Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2000: 7,141,636 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 | 3,567,580 | 49.9547% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 1,510,133 | 21.1455% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 509,031 | 7.1277% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 284,053 | 3.9774% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 236,837 | 3.3163% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 165,556 | 2.3182% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 133,290 | 1.8664% | Worker | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 79,518 | 1.1134% | Dependent | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 75,919 | 1.0630% | Tricky | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 69,079 | 0.9673% | — | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 57,069 | 0.7991% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 54,963 | 0.7696% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 45,037 | 0.6306% | Worker | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 37,122 | 0.5198% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 30,201 | 0.4229% | Worker | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 26,981 | 0.3778% | Tricky | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 26,407 | 0.3698% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 24,981 | 0.3498% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 23,786 | 0.3331% | Worker | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 21,471 | 0.3006% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 21,195 | 0.2968% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 16,960 | 0.2375% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 13,928 | 0.1950% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 11,225 | 0.1572% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,698 | 0.1498% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 10,501 | 0.1470% | Worker | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 9,539 | 0.1336% | Worker | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 7,418 | 0.1039% | Worker | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 6,606 | 0.0925% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 6,466 | 0.0905% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 6,107 | 0.0855% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,166 | 0.0723% | — | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 5,031 | 0.0704% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 3,275 | 0.0459% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 2,489 | 0.0349% | Dependent | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 2,486 | 0.0348% | — | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 2,101 | 0.0294% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 2,024 | 0.0283% | Worker | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 1,894 | 0.0265% | Worker | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 1,737 | 0.0243% | — | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,514 | 0.0212% | Worker | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 1,128 | 0.0158% | Dependent | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 906 | 0.0127% | Worker | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 868 | 0.0122% | Dependent | |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 358 | 0.0050% | — | |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign | 258 | 0.0036% | — | |
| P2 | Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program | 238 | 0.0033% | Worker | |
| NATO6 | the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents | 209 | 0.0029% | — | |
| NATO4 | Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 97 | 0.0014% | — | |
| C2 | Person in transit to United Nations Headquarters | 37 | 0.0005% | — |