Official US State Department data
How many B1/B2 visas are issued at Valletta, and its share of everything issued in Malta.
Visas issued at Valletta, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
881881
Down 34% on the previous 12 months.
Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 1.3k
Last 12 moLast 12 months · 881
Visas issued at Valletta each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: April 2022: 276 visas
In 2023–2025, May was typically the busiest month and August the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
1.7k
Jan – Dec 2023
1.3k
Jan – Dec 2024
912
Jan – Dec 2025
95
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 912 visas (−30% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 25% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 32 | 72 | Down 56% |
| January 2026 | 63 | 54 | Up 17% |
| December 2025 | 57 | 86 | Down 34% |
| November 2025 | 51 | 135 | Down 62% |
| October 2025 | 60 | 147 | Down 59% |
| September 2025 | 120 | 129 | Down 7% |
| August 2025 | 21 | 93 | Down 77% |
| July 2025 | 78 | 89 | Down 12% |
| June 2025 | 69 | 111 | Down 38% |
| May 2025 | 116 | 167 | Down 31% |
| April 2025 | 119 | 134 | Down 11% |
| March 2025 | 95 | 110 | Down 14% |
| February 2025 | 72 | 49 | Up 47% |
| January 2025 | 54 | 61 | Down 11% |
| December 2024 | 86 | 86 | About flat, 0% |
| November 2024 | 135 | 181 | Down 25% |
| October 2024 | 147 | 161 | Down 8.7% |
| September 2024 | 129 | 205 | Down 37% |
| August 2024 | 93 | 92 | About flat, 1.1% |
| July 2024 | 89 | 198 | Down 55% |
| June 2024 | 111 | 14 | Up 693% |
| May 2024 | 167 | 212 | Down 21% |
| April 2024 | 134 | 116 | Up 16% |
| March 2024 | 110 | 123 | Down 11% |
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 Malta
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