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Official US State Department data

B1/B2 visa statistics for the Bahamas

How many B1/B2 visas nationals of the Bahamas are issued, and what each US consulate in the Bahamas issues, month by month.

Data through February 2026

B1/B2 visas issued to nationals of the Bahamas

Every B1/B2 visa issued to a national of the Bahamas, at any US consulate in the world.

Visas issued to nationals of the Bahamas, last 12 months

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026

17,45217,452

Up 16%vs 15,092 in the 12 months before

Up 16% on the previous 12 months.

Monthly average
1.5k
Busiest month
1.9k
Oct 2025
Latest month
952
Feb 2026Down 41%

Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 15k

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 17k

05001k1.5k2k
Mar '24Apr '24May '24Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26

The long view

State Dept publishes its annual totals by US government fiscal year, which runs October to September.

Point at a year for its exact count.

05k10k15k20k
5.4k
11k
Highest16k
15k
16k
7.3k
'21'22'23'24'25'26

Striped: the current year so far.

FY2021: 5,423 visas; FY2022: 10,734 visas; FY2023: 16,160 visas; FY2024: 14,953 visas; FY2025: 16,113 visas; FY2026: 7,297 visas so far.

FY2025 had 16,113 visas (+7.8% on FY2024). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 22% ahead of the same months of FY2025.

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, to nationals of the Bahamas
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
February 20269521,611Down 41%
January 20261,3231,319About flat, 0.3%
December 20251,521921Up 65%
November 20251,576954Up 65%
October 20251,9251,153Up 67%
September 20251,7931,195Up 50%
August 20258811,122Down 21%
July 20251,5551,562About flat, 0.4%
June 20258931,056Down 15%
May 20251,5761,674Down 5.9%
April 20251,6071,526Up 5.3%
March 20251,850999Up 85%
February 20251,611–
January 20251,319–
December 2024921–
November 2024954–
October 20241,153–
September 20241,195–
August 20241,122–
July 20241,562–
June 20241,056–
May 20241,674–
April 20241,526–
March 2024999–

Source: US Department of State monthly reports of nonimmigrant visas issued by nationality, and its annual Report of the Visa Office for earlier years. Nationals of the Bahamas who interview at a US consulate in another country are counted here, so these totals run higher than the consulate figures for the Bahamas.

B1/B2 visas issued in the Bahamas

How many B1/B2 visas the US consulates in the Bahamas issue each month, whether that's rising or falling, and where it's moving.

Visas issued in the Bahamas, last 12 months

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026

18,73618,736

About flat, 0.5%vs 18,644 in the 12 months before

About the same as the previous 12 months (+0.5%). But the last 3 months ran 12% below the same months a year earlier.

Monthly average
1.6k
Busiest month
2.1k
Mar 2025
Latest month
1k
Feb 2026Down 44%

Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 19k

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 19k

05001k1.5k2k2.5k
Mar '24Apr '24May '24Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26

When visas are issued

Visas issued in the Bahamas each month. Darker means more.

JJanFFebMMarAAprMMayJJunJJulAAugSSepOOctNNovDDec
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Typical
11%
6.5%

Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.

Busiest: May 2023: 2,737 visas

FewerMoreNo data

In 2023–2025, May was typically the busiest month and December the quietest.

Year by year

Calendar years, January to December.

  1. 2023

    23k

    Jan – Dec 2023

    First full year in this data
  2. 2024

    18k

    Jan – Dec 2024

    Down 18%vs 2023
  3. 2025

    20k

    Jan – Dec 2025

    Up 7%vs 2024
  4. 2026So far

    2.4k

    Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months

    Down 30%vs same months a year earlier

2025 had 19,754 visas (+7% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 30% behind the same months of 2025.

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, in the Bahamas
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
February 20261,0221,827Down 44%
January 20261,3801,593Down 13%
December 20251,6171,142Up 42%
November 20251,6511,285Up 28%
October 20251,9811,580Up 25%
September 20251,8631,497Up 24%
August 20259221,420Down 35%
July 20251,6311,949Down 16%
June 20259781,343Down 27%
May 20251,7841,999Down 11%
April 20251,8501,803About flat, 2.6%
March 20252,0571,206Up 71%
February 20251,8271,717Up 6.4%
January 20251,5931,525Up 4.5%
December 20241,1421,168About flat, 2.2%
November 20241,2851,434Down 10%
October 20241,5801,924Down 18%
September 20241,4971,982Down 24%
August 20241,4202,361Down 40%
July 20241,9492,187Down 11%
June 20241,3432,069Down 35%
May 20241,9992,737Down 27%
April 20241,8031,678Up 7.4%
March 20241,2062,507Down 52%

Source: US Department of State monthly reports of nonimmigrant visas issued at each US consulate. These count visas issued, not interview appointments available.

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