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July 2020 · all posts · fiscal year 2020

U.S. visa issuances in July 2020

205 posts in the month's tables · nonimmigrant issuances +25% on Jun 2020

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 57,917 nonimmigrant visas in July 2020, about the same as the 46,435 of the previous month and -93% against the same month a year earlier (810,378).

4,412 immigrant visas were issued in the month, against 39,568 a year earlier.

The largest posts were Monterrey (9,563), Santo Domingo (3,234) and Seoul (3,101); 205 posts appear in the month's tables.

H2A at 24.2%, B1/B2 at 22.4% and F1 at 18% made up the largest shares of the month's nonimmigrant issuances.

57,917nonimmigrant visas-93% vs Jul 2019
4,412immigrant visas-89% vs a year earlier
+25%vs Jun 202046,435 then
24.2%share of H2A

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Worldwide nonimmigrant issuances, 24 months to Jul 2020

0428,634857,267VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classesAug 2018Nov 2018Feb 2019May 2019Aug 2019Nov 2019Feb 2020May 2020Aug 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)May 2019: 857,267 (Visitors 611,197, Students and exchange visitors 116,438, Temporary workers 84,354, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,543, Transit and crew 24,466, Other nonimmigrant classes 4,269)Jun 2019: 782,583 (Visitors 515,297, Students and exchange visitors 128,342, Temporary workers 98,653, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 14,378, Transit and crew 21,696, Other nonimmigrant classes 4,217)Jul 2019: 810,378 (Visitors 542,277, Students and exchange visitors 136,399, Temporary workers 86,846, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 16,106, Transit and crew 24,445, Other nonimmigrant classes 4,305)Aug 2019: 742,031 (Visitors 539,204, Students and exchange visitors 76,364, Temporary workers 80,776, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,435, Transit and crew 25,947, Other nonimmigrant classes 4,305)Sep 2019: 646,938 (Visitors 503,868, Students and exchange visitors 25,705, Temporary workers 68,955, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 18,391, Transit and crew 26,260, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,759)Oct 2019: 710,468 (Visitors 562,206, Students and exchange visitors 27,405, Temporary workers 72,570, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 15,205, Transit and crew 29,023, Other nonimmigrant classes 4,059)Nov 2019: 613,287 (Visitors 465,801, Students and exchange visitors 38,705, Temporary workers 70,801, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 10,739, Transit and crew 23,903, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,338)Dec 2019: 650,760 (Visitors 465,750, Students and exchange visitors 56,480, Temporary workers 92,691, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 8,661, Transit and crew 23,746, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,432)Jan 2020: 670,211 (Visitors 508,665, Students and exchange visitors 34,569, Temporary workers 85,978, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 10,848, Transit and crew 26,940, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,211)Feb 2020: 578,893 (Visitors 441,686, Students and exchange visitors 23,108, Temporary workers 72,329, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 12,548, Transit and crew 26,150, Other nonimmigrant classes 3,072)Mar 2020: 400,503 (Visitors 287,273, Students and exchange visitors 18,321, Temporary workers 69,393, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 7,003, Transit and crew 16,557, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,956)Apr 2020: 46,855 (Visitors 3,540, Students and exchange visitors 276, Temporary workers 41,308, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 754, Transit and crew 882, Other nonimmigrant classes 95)May 2020: 40,939 (Visitors 4,917, Students and exchange visitors 970, Temporary workers 31,275, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 1,578, Transit and crew 2,108, Other nonimmigrant classes 91)Jun 2020: 46,435 (Visitors 10,268, Students and exchange visitors 2,136, Temporary workers 26,064, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 4,368, Transit and crew 3,384, Other nonimmigrant classes 215)Jul 2020: 57,917 (Visitors 15,521, Students and exchange visitors 14,043, Temporary workers 16,819, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 5,091, Transit and crew 6,120, Other nonimmigrant classes 323)
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 2020

