London · United Kingdom · June 2025
Visas issued at London in June 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) | Jun 2025 | Share | May 2025 | Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 5,717 | 52.4% | 5,896 | 6,239 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 1,019 | 9.3% | 972 | 1,070 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 488 | 4.5% | 491 | 376 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 426 | 3.9% | 310 | 349 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 393 | 3.6% | 483 | 384 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 329 | 3% | 228 | 229 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 308 | 2.8% | 307 | 248 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 268 | 2.5% | 4,460 | 645 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 214 | 2% | 277 | 187 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 208 | 1.9% | 121 | 269 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 187 | 1.7% | 201 | 274 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 172 | 1.6% | 242 | 148 |
| NATO6 | Member of a civilian component accompanying a force entering under the NATO agreements, and their dependents | 160 | 1.5% | 209 | 86 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 124 | 1.1% | 95 | 90 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 116 | 1.1% | 85 | 77 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 99 | 0.9% | 208 | 145 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 90 | 0.8% | 43 | 72 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 80 | 0.7% | 40 | 39 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 80 | 0.7% | 31 | 49 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 70 | 0.6% | 67 | 37 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 69 | 0.6% | 51 | 54 |
| NATO2 | Other representative of member state to NATO and immediate family; dependents of member of a force entering under the NATO agreements; members of such a force if issued visas | 55 | 0.5% | 73 | 45 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 41 | 0.4% | 60 | 90 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 32 | 0.3% | 35 | 52 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 27 | 0.2% | 33 | 22 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 22 | 0.2% | 9 | 13 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 20 | 0.2% | 18 | 18 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 18 | 0.2% | 32 | 28 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 12 | 0.1% | 54 | 22 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 10 | 0.1% | 4 | 10 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 10 | 0.1% | 8 | 11 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 9 | 0.1% | 4 | 9 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 8 | 0.1% | 6 | 7 |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement professional | 5 | 0% | 2 | 2 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 5 | 0% | 8 | 9 |
| H3 | Trainee | 4 | 0% | 3 | 2 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 4 | 0% | 1 | 9 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 2 | 0% | 2 | 5 |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 2 | 0% | 1 | 3 |
| C4/D3 | Nonimmigrant visa class C4/D3 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign government to international organization, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G1 through G4, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0% | 4 | 4 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| NATO7 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of NATO-1 through NATO-6, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes
| Class | Description (State Department) | Jun 2025 | Share | May 2025 | Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 78 | 21.8% | 68 | 67 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 50 | 14% | 47 | 39 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 44 | 12.3% | 93 | 97 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 35 | 9.8% | 25 | 31 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 33 | 9.2% | 14 | 16 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 27 | 7.5% | 23 | 29 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 20 | 5.6% | 30 | 14 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 15 | 4.2% | 17 | 11 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 14 | 3.9% | 13 | 3 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 13 | 3.6% | 1 | 13 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 12 | 3.4% | 13 | 28 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | 0 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 1 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 2 | 0.6% | 0 | 1 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 2 | 0.6% | 4 | 2 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 2 | 0.6% | 13 | 6 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 1 | 0.3% | 6 | 2 |
Context
| June 2025 | London | All posts |
|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas | 10,910 | 776,959 |
| Change on previous month | -28% | -13% |
| Change on same month a year earlier | -5% | -12% |
| Immigrant visas | 358 | 43,353 |
Nearest wait-time reading on or before the end of Jun 2025 (4 Jun 2025): B1/B2 next available 3 months; F, M, J under ½ month; H, L, O, P, Q under ½ month.
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Questions and answers
How many visas did London issue in June 2025?
10,910 nonimmigrant visas and 358 immigrant visas, per the State Department's monthly tables for June 2025. That was the 19th largest nonimmigrant count among 217 posts that month.
How did June 2025 compare with the month before and a year earlier at London?
May 2025: 15,203 nonimmigrant visas (-28% to Jun 2025). June 2024: 11,454 (-5%).
Which classes made up the month?
B1/B2 5,717 (52.4%), F1 1,019 (9.3%), L1 488 (4.5%), L2 426 (3.9%), C1/D 393 (3.6%).
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 June 2025, public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.