Official US State Department data
How many F-2 visas are issued at Dhaka, and its share of everything issued in Bangladesh.
Visas issued at Dhaka, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,7011,701
Down 22% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 53% below the same months a year earlier.
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Visas issued at Dhaka each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: June 2023: 392 visas
In 2023–2025, May was typically the busiest month and September the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
2.4k
Jan – Dec 2023
2.2k
Jan – Dec 2024
1.8k
Jan – Dec 2025
170
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 1,827 visas (−16% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 43% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 87 | 208 | Down 58% |
| January 2026 | 83 | 88 | Down 5.7% |
| December 2025 | 37 | 145 | Down 74% |
| November 2025 | 44 | 206 | Down 79% |
| October 2025 | 100 | 119 | Down 16% |
| September 2025 | 137 | 85 | Up 61% |
| August 2025 | 181 | 123 | Up 47% |
| July 2025 | 139 | 130 | Up 6.9% |
| June 2025 | 133 | 346 | Down 62% |
| May 2025 | 320 | 354 | Down 9.6% |
| April 2025 | 343 | 242 | Up 42% |
| March 2025 | 97 | 137 | Down 29% |
| February 2025 | 208 | 163 | Up 28% |
| January 2025 | 88 | 130 | Down 32% |
| December 2024 | 145 | 138 | Up 5.1% |
| November 2024 | 206 | 175 | Up 18% |
| October 2024 | 119 | 88 | Up 35% |
| September 2024 | 85 | 61 | Up 39% |
| August 2024 | 123 | 261 | Down 53% |
| July 2024 | 130 | 312 | Down 58% |
| June 2024 | 346 | 392 | Down 12% |
| May 2024 | 354 | 317 | Up 12% |
| April 2024 | 242 | 161 | Up 50% |
| March 2024 | 137 | 212 | Down 35% |
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 Bangladesh
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