Official US State Department data
How many B1/B2 visas are issued at Dakar, and its share of everything issued in Senegal.
Visas issued at Dakar, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,9531,953
Down 58% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 92% below the same months a year earlier.
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Visas issued at Dakar each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: September 2024: 522 visas
In 2023–2025, February was typically the busiest month and December the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
4.6k
Jan – Dec 2023
4.5k
Jan – Dec 2024
2.8k
Jan – Dec 2025
24
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 2,818 visas (−38% 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 | 11 | 491 | Down 98% |
| January 2026 | 13 | 398 | Down 97% |
| December 2025 | 71 | 358 | Down 80% |
| November 2025 | 30 | 302 | Down 90% |
| October 2025 | 61 | 438 | Down 86% |
| September 2025 | 77 | 522 | Down 85% |
| August 2025 | 125 | 363 | Down 66% |
| July 2025 | 331 | 423 | Down 22% |
| June 2025 | 199 | 399 | Down 50% |
| May 2025 | 301 | 316 | Down 4.7% |
| April 2025 | 291 | 292 | About flat, 0.3% |
| March 2025 | 443 | 358 | Up 24% |
| February 2025 | 491 | 400 | Up 23% |
| January 2025 | 398 | 355 | Up 12% |
| December 2024 | 358 | 304 | Up 18% |
| November 2024 | 302 | 430 | Down 30% |
| October 2024 | 438 | 485 | Down 9.7% |
| September 2024 | 522 | 218 | Up 139% |
| August 2024 | 363 | 441 | Down 18% |
| July 2024 | 423 | 309 | Up 37% |
| June 2024 | 399 | 288 | Up 39% |
| May 2024 | 316 | 411 | Down 23% |
| April 2024 | 292 | 371 | Down 21% |
| March 2024 | 358 | 489 | Down 27% |
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 Senegal
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