Official US State Department data
How many F-1 visas are issued at Ankara, and its share of everything issued in Türkiye.
Visas issued at Ankara, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
1,0531,053
Down 42% on the previous 12 months.
Prev 12 moPrevious 12 months · 1.8k
Last 12 moLast 12 months · 1.1k
Every US consulate in Türkiye: last 12 months, against the 12 months before.
Ankara issued 46% of the F-1 visas issued in Türkiye in the last 12 months, down from 54% the year before. It ranks 2nd of 2.
Visas issued at Ankara each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: July 2024: 450 visas
In 2023–2025, July was typically the busiest month and February the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
1.5k
Jan – Dec 2023
1.8k
Jan – Dec 2024
1.1k
Jan – Dec 2025
45
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 1,132 visas (−38% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 64% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 14 | 14 | About flat, 0% |
| January 2026 | 31 | 110 | Down 72% |
| December 2025 | 57 | 80 | Down 29% |
| November 2025 | 51 | 52 | About flat, 1.9% |
| October 2025 | 42 | 94 | Down 55% |
| September 2025 | 56 | 77 | Down 27% |
| August 2025 | 168 | 203 | Down 17% |
| July 2025 | 298 | 450 | Down 34% |
| June 2025 | 111 | 251 | Down 56% |
| May 2025 | 127 | 242 | Down 48% |
| April 2025 | 66 | 135 | Down 51% |
| March 2025 | 32 | 108 | Down 70% |
| February 2025 | 14 | 73 | Down 81% |
| January 2025 | 110 | 64 | Up 72% |
| December 2024 | 80 | 107 | Down 25% |
| November 2024 | 52 | 117 | Down 56% |
| October 2024 | 94 | 63 | Up 49% |
| September 2024 | 77 | 82 | Down 6.1% |
| August 2024 | 203 | 255 | Down 20% |
| July 2024 | 450 | 328 | Up 37% |
| June 2024 | 251 | 237 | Up 5.9% |
| May 2024 | 242 | 133 | Up 82% |
| April 2024 | 135 | 54 | Up 150% |
| March 2024 | 108 | 55 | Up 96% |
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 Türkiye
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