Manila · Philippines · March 2025
Visas issued at Manila in March 2025
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.
Nonimmigrant classes
| Class | Description (State Department) | Mar 2025 | Share | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 8,615 | 48.4% | 8,322 | 10,130 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 6,291 | 35.4% | 7,393 | 7,605 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 751 | 4.2% | 309 | 389 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 346 | 1.9% | 291 | 162 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 312 | 1.8% | 235 | 809 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 264 | 1.5% | 228 | 164 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 250 | 1.4% | 207 | 166 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 200 | 1.1% | 182 | 133 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 173 | 1% | 208 | 121 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 92 | 0.5% | 71 | 46 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 91 | 0.5% | 97 | 139 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 71 | 0.4% | 76 | 174 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 46 | 0.3% | 59 | 31 |
| C4/D3 | Nonimmigrant visa class C4/D3 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 42 | 0.2% | 51 | 0 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 35 | 0.2% | 61 | 55 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 24 | 0.1% | 14 | 20 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 21 | 0.1% | 25 | 27 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 21 | 0.1% | 15 | 11 |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional worker | 20 | 0.1% | 21 | 264 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 16 | 0.1% | 1 | 13 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 16 | 0.1% | 15 | 19 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 14 | 0.1% | 13 | 0 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 13 | 0.1% | 28 | 13 |
| CW2 | Spouse or child of CW-1 | 12 | 0.1% | 10 | 55 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 9 | 0.1% | 3 | 8 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 5 | 0% | 14 | 26 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 5 | 0% | 1 | 3 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 4 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| H3 | Trainee | 4 | 0% | 5 | 0 |
| T3 | Child of T1 | 3 | 0% | 1 | 5 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 2 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G1 through G4, and immediate family | 2 | 0% | 2 | 3 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 2 | 0% | 10 | 7 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 2 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 15 |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0% | 17 | 13 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 5 | 4 |
| T2 | Spouse of T1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| U2 | Spouse of U-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| U3 | Child of U-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes
| Class | Description (State Department) | Mar 2025 | Share | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 1,078 | 25.5% | 1,162 | 448 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 553 | 13.1% | 312 | 55 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 538 | 12.7% | 396 | 229 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 436 | 10.3% | 153 | 201 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 421 | 10% | 154 | 75 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 256 | 6.1% | 103 | 203 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 254 | 6% | 169 | 208 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 231 | 5.5% | 604 | 1,112 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 171 | 4% | 26 | 6 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 123 | 2.9% | 119 | 73 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 82 | 1.9% | 34 | 5 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 43 | 1% | 183 | 67 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 13 | 0.3% | 4 | 8 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 9 | 0.2% | 0 | 21 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 2 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 4 | 0.1% | 4 | 2 |
| IB1 | Self-petition spouse of U.S. citizen | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 4 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 2 | 0% | 4 | 3 |
| GV3 | Child of GV1 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
| IH4 | Child to be adopted in U.S. by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention | 1 | 0% | 4 | 4 |
| RU1 | Employment creation (EB-5) reserved visa, high unemployment area, principal | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Context
| March 2025 | Manila | All posts |
|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas | 17,784 | 1,006,227 |
| Change on previous month | -1% | +10% |
| Change on same month a year earlier | -14% | +5% |
| Immigrant visas | 4,228 | 51,574 |
Nearest wait-time reading on or before the end of Mar 2025 (5 Mar 2025): B1/B2 next available 29 days; F, M, J 7 days; H, L, O, P, Q 17 days.
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Questions and answers
How many visas did Manila issue in March 2025?
17,784 nonimmigrant visas and 4,228 immigrant visas, per the State Department's monthly tables for March 2025. That was the 17th largest nonimmigrant count among 216 posts that month.
How did March 2025 compare with the month before and a year earlier at Manila?
February 2025: 17,997 nonimmigrant visas (-1% to Mar 2025). March 2024: 20,639 (-14%).
Which classes made up the month?
B1/B2 8,615 (48.4%), C1/D 6,291 (35.4%), J1 751 (4.2%), H2B 346 (1.9%), K1 312 (1.8%).
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Post and Visa Class and Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuances by Post and Visa Class for March 2025, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.