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Bangkok · Thailand · January 2025
Visas issued at Bangkok in January 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) | Jan 2025 | Share | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,528 | 68.2% | 2,199 | 2,713 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 734 | 14.2% | 63 | 770 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 210 | 4.1% | 337 | 292 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 147 | 2.8% | 91 | 154 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 131 | 2.5% | 32 | 93 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 89 | 1.7% | 150 | 82 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 69 | 1.3% | 78 | 131 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 48 | 0.9% | 41 | 30 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 36 | 0.7% | 8 | 16 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 26 | 0.5% | 25 | 19 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 22 | 0.4% | 10 | 18 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 21 | 0.4% | 21 | 41 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 15 | 0.3% | 12 | 7 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 13 | 0.3% | 18 | 8 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 12 | 0.2% | 4 | 0 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 8 | 0.2% | 6 | 15 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 8 | 0.2% | 17 | 13 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 8 | 0.2% | 13 | 15 |
| D | Crewmember (sea or air) | 6 | 0.1% | 7 | 43 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 5 | 0.1% | 6 | 36 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 5 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 5 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 38 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| T3 | Child of T1 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 1 | 0% | 2 | 6 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 1 | 0% | 0 | 4 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 2 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 1 |
| T2 | Spouse of T1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes
| Class | Description (State Department) | Jan 2025 | Share | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 41 | 23.2% | 10 | 18 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 32 | 18.1% | 33 | 35 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 21 | 11.9% | 21 | 41 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 18 | 10.2% | 25 | 31 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 16 | 9% | 10 | 31 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 12 | 6.8% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 7 | 4% | 1 | 2 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 6 | 3.4% | 3 | 1 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 5 | 2.8% | 5 | 7 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 5 | 2.8% | 6 | 2 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 4 | 2.3% | 2 | 0 |
| IH4 | Child to be adopted in U.S. by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention | 3 | 1.7% | 5 | 5 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 1.1% | 0 | 2 |
| RH | Employment creation (EB-5) reserved visas, high unemployment area, regional center (RH1-RH3) | 2 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 0.6% | 2 | 1 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 1 | 0.6% | 2 | 0 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0 |
Context
| January 2025 | Bangkok | All posts |
|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas | 5,170 | 954,595 |
| Change on previous month | +64% | +8% |
| Change on same month a year earlier | +13% | +9% |
| Immigrant visas | 177 | 54,288 |
Nearest wait-time reading on or before the end of Jan 2025 (6 Jan 2025): B1/B2 next available 129 days; F, M, J 4 days; H, L, O, P, Q 4 days.
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Questions and answers
How many visas did Bangkok issue in January 2025?
5,170 nonimmigrant visas and 177 immigrant visas, per the State Department's monthly tables for January 2025. That was the 44th largest nonimmigrant count among 216 posts that month.
How did January 2025 compare with the month before and a year earlier at Bangkok?
December 2024: 3,161 nonimmigrant visas (+64% to Jan 2025). January 2024: 4,567 (+13%).
Which classes made up the month?
B1/B2 3,528 (68.2%), J1 734 (14.2%), F1 210 (4.1%), C1/D 147 (2.8%), A2 131 (2.5%).
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 January 2025, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.