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    Official DOS data · India · By issuing post

    Visas issued in Chennai, by month

    In February 2026, the U.S. embassy or consulate in Chennai, India, issued 14,900 nonimmigrant visas and 0 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly issuance reports. In February 2025, it issued 22,255 and 0. That was the 12th most nonimmigrant visas of the 215 posts listed here.

    Sources: U.S. Department of State: Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuances and U.S. Department of State: Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · Coverage 2022-10/2026-02

    Nonimmigrant visas issued at Chennai

    14,900 in February 2026, 33% fewer than February 2025 (22,255). 227,354 over the past 12 months (sum of monthly reports, not an official total).

    Nonimmigrant visas issued at Chennai each month, October 2022 to February 2026. The monthly figures are listed below the chart.010k20k30k40k2023202420252026
    Monthly figures
    MonthVisas issued
    Feb 202614,900
    Jan 202613,548
    Dec 202516,075
    Nov 202522,427
    Oct 202518,341
    Sep 202517,788
    Aug 202515,650
    Jul 202525,795
    Jun 202525,067
    May 202519,529
    Apr 202518,788
    Mar 202519,446
    Feb 202522,255
    Jan 202523,985
    Dec 202428,375
    Nov 202419,377
    Oct 202421,622
    Sep 202419,523
    Aug 202417,993
    Jul 202426,929
    Jun 202424,991
    May 202433,643
    Apr 202433,924
    Mar 202437,452
    Feb 202431,195
    Jan 202424,604
    Dec 202316,632
    Nov 202332,144
    Oct 202327,162
    Sep 202325,959
    Aug 202323,753
    Jul 202325,702
    Jun 202331,405
    May 202330,937
    Apr 202320,629
    Mar 202336,915
    Feb 202328,030
    Jan 202326,373
    Dec 202223,908
    Nov 202222,981
    Oct 202218,903
    Visa classFeb 2026Feb 2025Past 12 monthsSum of monthly reports, not an official total
    B1/B2Business and tourism visitor11,2213,32576,560
    H1BSpecialty occupation worker9869,77861,255
    H4H worker's spouse or child5075,53848,103
    L2Intracompany transferee's spouse or child7801,10913,619
    L1Intracompany transferee7961,08212,113
    F1Academic student321655,319
    C1/DTransit and crew member3283574,592
    J1Exchange visitor344242,188
    P350120914
    J2Exchange visitor's spouse or child17129784
    O1Person of extraordinary ability4587507
    F2Academic student's spouse or child835297
    R1Religious worker2420267
    O32129192
    G41018149
    O24299
    R241779
    C4/D311163
    B1Business visitor0144
    E3D3434
    H33029
    M1Vocational student2226
    C1Transit4423
    E32216
    P10016
    I0113
    P41311
    A2108
    H2BTemporary non-agricultural worker006
    C2204
    E3R104
    TD104
    B2Tourist003
    CW1003
    A1112
    C3112
    U2002
    G5001
    M2001
    U1001
    U3001

    Immigrant visas

    The State Department's monthly reports list no immigrant visas issued at Chennai since October 2022.

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    How to read these counts

    Each figure is the number of visas the State Department reported issuing in one month. It is not an approval rate. The files do not say how many people applied, were refused or are still waiting.

    A post's count is where the visas were issued. Applicants of any nationality can apply at a post, so these counts do not show how many visas went to people from the post's country.

    The State Department revises monthly figures, and its annual Report of the Visa Office is the official count for a fiscal year. Where we add months together, the figure is labelled as a sum of monthly reports.

    Cite this data

    Visa Interviews Research. (2026). U.S. Visa Issuances by Post, Monthly (Version 2026-10-15-v1) [Data set]. VisaMind. https://www.visainterviews.com/datasets/us-visa-issuances-by-post

    Every month and visa class since October 2022 is in the downloads, including places too small for a page of their own.

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