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April 2019 · all posts · fiscal year 2019

U.S. visa issuances in April 2019

222 posts in the month's tables · nonimmigrant issuances +3% on Mar 2019

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 808,859 nonimmigrant visas in April 2019, about the same as the 784,192 of the previous month and -6% against the same month a year earlier (859,147).

38,573 immigrant visas were issued in the month, against 46,399 a year earlier.

The largest posts were Mexico City (45,705), Monterrey (35,153) and Shanghai (34,587); 222 posts appear in the month's tables.

B1/B2 at 62.3%, BBBCC at 9.9% and J1 at 7.1% made up the largest shares of the month's nonimmigrant issuances.

808,859nonimmigrant visas-6% vs Apr 2018
38,573immigrant visas-17% vs a year earlier
+3%vs Mar 2019784,192 then
62.3%share of B1/B2

← March 2019May 2019 →

Worldwide nonimmigrant issuances, 24 months to Apr 2019

0454,255908,509VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classesMay 2017Aug 2017Nov 2017Feb 2018May 2018Aug 2018Nov 2018Feb 2019May 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)Aug 2018: 824,176 (Visitors 618,184, Students and exchange visitors 75,488, Temporary workers 83,785, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,715, Transit and crew 27,830, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,174)Sep 2018: 620,175 (Visitors 488,328, Students and exchange visitors 26,025, Temporary workers 60,630, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 18,270, Transit and crew 24,130, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,792)Oct 2018: 699,265 (Visitors 564,123, Students and exchange visitors 26,875, Temporary workers 61,230, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 14,216, Transit and crew 29,744, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,077)Nov 2018: 634,246 (Visitors 489,433, Students and exchange visitors 38,840, Temporary workers 67,576, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 11,279, Transit and crew 24,329, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,789)Dec 2018: 605,652 (Visitors 444,233, Students and exchange visitors 52,715, Temporary workers 74,956, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 8,946, Transit and crew 22,110, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,692)Jan 2019: 685,917 (Visitors 528,521, Students and exchange visitors 36,895, Temporary workers 80,587, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 11,828, Transit and crew 25,092, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,994)Feb 2019: 628,837 (Visitors 495,945, Students and exchange visitors 23,880, Temporary workers 69,287, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 11,728, Transit and crew 24,611, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,386)Mar 2019: 784,192 (Visitors 598,448, Students and exchange visitors 44,475, Temporary workers 93,916, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,372, Transit and crew 26,911, Other nonimmigrant classes 4,070)Apr 2019: 808,859 (Visitors 594,891, Students and exchange visitors 76,459, Temporary workers 93,185, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 14,751, Transit and crew 25,982, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,591)
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 2019

PostCountryNonimmigrantImmigrantvs prior monthvs year earlier
Mexico CityMexico45,7050-15%+23%
MonterreyMexico35,15300%-18%
ShanghaiChina34,5870+4%-18%
BeijingChina31,6150+21%-20%
Sao PauloBrazil28,4490+26%-7%
GuangzhouChina26,4742,351+6%-16%
MumbaiIndia23,2201,884+3%-12%
Buenos AiresArgentina20,33462+9%-39%
BogotaColombia20,0455780%0%
ManilaPhilippines17,1882,391-10%-8%
LondonUnited Kingdom15,211309-3%+6%
GuadalajaraMexico15,1320+13%0%
New DelhiIndia14,62965-8%-9%
Santo DomingoDominican Republic14,4943,365+62%-1%
ChennaiIndia13,6340-35%-41%
Tel AvivIsrael12,2980-10%-19%
TijuanaMexico12,1320+12%+32%
ChengduChina11,5980+23%-3%
HyderabadIndia10,6950-19%-29%
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam10,4772,017+16%+14%
Rio de JaneiroBrazil10,234368+16%-9%
GuayaquilEcuador9,682451+43%+36%
MoscowRussia9,444374+34%+64%
WarsawPoland9,156229-1%+11%
LimaPeru8,635445-17%+10%

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 2019Apr 2019Change
Berlin3711,071+189%
Bratislava4251,120+164%
Skopje5361,206+125%
Almaty7831,481+89%
Astana7491,392+86%
Luanda297521+75%
Santo Domingo8,95514,494+62%
Paramaribo473753+59%

Largest falls

PostMar 2019Apr 2019Change
Harare670394-41%
Chennai20,82313,634-35%
Tunis615415-33%
Athens973667-31%
Tallinn405282-30%
Khartoum276200-28%
Budapest1,168852-27%
Bamako280206-26%

Visa classes in Apr 2019

Nonimmigrant

ClassIssuedShare
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure504,15662.3%
BBBCC Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card80,3279.9%
J1 Exchange visitor57,7467.1%
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural service35,2154.4%
C1/D Combined transit and crewmember visa24,5453%
F1 Student in an academic or language training prog14,2121.8%
H2B Temporary worker performing other services13,4321.7%
H1B Temporary worker of distinguished merit and abil11,2031.4%
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, o8,5181.1%
H4 Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-37,3820.9%
L2 Spouse or child of intracompany transferee5,6440.7%
L1 Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, 5,6010.7%
BBBCV Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card (Li4,3230.5%
E2 Treaty investor, spouse or child3,5030.4%
B1 Temporary visitor for business3,2050.4%

Immigrant

ClassIssuedShare
IR5 Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age5,23013.6%
IR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen4,67712.1%
IR2 Child of U.S. citizen2,6486.9%
CR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)2,4206.3%
FX1 Immigrant visa class FX1 (no description in the 2,2545.8%
DV1 Immigrant visa class DV1 (no description in the 1,8924.9%
F43 Immigrant visa class F43 (no description in the 1,7324.5%
FX2 Immigrant visa class FX2 (no description in the 1,5173.9%
F41 Immigrant visa class F41 (no description in the 1,3813.6%
F24 Immigrant visa class F24 (no description in the 1,2063.1%
DV3 Immigrant visa class DV3 (no description in the 1,0942.8%
F11 Immigrant visa class F11 (no description in the 1,0592.7%

Apr in other years

MonthNonimmigrantImmigrant
Apr 2019808,85938,573
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 2019?

808,859 nonimmigrant visas and 38,573 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly tables, which the Department describes as preliminary.

Which posts issued the most visas in April 2019?

Mexico City (45,705), Monterrey (35,153), Shanghai (34,587), Beijing (31,615) and Sao Paulo (28,449).

Which posts changed most in April 2019?

Among posts with at least 200 issuances in both months, the largest rises on the previous month were Berlin (+189%), Bratislava (+164%) and Skopje (+125%) and the largest falls Harare (-41%), Chennai (-35%) and Tunis (-33%).

Where does this data come from?

The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by post and visa class for April 2019. 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 2019, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.