Official US State Department data
How many H-1B visas are issued at Paris, and its share of everything issued in France.
Visas issued at Paris, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,0301,030
Up 3.1% on the previous 12 months. But the last 3 months ran 27% below the same months a year earlier.
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Visas issued at Paris each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: August 2025: 175 visas
In 2023–2025, December was typically the busiest month and March the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
920
Jan – Dec 2023
942
Jan – Dec 2024
1.1k
Jan – Dec 2025
102
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 was the highest year shown, with 1,102 visas (+17% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 41% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 32 | 39 | Down 18% |
| January 2026 | 70 | 135 | Down 48% |
| December 2025 | 128 | 142 | Down 9.9% |
| November 2025 | 36 | 39 | Down 7.7% |
| October 2025 | 87 | 115 | Down 24% |
| September 2025 | 96 | 92 | Up 4.3% |
| August 2025 | 175 | 100 | Up 75% |
| July 2025 | 131 | 90 | Up 46% |
| June 2025 | 118 | 87 | Up 36% |
| May 2025 | 66 | 78 | Down 15% |
| April 2025 | 52 | 44 | Up 18% |
| March 2025 | 39 | 38 | About flat, 2.6% |
| February 2025 | 39 | 53 | Down 26% |
| January 2025 | 135 | 64 | Up 111% |
| December 2024 | 142 | 140 | About flat, 1.4% |
| November 2024 | 39 | 60 | Down 35% |
| October 2024 | 115 | 81 | Up 42% |
| September 2024 | 92 | 98 | Down 6.1% |
| August 2024 | 100 | 64 | Up 56% |
| July 2024 | 90 | 64 | Up 41% |
| June 2024 | 87 | 79 | Up 10% |
| May 2024 | 78 | 72 | Up 8.3% |
| April 2024 | 44 | 42 | Up 4.8% |
| March 2024 | 38 | 46 | Down 17% |
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 France
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