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F1 Visa (US International student visa)

Immigration questions and answers about F-1 visas and F-1 status in the U.S. This is a HEAVILY moderated subreddit focused on immigration and F-1 status. This is not a student-life, university-life, general college advice, or job hunting subreddit. Please read the rules before posting or commenting.

96k subscribers941 posts / mo in Sep 2026723 authors / mosince 2014

r/f1visa has 96k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 941 posts a month from 723 people. Top topics: Trump Era Student Visa Policies, Visa & Residency and USCIS Interviews & Cases.

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Size and growth

How r/f1visa has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+26%in 12 months · +5.2% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202696k
Growing96k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−23%vs Sep 2025 · +0.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026941
QuieterPeaked at 2k in Apr 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/f1visa

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Trump Era Student Visa Policies1.8%
  2. Visa & Residency1.3%
  3. USCIS Interviews & Cases1.1%
  4. International Student Issues1.0%
  5. Job Hunting Struggles0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. USCIS
  2. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  3. United States Department of State
  4. ICE
  5. ChatGPT

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research