Official US State Department data
How many B1/B2 visas are issued at Islamabad, and its share of everything issued in Pakistan.
Visas issued at Islamabad, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
18,30818,308
Down 17% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 69% below the same months a year earlier.
Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 22k
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Every US consulate in Pakistan: last 12 months, against the 12 months before.
Islamabad issued 56% of the B1/B2 visas issued in Pakistan in the last 12 months, up from 33% the year before. That's more than any other consulate.
Visas issued at Islamabad each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: January 2025: 3,868 visas
In 2023–2025, January was typically the busiest month and July the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
35k
Jan – Dec 2023
20k
Jan – Dec 2024
23k
Jan – Dec 2025
1.9k
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 22,520 visas (+11% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 69% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 768 | 2,235 | Down 66% |
| January 2026 | 1,123 | 3,868 | Down 71% |
| December 2025 | 1,099 | 3,499 | Down 69% |
| November 2025 | 1,166 | 2,072 | Down 44% |
| October 2025 | 1,769 | 1,912 | Down 7.5% |
| September 2025 | 1,917 | 1,566 | Up 22% |
| August 2025 | 2,067 | 1,388 | Up 49% |
| July 2025 | 1,572 | 853 | Up 84% |
| June 2025 | 1,612 | 1,087 | Up 48% |
| May 2025 | 1,655 | 1,085 | Up 53% |
| April 2025 | 1,736 | 1,111 | Up 56% |
| March 2025 | 1,824 | 1,448 | Up 26% |
| February 2025 | 2,235 | 2,155 | Up 3.7% |
| January 2025 | 3,868 | 2,190 | Up 77% |
| December 2024 | 3,499 | 2,258 | Up 55% |
| November 2024 | 2,072 | 2,823 | Down 27% |
| October 2024 | 1,912 | 2,880 | Down 34% |
| September 2024 | 1,566 | 2,749 | Down 43% |
| August 2024 | 1,388 | 2,212 | Down 37% |
| July 2024 | 853 | 1,993 | Down 57% |
| June 2024 | 1,087 | 3,556 | Down 69% |
| May 2024 | 1,085 | 3,575 | Down 70% |
| April 2024 | 1,111 | 2,977 | Down 63% |
| March 2024 | 1,448 | 3,077 | Down 53% |
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 Pakistan
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