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Official US State Department data

F-1 visa statistics for Lesotho

How many F-1 visas nationals of Lesotho are issued, and what each US consulate in Lesotho issues, month by month.

Data through January 2026

F-1 visas issued to nationals of Lesotho

Every F-1 visa issued to a national of Lesotho, at any US consulate in the world.

Visas issued to nationals of Lesotho, last 12 months

Feb 2025 – Jan 2026

1212

Monthly average
1
Busiest month
3
Jul 2025
Latest month
2
Jan 2026About flat, 0%

Earlier

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 12

01234
Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '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.

010203040
10
20
10
22
17
12
11
19
Pre-COVID peak25
4
14
18
17
23
–
3
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

– Years without complete data in this dataset. Striped: the current year so far.

FY2011: 10 visas; FY2012: 20 visas; FY2013: 10 visas; FY2014: 22 visas; FY2015: 17 visas; FY2016: 12 visas; FY2017: 11 visas; FY2018: 19 visas; FY2019: 25 visas; FY2020: 4 visas; FY2021: 14 visas; FY2022: 18 visas; FY2023: 17 visas; FY2024: 23 visas; FY2026: 3 visas so far.

FY2024 had 23 visas (+35% on FY2023). That's 8% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019).

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, to nationals of Lesotho
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
January 202622About flat, 0%
December 20251–
November 20250–
October 20250–
September 20251–
August 20250–
July 20253–
June 20251–
May 20252–
April 20251–
March 20251–
February 20250–
January 20252–

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 Lesotho who interview at a US consulate in another country are counted here, so these totals run higher than the consulate figures for Lesotho.

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