Official US State Department data
How many B1/B2 visas are issued at Lagos, and its share of everything issued in Nigeria.
Visas issued at Lagos, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
8,9058,905
Down 69% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 95% below the same months a year earlier.
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Every US consulate in Nigeria: last 12 months, against the 12 months before.
Lagos issued 46% of the B1/B2 visas issued in Nigeria in the last 12 months, down from 52% the year before. It ranks 2nd of 2.
Visas issued at Lagos each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: April 2022: 11,072 visas
In 2023–2025, March was typically the busiest month and November the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
50k
Jan – Dec 2023
27k
Jan – Dec 2024
13k
Jan – Dec 2025
132
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 13,403 visas (−51% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 97% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 58 | 2,741 | Down 98% |
| January 2026 | 74 | 1,889 | Down 96% |
| December 2025 | 223 | 2,244 | Down 90% |
| November 2025 | 152 | 2,020 | Down 92% |
| October 2025 | 284 | 1,885 | Down 85% |
| September 2025 | 365 | 3,277 | Down 89% |
| August 2025 | 293 | 2,802 | Down 90% |
| July 2025 | 1,078 | 3,248 | Down 67% |
| June 2025 | 1,652 | 1,572 | Up 5.1% |
| May 2025 | 920 | 1,987 | Down 54% |
| April 2025 | 1,063 | 1,757 | Down 39% |
| March 2025 | 2,743 | 2,919 | Down 6% |
| February 2025 | 2,741 | 2,128 | Up 29% |
| January 2025 | 1,889 | 1,594 | Up 19% |
| December 2024 | 2,244 | 1,771 | Up 27% |
| November 2024 | 2,020 | 2,100 | Down 3.8% |
| October 2024 | 1,885 | 2,432 | Down 22% |
| September 2024 | 3,277 | 2,800 | Up 17% |
| August 2024 | 2,802 | 4,227 | Down 34% |
| July 2024 | 3,248 | 3,707 | Down 12% |
| June 2024 | 1,572 | 4,210 | Down 63% |
| May 2024 | 1,987 | 6,192 | Down 68% |
| April 2024 | 1,757 | 4,236 | Down 59% |
| March 2024 | 2,919 | 5,961 | Down 51% |
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 Nigeria
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