Bern · Switzerland · February 2025
Visas issued at Bern in February 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) | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,176 | 67.9% | 1,313 | 1,775 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 120 | 6.9% | 141 | 127 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 96 | 5.5% | 85 | 110 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 67 | 3.9% | 83 | 103 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 56 | 3.2% | 67 | 58 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 38 | 2.2% | 23 | 32 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 37 | 2.1% | 46 | 46 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 35 | 2% | 45 | 91 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 12 | 0.7% | 7 | 36 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 12 | 0.7% | 17 | 15 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 11 | 0.6% | 10 | 12 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 10 | 0.6% | 20 | 21 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 10 | 0.6% | 9 | 10 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 9 | 0.5% | 8 | 6 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 7 | 0.4% | 5 | 8 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 5 | 0.3% | 0 | 7 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 5 | 0.3% | 21 | 5 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 4 | 0.2% | 7 | 9 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 4 | 0.2% | 1 | 8 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.2% | 8 | 6 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 4 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 1 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 9 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 2 | 0.1% | 5 | 5 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 2 | 0.1% | 5 | 0 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 3 |
Immigrant classes
| Class | Description (State Department) | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 8 | 42.1% | 7 | 8 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 5 | 26.3% | 0 | 2 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 2 | 10.5% | 4 | 1 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0 |
| RH1 | Employment creation (EB-5) reserved visa, high unemployment area, regional center, principal | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0 |
| RH2 | Immigrant visa class RH2 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 1 | 5.3% | 0 | 0 |
Context
| February 2025 | Bern | All posts |
|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas | 1,732 | 914,989 |
| Change on previous month | -11% | -4% |
| Change on same month a year earlier | -31% | +6% |
| Immigrant visas | 19 | 51,058 |
Nearest wait-time reading on or before the end of Feb 2025 (7 Feb 2025): B1/B2 next available 1 day; F, M, J 1 day; H, L, O, P, Q 1 day.
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Questions and answers
How many visas did Bern issue in February 2025?
1,732 nonimmigrant visas and 19 immigrant visas, per the State Department's monthly tables for February 2025. That was the 90th largest nonimmigrant count among 216 posts that month.
How did February 2025 compare with the month before and a year earlier at Bern?
January 2025: 1,954 nonimmigrant visas (-11% to Feb 2025). February 2024: 2,515 (-31%).
Which classes made up the month?
B1/B2 1,176 (67.9%), J1 120 (6.9%), C1/D 96 (5.5%), F1 67 (3.9%), L1 56 (3.2%).
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 February 2025, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.