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    Official DOS data · Türkiye · By issuing post

    Visas issued in Istanbul, by month

    In February 2026, the U.S. embassy or consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye, issued 8,152 nonimmigrant visas and 0 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly issuance reports. In February 2025, it issued 5,592 and 0. That was the 25th 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 Istanbul

    8,152 in February 2026, 46% more than February 2025 (5,592). 79,920 over the past 12 months (sum of monthly reports, not an official total).

    Nonimmigrant visas issued at Istanbul each month, October 2022 to February 2026. The monthly figures are listed below the chart.05k10k2023202420252026
    Monthly figures
    MonthVisas issued
    Feb 20268,152
    Jan 20268,250
    Dec 20258,853
    Nov 20258,676
    Oct 20257,473
    Sep 20254,856
    Aug 20254,579
    Jul 20255,257
    Jun 20254,607
    May 20256,588
    Apr 20256,751
    Mar 20255,878
    Feb 20255,592
    Jan 20256,860
    Dec 20246,649
    Nov 20247,309
    Oct 20247,194
    Sep 20246,974
    Aug 20247,652
    Jul 20246,858
    Jun 20244,956
    May 20248,420
    Apr 20246,668
    Mar 20248,973
    Feb 20248,869
    Jan 20246,801
    Dec 20235,804
    Nov 20236,835
    Oct 20236,180
    Sep 20235,780
    Aug 20235,907
    Jul 20235,016
    Jun 20236,644
    May 20239,497
    Apr 20238,718
    Mar 20238,103
    Feb 20236,274
    Jan 20238,625
    Dec 20228,725
    Nov 20229,419
    Oct 20226,822
    Visa classFeb 2026Feb 2025Past 12 monthsSum of monthly reports, not an official total
    B1/B2Business and tourism visitor7,6514,97569,487
    C1/DTransit and crew member3104373,825
    J1Exchange visitor37223,263
    F1Academic student28221,260
    H1BSpecialty occupation worker1816360
    L2Intracompany transferee's spouse or child1719236
    L1Intracompany transferee1421227
    E2Treaty investor1424218
    H4H worker's spouse or child126171
    J2Exchange visitor's spouse or child715153
    O1Person of extraordinary ability124118
    H2BTemporary non-agricultural worker0181
    G42869
    O37063
    I8260
    E1Treaty trader01254
    A22140
    B1Business visitor2240
    B2Tourist0039
    F2Academic student's spouse or child3336
    P10035
    O23029
    M1Vocational student2116
    C4/D3006
    R2205
    G2004
    H2ATemporary agricultural worker103
    C1Transit003
    NATO5003
    R1Religious worker003
    TD013
    A1002
    E3R002
    G1002
    P4002
    E3D001
    G5001

    Immigrant visas

    The State Department's monthly reports list no immigrant visas issued at Istanbul 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

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