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March 2022 · all posts · fiscal year 2022

U.S. visa issuances in March 2022

215 posts in the month's tables · nonimmigrant issuances +40% on Feb 2022

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 678,586 nonimmigrant visas in March 2022, more than the 484,571 of the previous month and +161% against the same month a year earlier (260,493).

47,555 immigrant visas were issued in the month, against 21,670 a year earlier.

The largest posts were Monterrey (70,838), Mexico City (43,584) and Sao Paulo (31,263); 215 posts appear in the month's tables.

B1/B2 at 49.7%, BBBCC at 15% and H2A at 6.3% made up the largest shares of the month's nonimmigrant issuances.

678,586nonimmigrant visas+161% vs Mar 2021
47,555immigrant visas+119% vs a year earlier
+40%vs Feb 2022484,571 then
49.7%share of B1/B2

← February 2022April 2022 →

Worldwide nonimmigrant issuances, 24 months to Mar 2022

0339,293678,586VisitorsStudents and exchange visitorsTemporary workersDiplomatic, official and international organisationTransit and crewOther nonimmigrant classesApr 2020Jul 2020Oct 2020Jan 2021Apr 2021Jul 2021Oct 2021Jan 2022Apr 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)Dec 2020: 157,225 (Visitors 76,210, Students and exchange visitors 31,006, Temporary workers 31,941, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 5,322, Transit and crew 11,316, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,430)Jan 2021: 138,544 (Visitors 71,119, Students and exchange visitors 14,974, Temporary workers 35,077, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 4,919, Transit and crew 10,887, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,568)Feb 2021: 168,361 (Visitors 88,928, Students and exchange visitors 9,102, Temporary workers 51,400, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 4,737, Transit and crew 12,593, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,601)Mar 2021: 260,493 (Visitors 126,551, Students and exchange visitors 13,488, Temporary workers 94,184, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 6,726, Transit and crew 17,658, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,886)Apr 2021: 247,833 (Visitors 120,158, Students and exchange visitors 20,278, Temporary workers 84,406, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 6,793, Transit and crew 14,313, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,885)May 2021: 247,222 (Visitors 112,056, Students and exchange visitors 59,073, Temporary workers 54,512, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 7,945, Transit and crew 11,534, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,102)Jun 2021: 349,285 (Visitors 147,861, Students and exchange visitors 113,361, Temporary workers 59,011, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 10,384, Transit and crew 15,933, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,735)Jul 2021: 355,388 (Visitors 145,725, Students and exchange visitors 131,533, Temporary workers 50,653, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 9,877, Transit and crew 14,762, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,838)Aug 2021: 333,506 (Visitors 161,826, Students and exchange visitors 85,704, Temporary workers 57,790, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 10,898, Transit and crew 14,913, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,375)Sep 2021: 290,312 (Visitors 164,155, Students and exchange visitors 25,047, Temporary workers 66,218, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 13,309, Transit and crew 18,638, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,945)Oct 2021: 296,442 (Visitors 179,611, Students and exchange visitors 25,853, Temporary workers 60,757, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 10,297, Transit and crew 17,114, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,810)Nov 2021: 391,022 (Visitors 247,751, Students and exchange visitors 50,545, Temporary workers 64,193, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 9,483, Transit and crew 16,513, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,537)Dec 2021: 435,665 (Visitors 286,772, Students and exchange visitors 58,872, Temporary workers 62,560, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 8,430, Transit and crew 16,420, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,611)Jan 2022: 414,383 (Visitors 285,543, Students and exchange visitors 28,873, Temporary workers 72,901, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 6,645, Transit and crew 18,221, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,200)Feb 2022: 484,571 (Visitors 337,493, Students and exchange visitors 25,038, Temporary workers 93,773, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 8,814, Transit and crew 17,514, Other nonimmigrant classes 1,939)Mar 2022: 678,586 (Visitors 448,315, Students and exchange visitors 42,843, Temporary workers 148,986, Diplomatic, official and international organisation 12,268, Transit and crew 24,051, Other nonimmigrant classes 2,123)
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 Mar 2022

