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Cotonou, Benin

Visa issuances recorded by the US Department of State at this post.

Latest data: February 2026. The State Department publishes these counts about 7 months in arrears; this is the most recent month it has released, not the current month.

Applicants charged to Benin read the Worldwide column of the visa bulletin — only China, India, Mexico and the Philippines have their own columns.

Nonimmigrant volume moved down — the last three months averaged 31 against 128 for the three before them, a change of -75.6%.

Immigrant volume moved down — the last three months averaged 83 against 122 for the three before them, a change of -32.1%.

Nonimmigrant visas by visa class, February 2026

ClassIssued
P311
B1/B24
A22
G42
K11

Immigrant visas by visa class, December 2025

ClassIssued
E322
IR112
DV9
IR27
IR55
E21
FX1

Nonimmigrant visas by month

MonthIssued
February 202620
January 20268
December 202566
November 202595
October 2025144
September 2025146
August 2025123
July 202576
June 2025144
May 2025138
April 2025189
March 2025163

Immigrant visas by month

MonthIssued
December 202557
November 202578
October 2025113
September 2025114
August 2025145
July 2025106
June 202586
May 202584
April 2025145
March 202545

What this does not tell you

There is no wait time here. These are visas issued, and issuance is limited by annual numerical caps and by staffing rather than by how many people are waiting. The number of people in the queue at this post is not published, so any wait calculated from these figures would be a guess dressed as a fact.

For appointment availability and local instructions, use the post's own site. For when a priority date becomes current, use the visa bulletin.

Source: monthly visa issuance statistics, US Department of State.

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