Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY1997: 5,942,061 visas · showing 50 of 59 classes
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| Visa Code | Description | Visas Issued | % of Total | Category | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,070,539 | 51.6746% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1,020,402 | 17.1725% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 387,845 | 6.5271% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 266,483 | 4.4847% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 232,377 | 3.9107% | Tricky | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 179,598 | 3.0225% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 152,215 | 2.5617% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 80,547 | 1.3555% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 66,152 | 1.1133% | — | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 47,206 | 0.7944% | Dependent | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 43,476 | 0.7317% | Dependent | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 37,423 | 0.6298% | — | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 36,589 | 0.6158% | Worker | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 34,089 | 0.5737% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 22,099 | 0.3719% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 20,349 | 0.3425% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 20,261 | 0.3410% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 18,991 | 0.3196% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 16,011 | 0.2695% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 15,706 | 0.2643% | Worker | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 14,109 | 0.2374% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 12,088 | 0.2034% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 12,056 | 0.2029% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,869 | 0.1829% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 9,497 | 0.1598% | Worker | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 8,595 | 0.1446% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 8,564 | 0.1441% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 7,756 | 0.1305% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 7,075 | 0.1191% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 5,082 | 0.0855% | Worker | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,800 | 0.0808% | — | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 4,485 | 0.0755% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 3,345 | 0.0563% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 2,270 | 0.0382% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 1,848 | 0.0311% | Worker | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,747 | 0.0294% | Worker | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 1,546 | 0.0260% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 1,367 | 0.0230% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,291 | 0.0217% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,290 | 0.0217% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 748 | 0.0126% | Dependent | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 607 | 0.0102% | Dependent | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 340 | 0.0057% | Dependent | |
| NATO4 | Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 313 | 0.0053% | — | |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 284 | 0.0048% | — | |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign | 202 | 0.0034% | — | |
| P2 | Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program | 194 | 0.0033% | Worker | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 171 | 0.0029% | Worker | |
| NATO6 | the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents | 163 | 0.0027% | — | |
| NATO5 | Experts, other than NATO4 officials, employed in missions on | 135 | 0.0023% | — |