PostCountryNonimmigrantImmigrantvs prior monthvs year earlier
MonterreyMexico9,5630-31%-54%
Santo DomingoDominican Republic3,234186+38%-67%
SeoulSouth Korea3,10126+449%-66%
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam2,866529+30%-75%
ManilaPhilippines2,831236+274%-83%
TijuanaMexico2,4000-47%-71%
TaipeiTaiwan1,30385+265%-71%
KingstonJamaica1,191293-49%-81%
Tel AvivIsrael1,0490+26%-93%
HermosilloMexico9100-22%-89%
Mexico CityMexico8940+50%-98%
TokyoJapan88484+69%-88%
HanoiVietnam8420+105%-79%
LondonUnited Kingdom804121+192%-94%
MadridSpain77956+583%-88%
ParisFrance774102+246%-89%
FrankfurtGermany751129+1647%-85%
Hong KongHong Kong67438+43%-90%
BerlinGermany6720+278%-76%
MatamorosMexico6550+44%-88%
CairoEgypt56016+80%-87%
AthensGreece54811+471%-36%
KyivUkraine548102+41%-85%
SingaporeSingapore54824+146%-84%
Osaka/KobeJapan5430+296%-84%

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 2020Jul 2020Change
Seoul5653,101+449%
Manila7572,831+274%
Taipei3571,303+265%
Paris224774+246%
London275804+192%
Singapore223548+146%
Hanoi410842+105%
Cairo311560+80%

Largest falls

PostJun 2020Jul 2020Change
Nuevo Laredo927292-69%
Kingston2,3541,191-49%
Tijuana4,5302,400-47%
Monterrey13,7639,563-31%
Guatemala City605425-30%
Beijing334247-26%
San Jose522396-24%
Hermosillo1,164910-22%

Visa classes in Jul 2020

Nonimmigrant

ClassIssuedShare
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural service14,01624.2%
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure12,96022.4%
F1 Student in an academic or language training prog10,43218%
C1/D Combined transit and crewmember visa5,5919.7%
J1 Exchange visitor2,2103.8%
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, o1,8763.2%
BBBCC Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card1,8233.1%
G4 International organization officer or employee, 9111.6%
A1 Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or 8881.5%
NATO2 Other representative of member state to NATO and7711.3%
J2 Spouse or child of exchange visitor6821.2%
E2 Treaty investor, spouse or child6751.2%
F2 Spouse or child of F15991%
G1 Principal resident representative of recognized 4220.7%
B1 Temporary visitor for business3670.6%

Immigrant

ClassIssuedShare
IR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen1,71338.8%
CR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)1,16126.3%
IR2 Child of U.S. citizen87219.8%
CR2 Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status)1092.5%
DV1 Immigrant visa class DV1 (no description in the 872%
DV3 Immigrant visa class DV3 (no description in the 431%
IH3 Child adopted abroad by U.S. citizen under Hague421%
E35 Immigrant visa class E35 (no description in the 390.9%
IR3 Orphan adopted abroad by U.S. citizen330.7%
E31 Immigrant visa class E31 (no description in the 290.7%
DV2 Immigrant visa class DV2 (no description in the 290.7%
IR5 Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age270.6%

Jul in other years

MonthNonimmigrantImmigrant
Jul 2019810,37839,568
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 2020?

57,917 nonimmigrant visas and 4,412 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly tables, which the Department describes as preliminary.

Which posts issued the most visas in July 2020?

Monterrey (9,563), Santo Domingo (3,234), Seoul (3,101), Ho Chi Minh City (2,866) and Manila (2,831).

Which posts changed most in July 2020?

Among posts with at least 200 issuances in both months, the largest rises on the previous month were Seoul (+449%), Manila (+274%) and Taipei (+265%) and the largest falls Nuevo Laredo (-69%), Kingston (-49%) and Tijuana (-47%).

Where does this data come from?

The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by post and visa class for July 2020. 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 2020, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.