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November 2020 · all posts · fiscal year 2021

U.S. visa issuances in November 2020

214 posts in the month's tables · nonimmigrant issuances 0% on Oct 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 124,500 nonimmigrant visas in November 2020, about the same as the 124,078 of the previous month and -80% against the same month a year earlier (613,287).

10,138 immigrant visas were issued in the month, against 35,446 a year earlier.

The largest posts were Monterrey (16,012), Mexico City (10,072) and Tijuana (8,399); 214 posts appear in the month's tables.

B1/B2 at 28.7%, BBBCC at 18.6% and H2A at 10.7% made up the largest shares of the month's nonimmigrant issuances.

124,500nonimmigrant visas-80% vs Nov 2019
10,138immigrant visas-71% vs a year earlier
0%vs Oct 2020124,078 then
28.7%share of B1/B2

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Worldwide nonimmigrant issuances, 24 months to Nov 2020

0428,634857,267VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classesDec 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Dec 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Dec 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)Aug 2020: 94,416 (Visitors 35,772, Students and exchange visitors 23,915, Temporary workers 23,883, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 4,625, Transit and crew 5,882, Other nonimmigrant classes 339)Sep 2020: 111,034 (Visitors 53,534, Students and exchange visitors 10,399, Temporary workers 32,560, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 5,549, Transit and crew 8,478, Other nonimmigrant classes 514)Oct 2020: 124,078 (Visitors 69,447, Students and exchange visitors 11,457, Temporary workers 25,855, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 5,586, Transit and crew 10,867, Other nonimmigrant classes 866)Nov 2020: 124,500 (Visitors 62,078, Students and exchange visitors 16,842, Temporary workers 28,480, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 4,778, Transit and crew 11,055, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,267)
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 Nov 2020

PostCountryNonimmigrantImmigrantvs prior monthvs year earlier
MonterreyMexico16,0120-24%-21%
Mexico CityMexico10,0720-7%-79%
TijuanaMexico8,3990-1%-23%
ManilaPhilippines5,816518+1%-62%
Santo DomingoDominican Republic4,360469+43%-40%
ChennaiIndia3,4720+61%-81%
HermosilloMexico3,1130+51%-59%
New DelhiIndia3,11121+38%-75%
QuitoEcuador2,8180-18%-45%
MumbaiIndia2,751345+4%-86%
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam2,644785-12%-53%
LimaPeru2,45532+322%-78%
SeoulSouth Korea2,359122+34%-63%
GuadalajaraMexico2,2180-45%-83%
TokyoJapan2,123113+7%-42%
Nuevo LaredoMexico2,0350-43%-42%
GuayaquilEcuador1,99291+32%-74%
HyderabadIndia1,9790+23%-83%
JakartaIndonesia1,80946+52%-65%
Addis AbabaEthiopia1,73359+2341%+53%
BogotaColombia1,510102+155%-89%
TegucigalpaHonduras1,31761-30%-56%
San JoseCosta Rica1,31534+2%-79%
Tel AvivIsrael1,2650+28%-87%
San SalvadorEl Salvador1,167164-14%-52%

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

PostOct 2020Nov 2020Change
Lima5822,455+322%
Dhaka213661+210%
Bogota5911,510+155%
Santiago219540+147%
Kuwait City231565+145%
La Paz398960+141%
Doha301582+93%
Lagos232380+64%

Largest falls

PostOct 2020Nov 2020Change
Ciudad Juarez2,837925-67%
Kathmandu420220-48%
Guadalajara4,0092,218-45%
Nuevo Laredo3,5752,035-43%
Bern484297-39%
Guangzhou327202-38%
Nogales1,253778-38%
Kyiv977660-32%

Visa classes in Nov 2020

Nonimmigrant

ClassIssuedShare
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure35,74828.7%
BBBCC Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card23,15118.6%
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural service13,28010.7%
F1 Student in an academic or language training prog12,91610.4%
C1/D Combined transit and crewmember visa10,6798.6%
H2B Temporary worker performing other services2,9252.3%
E2 Treaty investor, spouse or child2,5112%
H4 Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-32,2771.8%
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, o2,2311.8%
J1 Exchange visitor2,1781.7%
BBBCV Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card (Li2,1541.7%
H1B Temporary worker of distinguished merit and abil1,6981.4%
TN NAFTA professional1,6271.3%
K1 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen1,0570.8%
B1 Temporary visitor for business9380.8%

Immigrant

ClassIssuedShare
IR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen3,47534.3%
CR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)2,15121.2%
IR2 Child of U.S. citizen2,03320.1%
SQ3 Child of SQ14574.5%
E31 Immigrant visa class E31 (no description in the 3023%
CR2 Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status)2282.2%
E35 Immigrant visa class E35 (no description in the 2182.2%
IR5 Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age1771.7%
E34 Immigrant visa class E34 (no description in the 1481.5%
SQ2 Spouse of SQ11181.2%
SQ1 Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on beha1071.1%
IH3 Child adopted abroad by U.S. citizen under Hague940.9%

Nov in other years

MonthNonimmigrantImmigrant
Nov 2018634,24638,653
Nov 2019613,28735,446
Nov 2020124,50010,138
Nov 2021391,02235,647
Nov 2022739,25745,577
Nov 2023815,97345,437
Nov 2024811,08849,612

Questions and answers

How many U.S. visas were issued in November 2020?

124,500 nonimmigrant visas and 10,138 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly tables, which the Department describes as preliminary.

Which posts issued the most visas in November 2020?

Monterrey (16,012), Mexico City (10,072), Tijuana (8,399), Manila (5,816) and Santo Domingo (4,360).

Which posts changed most in November 2020?

Among posts with at least 200 issuances in both months, the largest rises on the previous month were Lima (+322%), Dhaka (+210%) and Bogota (+155%) and the largest falls Ciudad Juarez (-67%), Kathmandu (-48%) and Guadalajara (-45%).

Where does this data come from?

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