While the new methodology is more accurate, it does not mean that our prior methodology was flawed. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics. Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. The new methodology follows visa applications, including updates to their status (i.e., issued or refused), which could change as the fiscal year progresses, or result in slight changes in data for earlier years. The new methodology more accurately reflects final outcomes from the visa application process during a specified reporting period. Our previous methodology was based on a count of workload actions, which were not linked by application. The Visa Office has changed its methodology for calculating visa data beginning with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 annual Report of the Visa Office and continuing with FY 2020 data, to reflect the greater access to application-level data attained during FY 2019. The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
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