Official US State Department data
How many F-1 visas are issued at Santo Domingo, and its share of everything issued in the Dominican Republic.
Visas issued at Santo Domingo, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,5351,535
Down 18% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 57% below the same months a year earlier.
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Visas issued at Santo Domingo each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: July 2025: 362 visas
In 2023–2025, July was typically the busiest month and February the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
1.7k
Jan – Dec 2023
1.9k
Jan – Dec 2024
1.6k
Jan – Dec 2025
74
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 1,637 visas (−13% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 58% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 17 | 60 | Down 72% |
| January 2026 | 57 | 116 | Down 51% |
| December 2025 | 88 | 203 | Down 57% |
| November 2025 | 39 | 102 | Down 62% |
| October 2025 | 31 | 96 | Down 68% |
| September 2025 | 90 | 61 | Up 48% |
| August 2025 | 145 | 236 | Down 39% |
| July 2025 | 362 | 356 | About flat, 1.7% |
| June 2025 | 202 | 283 | Down 29% |
| May 2025 | 293 | 224 | Up 31% |
| April 2025 | 108 | 79 | Up 37% |
| March 2025 | 103 | 65 | Up 58% |
| February 2025 | 60 | 43 | Up 40% |
| January 2025 | 116 | 139 | Down 17% |
| December 2024 | 203 | 149 | Up 36% |
| November 2024 | 102 | 93 | Up 9.7% |
| October 2024 | 96 | 57 | Up 68% |
| September 2024 | 61 | 76 | Down 20% |
| August 2024 | 236 | 227 | Up 4% |
| July 2024 | 356 | 320 | Up 11% |
| June 2024 | 283 | 268 | Up 5.6% |
| May 2024 | 224 | 209 | Up 7.2% |
| April 2024 | 79 | 62 | Up 27% |
| March 2024 | 65 | 76 | Down 14% |
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 the Dominican Republic
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