,526	1,582	-3.5%−56
Korea, South	1,500	1,291	+16.2%+209
Paraguay	1,484	1,333	+11.3%+151
Kazakhstan	1,418	1,862	-23.8%−444
Mexico	1,335	1,116	+19.6%+219
Bulgaria	1,162	1,191	-2.4%−29
Albania	1,104	1,153	-4.2%−49
Serbia	982	1,124	-12.6%−142
Bahamas, The	952	1,323	-28.0%−371
Jordan	915	1,045	-12.4%−130
United Arab Emirates	803	992	-19.1%−189
Nicaragua	770	868	-11.3%−98
Kenya	751	648	+15.9%+103
Lebanon	731	899	-18.7%−168
Poland	632	648	-2.5%−16
Belarus	400	423	-5.4%−23
Kuwait	380	481	-21.0%−101
Ethiopia	167	258	-35.3%−91
Algeria	30	623	-95.2%−593
Nepal	26	808	-96.8%−782
Bangladesh	24	900	-97.3%−876
Venezuela	1	6	-83.3%−5
Haiti	0	1	-100.0%−1

Which embassies and posts changed? February 2026 compared with January 2026

Same comparison, by the embassy or post that issued the visa.

Most visas Biggest change

Embassy / post	February 2026	January 2026	Change
Bogota	35,190	27,514	+27.9%+7,676
Buenos Aires	22,968	22,469	+2.2%+499
Sao Paulo	17,864	25,406	-29.7%−7,542
New Delhi	15,100	14,183	+6.5%+917
Shanghai	14,609	18,197	-19.7%−3,588
Mumbai	14,192	14,187	+0.0%+5
Guangzhou	13,135	20,738	-36.7%−7,603
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B1/B2 worldwide: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

20256,118,679
2026844,534

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Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	572,789	437,573	-23.6%
February	572,499	406,961	-28.9%
March	612,600	–	–
April	580,188	–	–
May	509,706	–	–
June	437,999	–	–
July	449,197	–	–
August	478,240	–	–
September	525,855	–	–
October	535,309	–	–
November	420,825	–	–
December	423,472	–	–

When is it busy? B1/B2 visas worldwide

Busiest month: January (10.7% of a typical year). Quietest: June (7.0%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

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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.

B1/B2 worldwide: 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	3,714,925
FY2018	5,706,153
FY2019	5,257,223
FY2020	2,167,251
FY2021	816,216
FY2022	3,232,185
FY2023	5,916,577
FY2024	6,503,775
FY2025	6,377,577
FY2026 partial	2,224,140

	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	423,472	437,573	406,961
Total	423,472	437,573	406,961

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Which countries changed? February 2026 compared with January 2026

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B1/B2 worldwide: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

When is it busy? B1/B2 visas worldwide

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