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    Official DOS data · China · By issuing post

    Visas issued in Shanghai, by month

    In February 2026, the U.S. embassy or consulate in Shanghai, China, issued 15,085 nonimmigrant visas and 0 immigrant visas, according to the State Department's monthly issuance reports. In February 2025, it issued 25,170 and 0. That was the 11th 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 Shanghai

    15,085 in February 2026, 40% fewer than February 2025 (25,170). 221,429 over the past 12 months (sum of monthly reports, not an official total).

    Nonimmigrant visas issued at Shanghai each month, October 2022 to February 2026. The monthly figures are listed below the chart.010k20k30k40k2023202420252026
    Monthly figures
    MonthVisas issued
    Feb 202615,085
    Jan 202619,678
    Dec 202518,554
    Nov 202520,034
    Oct 202519,967
    Sep 202522,341
    Aug 202516,358
    Jul 202514,281
    Jun 202514,430
    May 202518,668
    Apr 202518,641
    Mar 202523,392
    Feb 202525,170
    Jan 202520,542
    Dec 202431,371
    Nov 202423,658
    Oct 202423,892
    Sep 202418,073
    Aug 202422,535
    Jul 202426,670
    Jun 202423,041
    May 202425,429
    Apr 202419,271
    Mar 202418,909
    Feb 202411,144
    Jan 202415,841
    Dec 202311,056
    Nov 202315,324
    Oct 202312,191
    Sep 20237,243
    Aug 20238,831
    Jul 20238,561
    Jun 202311,229
    May 202312,975
    Apr 20239,233
    Mar 20239,392
    Feb 20233,476
    Jan 20232,557
    Dec 20222,823
    Nov 20222,912
    Oct 20222,737
    Visa classFeb 2026Feb 2025Past 12 monthsSum of monthly reports, not an official total
    B1/B2Business and tourism visitor14,60923,505189,807
    F1Academic student1731215,250
    H1BSpecialty occupation worker1004395,841
    J1Exchange visitor131812,807
    L1Intracompany transferee1211641,684
    C1/DTransit and crew member421321,641
    L2Intracompany transferee's spouse or child1001471,597
    H4H worker's spouse or child10791,050
    O1Person of extraordinary ability3246482
    J2Exchange visitor's spouse or child347333
    B1Business visitor654215
    F2Academic student's spouse or child617207
    O334100
    P14798
    G46678
    B2Tourist0455
    Q18229
    P30024
    C1Transit2023
    O20822
    M1Vocational student01019
    DCrew member0115
    R1Religious worker0010
    I008
    CW1016
    R2104
    H3004
    TD004
    T3003
    A1032
    CW2002
    E3002
    H1B1101
    P4101
    A2001
    E1Treaty trader001
    E3D001
    G1001
    G5001

    Immigrant visas

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