PostCountryNonimmigrantImmigrantvs prior monthvs year earlier
MonterreyMexico70,8380+48%+62%
Mexico CityMexico43,5840+8%+38%
Sao PauloBrazil31,2630+7%+9920%
New DelhiIndia28,62263+35%+116%
GuadalajaraMexico21,8610+74%+524%
BogotaColombia18,7911,420+19%+631%
ManilaPhilippines18,0362,404+90%+92%
Buenos AiresArgentina17,29897+76%+356%
Rio de JaneiroBrazil16,361633-4%+14127%
TijuanaMexico15,8810+24%+37%
ChennaiIndia15,7160+60%+11%
LondonUnited Kingdom12,495571+64%+1161%
Tel AvivIsrael12,2130+45%+235%
HyderabadIndia12,0490+52%+118%
MumbaiIndia11,9052,303+106%+133%
Santo DomingoDominican Republic10,7642,613+38%+25%
BrasiliaBrazil10,6490+28%+6726%
Ciudad JuarezMexico10,0685,693+170%+909%
QuitoEcuador9,9230+71%+425%
LagosNigeria9,216202+59%+769%
Porto AlegreBrazil7,8740+32%+15042%
RecifeBrazil7,5290+25%+21411%
IstanbulTurkey7,2360+42%+724%
JakartaIndonesia7,19840+61%+253%
HermosilloMexico6,7660+20%+35%

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

PostFeb 2022Mar 2022Change
Merida3642,118+482%
La Paz8843,874+338%
Addis Ababa2951,226+316%
Krakow3511,149+227%
Tegucigalpa1,1463,505+206%
Bucharest1,0542,909+176%
Ciudad Juarez3,73410,068+170%
Pristina200491+146%

Largest falls

PostFeb 2022Mar 2022Change
Hong Kong820510-38%
Nuevo Laredo4,4143,146-29%
Shanghai2,1691,566-28%
Yerevan755552-27%
Tirana1,109829-25%
Islamabad2,8242,551-10%
Calgary2,1911,998-9%
Vienna876811-7%

Visa classes in Mar 2022

Nonimmigrant

ClassIssuedShare
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure337,50549.7%
BBBCC Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card101,98415%
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural service42,5516.3%
J1 Exchange visitor30,3344.5%
H2B Temporary worker performing other services28,1204.1%
H1B Temporary worker of distinguished merit and abil27,4764%
C1/D Combined transit and crewmember visa23,0443.4%
H4 Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-315,3752.3%
F1 Student in an academic or language training prog8,8121.3%
L2 Spouse or child of intracompany transferee8,1161.2%
L1 Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, 7,6811.1%
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, o7,4521.1%
BBBCV Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card (Li6,3290.9%
E2 Treaty investor, spouse or child4,8800.7%
TN NAFTA professional3,7810.6%

Immigrant

ClassIssuedShare
IR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen8,45317.8%
IR5 Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age8,35317.6%
FX Family second preference, exempt from country li6,32213.3%
DV Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3)4,1738.8%
IR2 Child of U.S. citizen3,9808.4%
F4 Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U3,6967.8%
E3 Employment third preference: skilled worker or p3,0706.5%
F1 Family first preference: unmarried son or daught1,7463.7%
F2B Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or 1,3812.9%
F3 Family third preference: married son or daughter1,3782.9%
E1 Employment first preference (priority workers): 1,0062.1%
CR1 Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)7661.6%

Mar in other years

MonthNonimmigrantImmigrant
Mar 2019784,19237,618
Mar 2020400,50324,383
Mar 2021260,49321,670
Mar 2022678,58647,555
Mar 20231,109,07964,714
Mar 2024962,73153,633
Mar 20251,006,22751,574

Questions and answers

How many U.S. visas were issued in March 2022?

678,586 nonimmigrant visas and 47,555 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly tables, which the Department describes as preliminary.

Which posts issued the most visas in March 2022?

Monterrey (70,838), Mexico City (43,584), Sao Paulo (31,263), New Delhi (28,622) and Guadalajara (21,861).

Which posts changed most in March 2022?

Among posts with at least 200 issuances in both months, the largest rises on the previous month were Merida (+482%), La Paz (+338%) and Addis Ababa (+316%) and the largest falls Hong Kong (-38%), Nuevo Laredo (-29%) and Shanghai (-28%).

Where does this data come from?

The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by post and visa class for March 2022. 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 March 2022, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.