Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2009: 5,804,182 visas · showing 50 of 85 classes
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| Visa Code | Description | Visas Issued | % of Total | Category | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,924,368 | 50.3838% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 443,100 | 7.6342% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 372,758 | 6.4222% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 334,497 | 5.7630% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 331,208 | 5.7064% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 313,597 | 5.4029% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 205,893 | 3.5473% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 110,367 | 1.9015% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 91,326 | 1.5735% | — | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 64,696 | 1.1146% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 60,112 | 1.0357% | Worker | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 60,009 | 1.0339% | Dependent | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 59,579 | 1.0265% | Dependent | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 44,847 | 0.7727% | Worker | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 42,261 | 0.7281% | Tricky | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 31,944 | 0.5504% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 27,679 | 0.4769% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 27,589 | 0.4753% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 24,660 | 0.4249% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 24,033 | 0.4141% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 23,920 | 0.4121% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 23,634 | 0.4072% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 21,817 | 0.3759% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 15,219 | 0.2622% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 12,509 | 0.2155% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 10,780 | 0.1857% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,313 | 0.1777% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 9,368 | 0.1614% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 9,257 | 0.1595% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 8,847 | 0.1524% | Worker | |
| K3 | Certain spouse of U.S. citizen | 7,210 | 0.1242% | — | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 6,741 | 0.1161% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 6,432 | 0.1108% | Worker | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,467 | 0.0942% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 4,702 | 0.0810% | Worker | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 4,188 | 0.0722% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 4,124 | 0.0711% | Worker | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 3,203 | 0.0552% | Dependent | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 2,771 | 0.0477% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 2,396 | 0.0413% | Dependent | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,191 | 0.0377% | Worker | |
| H3 | Trainee | 2,084 | 0.0359% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,626 | 0.0280% | Worker | |
| K4 | Child of K | 1,568 | 0.0270% | — | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,421 | 0.0245% | Dependent | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,186 | 0.0204% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,160 | 0.0200% | Dependent | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,124 | 0.0194% | Dependent | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 911 | 0.0157% | — | |
| F3 | Border commuter academic or language student | 773 | 0.0133% | — |