F-1 student visas & legal immigration
Department of State visa issuances by class and country. State Department issuances differ from USCIS petition approvals.
Why visa data lags
Unlike border encounters (updated monthly) or Texas layoffs (live), the State Department publishes visa issuances only as delayed PDF tables. We show the latest official figures and label current-year numbers as projections — see data & freshness for all sources.
- State Dept Visa IssuancesCurated · delayedU.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs · updates monthly~10 months behindLatest: Monthly tables to Sep 2025 · FY2024 annual · through Sep 30, 2025Latest official published figuresDelayed reportingCurated / manual source
The State Department publishes monthly issuances as PDFs on a lag (no machine-readable feed). Current-year figures shown on the site are clearly-labelled projections until the official tables catch up — we never present them as reported totals.
Visa issuances by class and fiscal year
H-1B, F-1 students, J-1 exchange, employment-based and family-based immigrant visas
What this means for you
International students
- 372,000 F-1 student visas were issued in FY2025. Reported
- FY2026 is running ~31% below last year's pace (projected full-year ~256.9K). Projected
- The largest estimated source countries for F-1 students are India and China. Estimated
This is data context only — not legal or immigration advice. Figures are labelled reported, projected, or estimated; for individual situations consult a qualified professional.
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F-1 student visas by country
FY25 · estimated shares
H-1B approvals by country
FY24 · USCIS