Official US State Department data
How many B1/B2 visas are issued at Hanoi, and its share of everything issued in Vietnam.
Visas issued at Hanoi, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
24,18224,182
Down 16% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 27% below the same months a year earlier.
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Every US consulate in Vietnam: last 12 months, against the 12 months before.
Hanoi issued 23% of the B1/B2 visas issued in Vietnam in the last 12 months, down from 24% the year before. It ranks 2nd of 2.
Visas issued at Hanoi each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: April 2024: 3,228 visas
In 2023–2025, March was typically the busiest month and November the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
24k
Jan – Dec 2023
28k
Jan – Dec 2024
25k
Jan – Dec 2025
3.1k
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 25,194 visas (−9.5% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 24% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 1,216 | 2,271 | Down 46% |
| January 2026 | 1,904 | 1,861 | About flat, 2.3% |
| December 2025 | 1,145 | 1,746 | Down 34% |
| November 2025 | 1,058 | 1,588 | Down 33% |
| October 2025 | 1,737 | 1,960 | Down 11% |
| September 2025 | 2,381 | 2,057 | Up 16% |
| August 2025 | 2,482 | 2,490 | About flat, 0.3% |
| July 2025 | 1,911 | 2,645 | Down 28% |
| June 2025 | 2,113 | 2,765 | Down 24% |
| May 2025 | 2,394 | 2,977 | Down 20% |
| April 2025 | 3,084 | 3,228 | Down 4.5% |
| March 2025 | 2,757 | 3,040 | Down 9.3% |
| February 2025 | 2,271 | 1,598 | Up 42% |
| January 2025 | 1,861 | 1,742 | Up 6.8% |
| December 2024 | 1,746 | 1,510 | Up 16% |
| November 2024 | 1,588 | 1,640 | Down 3.2% |
| October 2024 | 1,960 | 2,094 | Down 6.4% |
| September 2024 | 2,057 | 1,613 | Up 28% |
| August 2024 | 2,490 | 1,973 | Up 26% |
| July 2024 | 2,645 | 1,992 | Up 33% |
| June 2024 | 2,765 | 2,302 | Up 20% |
| May 2024 | 2,977 | 2,627 | Up 13% |
| April 2024 | 3,228 | 2,102 | Up 54% |
| March 2024 | 3,040 | 2,973 | About flat, 2.3% |
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 Vietnam
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