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Visas issued at Prague by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 33%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
5.3k
54% of the total, last 12 months
5,262 visas in the last 12 months, 7,851 in the 12 months before - Down 7.4%
J-1
Exchange visitors
2.1k
22% of the total, last 12 months
2,106 visas in the last 12 months, 2,275 in the 12 months before - Down 3.8%
F-1
Academic students
553
5.7% of the total, last 12 months
553 visas in the last 12 months, 575 in the 12 months before - Up 6.2%
NATO-2
276
2.8% of the total, last 12 months
276 visas in the last 12 months, 260 in the 12 months before - Up 3486%
B-1
Business visitors
251
2.6% of the total, last 12 months
251 visas in the last 12 months, 7 in the 12 months before - Down 31%
L-1
Intracompany transferees
161
1.6% of the total, last 12 months
161 visas in the last 12 months, 232 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- P-11.5% of total
Athletes and entertainment groups
151Down 59%151 visas in the last 12 months, 366 in the 12 months before - A-21.4% of total
Foreign government officials
140Down 24%140 visas in the last 12 months, 185 in the 12 months before - C-1/D1.3% of total
Airline and ship crews
131Down 19%131 visas in the last 12 months, 162 in the 12 months before - L-21.3% of total
Spouses and children of L-1 transferees
128Down 38%128 visas in the last 12 months, 207 in the 12 months before - E-21.2% of total
Treaty investors
117Down 9.3%117 visas in the last 12 months, 129 in the 12 months before - H-1B0.7% of total
Specialty occupation workers
68Down 20%68 visas in the last 12 months, 85 in the 12 months before
B1/B2 visas made up 54% of the visas issued at Prague in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 33% and P-1 fell 59% on the 12 months before.