U.S. Nonimmigrant Visa Totals

Trend by Visa Class

— Select a visa class — A1 – Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate f… A2 – Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family A3 – Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediat… B1 – Temporary visitor for business B1/B2 – Temporary visitor for business and pleasure B1/B2/BCC – Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card B1/B2/BCV – Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) B2 – Temporary visitor for pleasure BCC – Border Crossing Card C1 – Person in transit C1/D – Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) C2 – Person in transit to United Nations Headquarters C3 – Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant CW1 – Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional CW2 – Spouse or child of CW D – Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) E1 – Treaty trader, spouse and children E2 – Treaty investor, spouse and children E2C – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands investor E3 – Australian specialty occupation professional E3D – Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional E3R – Returning Australian specialty occupation professional F1 – Student (academic or language training program) F2 – Spouse or child of F-1 student F3 – Border commuter academic or language student G1 – Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member G2 – Other representative of recognized foreign member government G3 – Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign G4 – International organization officer or employee, and immediate family G5 – Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and imme… H1 – Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability H1A – Temporary worker performing services as a registered nurse H1B – Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing H1B1 – Free Trade Agreement Professional H1C – Shortage area nurse H2A – Temporary worker performing agricultural services H2B – Temporary worker performing other services H2R – Returning H2B worker H3 – Trainee H4 – Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H I – Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children J1 – Exchange visitor J2 – Spouse or child of exchange visitor K1 – Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen K2 – Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen K3 – Certain spouse of U.S. citizen K4 – Child of K L1 – Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized L2 – Spouse or child of intracompany transferee M1 – Vocational and other nonacademic student M2 – Spouse or child of vocational student M3 – Border commuter vocational or nonacademic student N8 – Parent of SK-3 or SN-3 special immigrant N9 – Child of N-8 or of SK-1, SK-2, SK-4, SN-1, SN-2, or SN-4 special immi… NATO1 – Principal permanent representative of member state to NATO NATO2 – Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any NATO3 – Official clerical staff accompanying a representative of member NATO4 – Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and imme… NATO5 – Experts, other than NATO4 officials, employed in missions on NATO6 – the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents NATO7 – Attendant, servant, or personal employee of NATO1 through O1 – Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education O2 – Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic O3 – Spouse or child of O-1 or O P1 – Internationally recognized athlete or member of an P2 – Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program P3 – Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program P4 – Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P Q1 – Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program Q2 – Irish Peace Process trainee Q3 – Spouse or child of Q R1 – Person in a religious occupation R2 – Spouse or child of R S5 – Informant possessing critical reliable information concerning S6 – Informant possessing critical reliable information concerning S7 – Spouse, married or unmarried son or daughter, or parent of S T1 – Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons T2 – Spouse of T T3 – Child of T T4 – Parent of T1 under 21 years of age T5 – Unmarried sibling under 18 years of age on date T1 applied T6 – Adult/minor child of derivative beneficiary of T TD – Spouse or child of TN TN – United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) U1 – Victim of criminal activity U2 – Spouse of U U3 – Child of U U4 – Parent of U1 under 21 years of age U5 – Unmarried sibling under age 18 of U1 under 21 years of age V1 – Certain Spouse of Legal Permanent Resident V2 – Certain Child of Legal Permanent Resident V3 – Child of V1 or V Show Trend

H2B — Temporary worker performing other services