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July 2018 · all posts · fiscal year 2018

U.S. visa issuances in July 2018

223 posts in the month's tables · nonimmigrant issuances 0% on Jun 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 884,357 nonimmigrant visas in July 2018, about the same as the 882,279 of the previous month and 0% against the same month a year earlier (884,951).

42,405 immigrant visas were issued in the month, against 42,550 a year earlier.

The largest posts were Beijing (48,267), Shanghai (48,054) and Mexico City (47,990); 223 posts appear in the month's tables.

B1/B2 at 57.5%, BBBCC at 10.2% and F1 at 10.1% made up the largest shares of the month's nonimmigrant issuances.

884,357nonimmigrant visas0% vs Jul 2017
42,405immigrant visas0% vs a year earlier
0%vs Jun 2018882,279 then
57.5%share of B1/B2

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Worldwide nonimmigrant issuances, 24 months to Jul 2018

0454,255908,509VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classesMar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 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)May 2018: 888,450 (Visitors 650,161, Students and exchange visitors 112,513, Temporary workers 80,051, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 17,199, Transit and crew 25,225, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,301)Jun 2018: 882,279 (Visitors 624,514, Students and exchange visitors 128,895, Temporary workers 85,006, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,073, Transit and crew 24,665, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,126)Jul 2018: 884,357 (Visitors 613,653, Students and exchange visitors 141,304, Temporary workers 84,726, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,617, Transit and crew 26,095, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,962)
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 Jul 2018

PostCountryNonimmigrantImmigrantvs prior monthvs year earlier
BeijingChina48,2670+19%-3%
ShanghaiChina48,0540-2%+11%
Mexico CityMexico47,9900-15%+13%
GuangzhouChina33,1222,155-12%-17%
Sao PauloBrazil30,0060+15%-4%
Buenos AiresArgentina26,27041-8%-16%
MonterreyMexico25,1800-6%+24%
MumbaiIndia23,7491,596+2%+1%
ChennaiIndia23,4150+1%-4%
BogotaColombia20,581490-9%+2%
ManilaPhilippines18,9972,656+9%+7%
New DelhiIndia18,982393+13%+25%
GuadalajaraMexico15,6480+6%+15%
HyderabadIndia14,3450-6%+9%
ChengduChina14,0310+2%0%
LondonUnited Kingdom13,816320-13%+3%
Tel AvivIsrael13,4710-25%-16%
Rio de JaneiroBrazil12,088385+17%-7%
Santo DomingoDominican Republic11,3054,549-2%-39%
SeoulSouth Korea11,066376+35%+4%
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam9,5882,592-7%+24%
TijuanaMexico9,4580-15%+26%
QuitoEcuador9,0110+18%+4%
ParisFrance8,369109+37%+13%
ShenyangChina7,9380-2%-12%

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

PostJun 2018Jul 2018Change
Jeddah2,3134,539+96%
Dakar328605+84%
Suva350583+67%
Surabaya7881,272+61%
Jerusalem1,5342,417+58%
Doha1,8452,887+56%
Amman1,9963,003+50%
Riyadh4,1916,289+50%

Largest falls

PostJun 2018Jul 2018Change
Yekaterinburg963312-68%
Monrovia364218-40%
Skopje706453-36%
Kathmandu2,4241,582-35%
Durban634418-34%
Port-au-Prince3,2042,201-31%
Bishkek342241-30%
Dar es Salaam826577-30%

Visa classes in Jul 2018

Nonimmigrant

ClassIssuedShare
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure508,91557.5%
BBBCC Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card90,12510.2%
F1 Student in an academic or language training prog89,40910.1%
J1 Exchange visitor40,7494.6%
C1/D Combined transit and crewmember visa24,8792.8%
H4 Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-315,1421.7%
H1B Temporary worker of distinguished merit and abil13,2921.5%
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural service12,8601.5%
L2 Spouse or child of intracompany transferee10,1641.1%
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, o9,2221%
H2B Temporary worker performing other services8,6901%
BBBCV Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card (Li8,0950.9%
L1 Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, 7,6240.9%
J2 Spouse or child of exchange visitor6,1270.7%
E2 Treaty investor, spouse or child4,3180.5%

Immigrant

ClassIssuedShare
IR5 Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age6,26514.8%
IR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen4,80611.3%
IR2 Child of U.S. citizen3,0277.1%
CR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)3,0067.1%
F43 Immigrant visa class F43 (no description in the 2,3845.6%
FX1 Immigrant visa class FX1 (no description in the 2,1555.1%
FX2 Immigrant visa class FX2 (no description in the 2,0774.9%
F41 Immigrant visa class F41 (no description in the 2,0054.7%
DV1 Immigrant visa class DV1 (no description in the 1,7854.2%
F24 Immigrant visa class F24 (no description in the 1,6263.8%
F42 Immigrant visa class F42 (no description in the 1,4073.3%
F25 Immigrant visa class F25 (no description in the 1,3053.1%

Jul in other years

MonthNonimmigrantImmigrant
Jul 2018884,35742,405
Jul 202057,9174,412
Jul 2021355,38840,005
Jul 2022656,11943,148
Jul 2023861,18648,139
Jul 2024960,88362,167
Jul 2025823,30445,320

Questions and answers

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

884,357 nonimmigrant visas and 42,405 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly tables, which the Department describes as preliminary.

Which posts issued the most visas in July 2018?

Beijing (48,267), Shanghai (48,054), Mexico City (47,990), Guangzhou (33,122) and Sao Paulo (30,006).

Which posts changed most in July 2018?

Among posts with at least 200 issuances in both months, the largest rises on the previous month were Jeddah (+96%), Dakar (+84%) and Suva (+67%) and the largest falls Yekaterinburg (-68%), Monrovia (-40%) and Skopje (-36%).

Where does this data come from?

The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by post and visa class for July 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 July 2018, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.