Official US State Department data
How many J-1 visas are issued at Vienna, and its share of everything issued in Austria.
Visas issued at Vienna, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,4461,446
About the same as the previous 12 months (−0.3%). But the last 3 months ran 18% below the same months a year earlier.
Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 1.5k
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Visas issued at Vienna each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: July 2022: 299 visas
In 2023–2025, July was typically the busiest month and February the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
1.4k
Jan – Dec 2023
1.5k
Jan – Dec 2024
1.4k
Jan – Dec 2025
117
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 1,433 visas (−1.8% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 13% ahead of the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 55 | 53 | Up 3.8% |
| January 2026 | 62 | 51 | Up 22% |
| December 2025 | 65 | 118 | Down 45% |
| November 2025 | 96 | 100 | Down 4% |
| October 2025 | 95 | 72 | Up 32% |
| September 2025 | 77 | 88 | Down 13% |
| August 2025 | 84 | 211 | Down 60% |
| July 2025 | 290 | 296 | About flat, 2% |
| June 2025 | 190 | 208 | Down 8.7% |
| May 2025 | 206 | 83 | Up 148% |
| April 2025 | 133 | 117 | Up 14% |
| March 2025 | 93 | 54 | Up 72% |
| February 2025 | 53 | 52 | About flat, 1.9% |
| January 2025 | 51 | 61 | Down 16% |
| December 2024 | 118 | 126 | Down 6.3% |
| November 2024 | 100 | 102 | About flat, 2% |
| October 2024 | 72 | 57 | Up 26% |
| September 2024 | 88 | 74 | Up 19% |
| August 2024 | 211 | 217 | About flat, 2.8% |
| July 2024 | 296 | 206 | Up 44% |
| June 2024 | 208 | 243 | Down 14% |
| May 2024 | 83 | 136 | Down 39% |
| April 2024 | 117 | 70 | Up 67% |
| March 2024 | 54 | 64 | Down 16% |
Source: US Department of State monthly reports of nonimmigrant visas issued at each US consulate. These count visas issued, not interview appointments available. All consulates in Austria
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