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April 2018 · all posts · fiscal year 2018

U.S. visa issuances in April 2018

223 posts in the month's tables · nonimmigrant issuances +5% on Mar 2018

The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change. Beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.

U.S. posts issued 859,147 nonimmigrant visas in April 2018, about the same as the 819,645 of the previous month and +17% against the same month a year earlier (735,004).

46,399 immigrant visas were issued in the month, against 47,598 a year earlier.

The largest posts were Monterrey (42,980), Shanghai (42,158) and Beijing (39,691); 223 posts appear in the month's tables.

B1/B2 at 65.4%, BBBCC at 8.1% and J1 at 6.1% made up the largest shares of the month's nonimmigrant issuances.

859,147nonimmigrant visas+17% vs Apr 2017
46,399immigrant visas-3% vs a year earlier
+5%vs Mar 2018819,645 then
65.4%share of B1/B2

← March 2018May 2018 →

Worldwide nonimmigrant issuances, 24 months to Apr 2018

0454,255908,509VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classesMar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Mar 2017: 907,166 (Visitors 709,053, Students and exchange visitors 47,661, Temporary workers 97,969, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 17,285, Transit and crew 31,491, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,707)Apr 2017: 735,004 (Visitors 544,899, Students and exchange visitors 67,349, Temporary workers 81,748, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,433, Transit and crew 23,193, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,382)May 2017: 883,999 (Visitors 650,636, Students and exchange visitors 117,122, Temporary workers 71,692, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,174, Transit and crew 25,781, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,594)Jun 2017: 908,509 (Visitors 650,883, Students and exchange visitors 138,837, Temporary workers 74,918, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,708, Transit and crew 25,530, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,633)Jul 2017: 884,951 (Visitors 633,032, Students and exchange visitors 134,978, Temporary workers 72,178, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,332, Transit and crew 26,162, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,269)Aug 2017: 832,637 (Visitors 626,202, Students and exchange visitors 80,087, Temporary workers 79,401, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,567, Transit and crew 26,885, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,495)Sep 2017: 652,056 (Visitors 518,262, Students and exchange visitors 28,629, Temporary workers 58,483, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,746, Transit and crew 26,821, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,115)Oct 2017: 636,534 (Visitors 511,561, Students and exchange visitors 25,499, Temporary workers 56,884, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 14,148, Transit and crew 25,715, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,727)Nov 2017: 635,861 (Visitors 495,471, Students and exchange visitors 37,860, Temporary workers 64,831, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 11,418, Transit and crew 24,201, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,080)Dec 2017: 650,100 (Visitors 483,453, Students and exchange visitors 55,662, Temporary workers 76,688, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 9,157, Transit and crew 23,092, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,048)Jan 2018: 709,408 (Visitors 555,007, Students and exchange visitors 38,047, Temporary workers 75,810, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 11,718, Transit and crew 27,210, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,616)Feb 2018: 617,797 (Visitors 484,183, Students and exchange visitors 24,459, Temporary workers 70,236, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 12,231, Transit and crew 24,965, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,723)Mar 2018: 819,645 (Visitors 643,876, Students and exchange visitors 44,798, Temporary workers 85,250, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,922, Transit and crew 27,280, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,519)Apr 2018: 859,147 (Visitors 643,408, Students and exchange visitors 70,905, Temporary workers 101,082, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,029, Transit and crew 24,786, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,937)
Nonimmigrant visas issued worldwide by month, stacked by broad class group.

VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classes

Largest posts in Apr 2018

PostCountryNonimmigrantImmigrantvs prior monthvs year earlier
MonterreyMexico42,9800+33%+33%
ShanghaiChina42,1580+5%+5%
BeijingChina39,6910+12%+5%
Mexico CityMexico37,2390-14%+17%
Buenos AiresArgentina33,57455+2%+26%
GuangzhouChina31,6731,969+17%+2568%
Sao PauloBrazil30,4270-5%+37%
MumbaiIndia26,5261,6740%+15%
ChennaiIndia22,9380-6%+3%
BogotaColombia20,101775+5%-2%
ManilaPhilippines18,7522,853-3%+28%
New DelhiIndia16,121779+13%+5%
HyderabadIndia15,1540+8%0%
GuadalajaraMexico15,1430-6%+40%
Tel AvivIsrael15,1300-6%+23%
Santo DomingoDominican Republic14,6274,870+12%-23%
LondonUnited Kingdom14,350291+21%+12%
ChengduChina11,9000+9%-11%
Rio de JaneiroBrazil11,232410-7%+22%
KingstonJamaica10,5291,096+28%+17%
LagosNigeria10,339674+7%+31%
TijuanaMexico9,2210-2%+23%
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam9,1962,447+12%+27%
WarsawPoland8,241288-13%+8%
QuitoEcuador8,1430+8%+26%

Biggest movers on the previous month

Posts with at least 200 nonimmigrant issuances in both months. A move in the count is a move in visas issued; it does not by itself say anything about demand or approval rates.

Largest rises

PostMar 2018Apr 2018Change
Bratislava5261,198+128%
Dublin1,2422,633+112%
Ciudad Juarez2,7435,065+85%
Prague7631,374+80%
Tashkent6341,108+75%
Berlin1,4602,532+73%
Astana7171,202+68%
Nuevo Laredo2,7154,507+66%

Largest falls

PostMar 2018Apr 2018Change
Budapest968442-54%
Tallinn413208-50%
Perth417227-46%
Athens870510-41%
Vladivostok1,457855-41%
Jerusalem1,5131,077-29%
Bangkok6,9565,230-25%
Bamako273208-24%

Visa classes in Apr 2018

Nonimmigrant

ClassIssuedShare
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure561,92865.4%
BBBCC Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card69,2248.1%
J1 Exchange visitor52,3536.1%
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural service35,1674.1%
C1/D Combined transit and crewmember visa23,4312.7%
H2B Temporary worker performing other services19,8222.3%
F1 Student in an academic or language training prog13,8811.6%
H1B Temporary worker of distinguished merit and abil11,4131.3%
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, o9,3261.1%
H4 Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-38,7701%
L2 Spouse or child of intracompany transferee5,9790.7%
L1 Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, 5,8870.7%
BBBCV Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card (Li5,4750.6%
B2 Temporary visitor for pleasure3,4910.4%
B1 Temporary visitor for business3,2900.4%

Immigrant

ClassIssuedShare
IR5 Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age6,72314.5%
IR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen6,43213.9%
IR2 Child of U.S. citizen3,3067.1%
CR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)3,2317%
FX1 Immigrant visa class FX1 (no description in the 2,4295.2%
F43 Immigrant visa class F43 (no description in the 2,1434.6%
FX2 Immigrant visa class FX2 (no description in the 2,1394.6%
DV1 Immigrant visa class DV1 (no description in the 2,1084.5%
F41 Immigrant visa class F41 (no description in the 1,8233.9%
F24 Immigrant visa class F24 (no description in the 1,3452.9%
F42 Immigrant visa class F42 (no description in the 1,2842.8%
F21 Immigrant visa class F21 (no description in the 1,2632.7%

Apr in other years

MonthNonimmigrantImmigrant
Apr 2018859,14746,399
Apr 202046,8551,521
Apr 2021247,83324,841
Apr 2022605,65141,862
Apr 2023850,59749,640
Apr 20241,054,90057,383
Apr 2025993,25048,193

Questions and answers

How many U.S. visas were issued in April 2018?

859,147 nonimmigrant visas and 46,399 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly tables, which the Department describes as preliminary.

Which posts issued the most visas in April 2018?

Monterrey (42,980), Shanghai (42,158), Beijing (39,691), Mexico City (37,239) and Buenos Aires (33,574).

Which posts changed most in April 2018?

Among posts with at least 200 issuances in both months, the largest rises on the previous month were Bratislava (+128%), Dublin (+112%) and Ciudad Juarez (+85%) and the largest falls Budapest (-54%), Tallinn (-50%) and Perth (-46%).

Where does this data come from?

The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by post and visa class for April 2018. Data through 30 Sep 2025.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Issuances by Post and Visa Class for April 2018, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.