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Official US State Department data

B1/B2 visa statistics for Peru

How many B1/B2 visas nationals of Peru are issued, and what each US consulate in Peru issues, month by month.

Data through February 2026

B1/B2 visas issued to nationals of Peru

Every B1/B2 visa issued to a national of Peru, at any US consulate in the world.

Visas issued to nationals of Peru, last 12 months

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026

126,815126,815

About flat, 2%vs 129,415 in the 12 months before

About the same as the previous 12 months (−2%). But the last 3 months ran 16% below the same months a year earlier.

Monthly average
11k
Busiest month
14k
Mar 2025
Latest month
9.6k
Feb 2026Down 19%

Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 129k

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 127k

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Mar '24Apr '24May '24Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '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.

050k100k150k200k
Pre-COVID peak98k
80k
82k
80k
93k
46k
47k
57k
91k
Highest133k
129k
47k
'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

Striped: the current year so far.

FY2015: 97,936 visas; FY2016: 79,927 visas; FY2017: 82,485 visas; FY2018: 79,714 visas; FY2019: 92,545 visas; FY2020: 46,099 visas; FY2021: 46,940 visas; FY2022: 57,246 visas; FY2023: 90,808 visas; FY2024: 132,526 visas; FY2025: 129,371 visas; FY2026: 46,649 visas so far.

FY2025 had 129,371 visas (−2.4% on FY2024). That's 32% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2015). FY2026 so far (Oct–Feb) is running 5.2% behind the same months of FY2025.

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, to nationals of Peru
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
February 20269,60511,852Down 19%
January 202610,88112,167Down 11%
December 20258,41010,467Down 20%
November 20258,7296,625Up 32%
October 20259,0248,094Up 11%
September 202510,65811,957Down 11%
August 202512,31211,106Up 11%
July 20258,95711,265Down 20%
June 202510,7397,787Up 38%
May 202510,77513,375Down 19%
April 202512,49415,707Down 20%
March 202514,2319,013Up 58%
February 202511,852–
January 202512,167–
December 202410,467–
November 20246,625–
October 20248,094–
September 202411,957–
August 202411,106–
July 202411,265–
June 20247,787–
May 202413,375–
April 202415,707–
March 20249,013–

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

B1/B2 visas issued in Peru

How many B1/B2 visas the US consulates in Peru issue each month, whether that's rising or falling, and where it's moving.

Visas issued in Peru, last 12 months

Mar 2025 – Feb 2026

123,523123,523

About flat, 2%vs 126,062 in the 12 months before

About the same as the previous 12 months (−2%). But the last 3 months ran 16% below the same months a year earlier.

Monthly average
10k
Busiest month
14k
Mar 2025
Latest month
9.3k
Feb 2026Down 19%

Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 126k

Last 12 moLast 12 months · 124k

05k10k15k20k
Mar '24Apr '24May '24Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26

When visas are issued

Visas issued in Peru each month. Darker means more.

JJanFFebMMarAAprMMayJJunJJulAAugSSepOOctNNovDDec
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Typical
9.9%
6.5%

Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.

Busiest: April 2024: 15,453 visas

FewerMoreNo data

In 2023–2025, August was typically the busiest month and November the quietest.

Year by year

Calendar years, January to December.

  1. 2023

    106k

    Jan – Dec 2023

    First full year in this data
  2. 2024

    126k

    Jan – Dec 2024

    Up 18%vs 2023
  3. 2025

    127k

    Jan – Dec 2025

    About flat, 1%vs 2024
  4. 2026So far

    20k

    Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months

    Down 14%vs same months a year earlier

2025 was the highest year shown, with 126,903 visas (+1% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 14% behind the same months of 2025.

Show the monthly numbers
Visas issued per month, in Peru
MonthVisas issuedA year earlierChange
February 20269,30211,522Down 19%
January 202610,66311,823Down 9.8%
December 20258,17910,349Down 21%
November 20258,4916,356Up 34%
October 20258,5497,687Up 11%
September 202510,31511,726Down 12%
August 202512,02110,820Up 11%
July 20258,70311,050Down 21%
June 202510,5317,486Up 41%
May 202510,60413,165Down 19%
April 202512,25315,453Down 21%
March 202513,9128,625Up 61%
February 202511,52211,340About flat, 1.6%
January 202511,82311,599About flat, 1.9%
December 202410,34910,958Down 5.6%
November 20246,3568,162Down 22%
October 20247,6878,779Down 12%
September 202411,72611,107Up 5.6%
August 202410,82012,489Down 13%
July 202411,0508,392Up 32%
June 20247,4868,484Down 12%
May 202413,1659,044Up 46%
April 202415,4536,937Up 123%
March 20248,6259,236Down 6.6%

Source: US Department of State monthly reports of nonimmigrant visas issued at each US consulate. These count visas issued, not interview appointments available.

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