Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY1999: 6,192,478 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 | 3,447,822 | 55.6776% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 676,386 | 10.9227% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 642,676 | 10.3783% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 262,542 | 4.2397% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 211,349 | 3.4130% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 161,723 | 2.6116% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 116,513 | 1.8815% | Worker | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 93,019 | 1.5021% | Tricky | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 69,194 | 1.1174% | Dependent | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 66,335 | 1.0712% | — | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 46,289 | 0.7475% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 41,739 | 0.6740% | Worker | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 34,394 | 0.5554% | — | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 30,642 | 0.4948% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 28,568 | 0.4613% | Worker | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 26,494 | 0.4278% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 22,975 | 0.3710% | Tricky | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 22,893 | 0.3697% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 22,306 | 0.3602% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 19,175 | 0.3096% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 17,142 | 0.2768% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 17,025 | 0.2749% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 12,694 | 0.2050% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,757 | 0.1737% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 9,973 | 0.1611% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 8,466 | 0.1367% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 8,068 | 0.1303% | Worker | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 7,805 | 0.1260% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 6,497 | 0.1049% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 6,240 | 0.1008% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,090 | 0.0822% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 5,009 | 0.0809% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 4,865 | 0.0786% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 2,431 | 0.0393% | — | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 2,279 | 0.0368% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 2,185 | 0.0353% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 2,003 | 0.0323% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,892 | 0.0306% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,836 | 0.0296% | Worker | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 1,737 | 0.0281% | — | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 1,480 | 0.0239% | Dependent | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 742 | 0.0120% | Dependent | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 704 | 0.0114% | Dependent | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 484 | 0.0078% | Worker | |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 337 | 0.0054% | — | |
| NATO6 | the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents | 256 | 0.0041% | — | |
| NATO4 | Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 211 | 0.0034% | — | |
| P2 | Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program | 198 | 0.0032% | Worker | |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign | 165 | 0.0027% | — | |
| NATO5 | Experts, other than NATO4 officials, employed in missions on | 28 | 0.0005% | — |