Official US State Department data
How many F-1 visas are issued at Nairobi, and its share of everything issued in Kenya.
Visas issued at Nairobi, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,2881,288
Down 19% on the previous 12 months.
Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 1.6k
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Visas issued at Nairobi each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: July 2023: 614 visas
In 2023–2025, July was typically the busiest month and February the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
1.7k
Jan – Dec 2023
1.6k
Jan – Dec 2024
1.3k
Jan – Dec 2025
87
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 1,333 visas (−16% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 34% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 26 | 36 | Down 28% |
| January 2026 | 61 | 96 | Down 36% |
| December 2025 | 119 | 146 | Down 18% |
| November 2025 | 95 | 101 | Down 5.9% |
| October 2025 | 48 | 51 | Down 5.9% |
| September 2025 | 95 | 51 | Up 86% |
| August 2025 | 263 | 244 | Up 7.8% |
| July 2025 | 123 | 185 | Down 34% |
| June 2025 | 93 | 243 | Down 62% |
| May 2025 | 200 | 280 | Down 29% |
| April 2025 | 107 | 99 | Up 8.1% |
| March 2025 | 58 | 52 | Up 12% |
| February 2025 | 36 | 13 | Up 177% |
| January 2025 | 96 | 125 | Down 23% |
| December 2024 | 146 | 235 | Down 38% |
| November 2024 | 101 | 44 | Up 130% |
| October 2024 | 51 | 50 | About flat, 2% |
| September 2024 | 51 | 47 | Up 8.5% |
| August 2024 | 244 | 322 | Down 24% |
| July 2024 | 185 | 614 | Down 70% |
| June 2024 | 243 | 153 | Up 59% |
| May 2024 | 280 | 60 | Up 367% |
| April 2024 | 99 | 29 | Up 241% |
| March 2024 | 52 | 40 | Up 30% |
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 Kenya
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