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Lagos, Nigeria

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 Nigeria 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 353 against 456 for the three before them, a change of -22.6%.

Immigrant volume moved down — the last three months averaged 474 against 984 for the three before them, a change of -51.9%.

Nonimmigrant visas by visa class, February 2026

ClassIssued
B1/B258
K154
H1B16
H415
O110
L28
R18
O26
10 other classes34

Immigrant visas by visa class, February 2026

ClassIssued
IR11

Nonimmigrant visas by month

MonthIssued
February 2026209
January 2026259
December 2025592
November 2025335
October 2025518
September 2025516
August 2025641
July 20251,311
June 20252,055
May 20251,470
April 20251,280
March 20253,156

Immigrant visas by month

MonthIssued
February 20261
January 20264
December 20251,416
November 2025888
October 20251,167
September 2025898
August 20251,328
July 20251,345
June 2025694
May 2025781
April 2025646
March 2025732

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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