Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY1996: 6,237,870 visas · showing 50 of 55 classes
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| Visa Code | Description | Visas Issued | % of Total | Category | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,369,635 | 54.0190% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1,012,511 | 16.2317% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 361,379 | 5.7933% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 241,003 | 3.8635% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 204,374 | 3.2763% | Tricky | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 178,403 | 2.8600% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 171,164 | 2.7439% | Tricky | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 168,192 | 2.6963% | — | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 65,998 | 1.0580% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 58,327 | 0.9350% | Worker | |
| BCC | Border Crossing Card | 43,929 | 0.7042% | — | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 37,617 | 0.6030% | Dependent | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 36,187 | 0.5801% | Dependent | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 33,068 | 0.5301% | — | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 32,098 | 0.5146% | Worker | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 21,494 | 0.3446% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 21,194 | 0.3398% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 19,438 | 0.3116% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 17,457 | 0.2799% | Worker | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 13,662 | 0.2190% | — | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 12,200 | 0.1956% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 11,004 | 0.1764% | Worker | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 10,502 | 0.1684% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 10,471 | 0.1679% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 10,457 | 0.1676% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 9,940 | 0.1593% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 8,087 | 0.1296% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 6,429 | 0.1031% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 6,285 | 0.1008% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 4,980 | 0.0798% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,382 | 0.0702% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 4,285 | 0.0687% | Worker | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 2,765 | 0.0443% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 2,140 | 0.0343% | — | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,877 | 0.0301% | Worker | |
| H1A | Temporary worker performing services as a registered nurse | 1,745 | 0.0280% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,661 | 0.0266% | Worker | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 1,594 | 0.0256% | Worker | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 1,509 | 0.0242% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,226 | 0.0197% | Dependent | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 1,095 | 0.0176% | — | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 568 | 0.0091% | Dependent | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 515 | 0.0083% | Dependent | |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 324 | 0.0052% | — | |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign | 248 | 0.0040% | — | |
| NATO5 | Experts, other than NATO4 officials, employed in missions on | 218 | 0.0035% | — | |
| NATO6 | the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents | 164 | 0.0026% | — | |
| P2 | Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program | 143 | 0.0023% | Worker | |
| NATO4 | Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 108 | 0.0017% | — | |
| C2 | Person in transit to United Nations Headquarters | 66 | 0.0011% | — |