Official US State Department data
How many B1/B2 visas are issued at Ho Chi Minh City, and its share of everything issued in Vietnam.
Visas issued at Ho Chi Minh City, last 12 months
Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
80,36080,360
Down 9.1% on the previous 12 months. The last 3 months ran 34% below the same months a year earlier.
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Every US consulate in Vietnam: last 12 months, against the 12 months before.
Ho Chi Minh City issued 77% of the B1/B2 visas issued in Vietnam in the last 12 months, up from 76% the year before. That's more than any other consulate.
Visas issued at Ho Chi Minh City each month. Darker means more.
Typical: each month's share of a year's visas, averaged over 2023–2025.
Busiest: August 2025: 11,069 visas
In 2023–2025, March was typically the busiest month and November the quietest.
Calendar years, January to December.
79k
Jan – Dec 2023
86k
Jan – Dec 2024
85k
Jan – Dec 2025
9.5k
Jan–Feb · 2 of 12 months
2025 had 85,000 visas (−1.6% on 2024). 2026 so far (Jan–Feb) is running 33% behind the same months of 2025.
| Month | Visas issued | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 3,864 | 7,827 | Down 51% |
| January 2026 | 5,670 | 6,347 | Down 11% |
| December 2025 | 4,539 | 7,220 | Down 37% |
| November 2025 | 3,282 | 5,588 | Down 41% |
| October 2025 | 6,223 | 5,972 | Up 4.2% |
| September 2025 | 8,302 | 5,597 | Up 48% |
| August 2025 | 11,069 | 7,812 | Up 42% |
| July 2025 | 6,254 | 9,161 | Down 32% |
| June 2025 | 6,732 | 6,538 | About flat, 3% |
| May 2025 | 7,417 | 8,454 | Down 12% |
| April 2025 | 6,941 | 7,749 | Down 10% |
| March 2025 | 10,067 | 10,113 | About flat, 0.5% |
| February 2025 | 7,827 | 4,798 | Up 63% |
| January 2025 | 6,347 | 7,400 | Down 14% |
| December 2024 | 7,220 | 5,762 | Up 25% |
| November 2024 | 5,588 | 6,071 | Down 8% |
| October 2024 | 5,972 | 6,409 | Down 6.8% |
| September 2024 | 5,597 | 5,660 | About flat, 1.1% |
| August 2024 | 7,812 | 7,960 | About flat, 1.9% |
| July 2024 | 9,161 | 5,044 | Up 82% |
| June 2024 | 6,538 | 7,217 | Down 9.4% |
| May 2024 | 8,454 | 7,097 | Up 19% |
| April 2024 | 7,749 | 7,884 | About flat, 1.7% |
| March 2024 | 10,113 | 8,110 | Up 25% |
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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