Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2016: 10,381,491 visas · showing 50 of 83 classes
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| Visa Code | Description | Visas Issued | % of Total | Category | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 6,881,797 | 66.2891% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 1,060,390 | 10.2142% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 471,728 | 4.5439% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 339,712 | 3.2723% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 295,140 | 2.8429% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 180,057 | 1.7344% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 134,368 | 1.2943% | Worker | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 131,051 | 1.2624% | Dependent | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 101,778 | 0.9804% | — | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 85,872 | 0.8272% | Dependent | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 84,627 | 0.8152% | Worker | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 79,306 | 0.7639% | Worker | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 46,333 | 0.4463% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 44,243 | 0.4262% | Tricky | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 43,564 | 0.4196% | — | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 40,408 | 0.3892% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 40,105 | 0.3863% | Tricky | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 38,403 | 0.3699% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 30,486 | 0.2937% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 24,858 | 0.2394% | Worker | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 22,756 | 0.2192% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 15,918 | 0.1533% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 15,906 | 0.1532% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 14,768 | 0.1423% | Worker | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 14,536 | 0.1400% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 11,992 | 0.1155% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,754 | 0.1036% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 10,305 | 0.0993% | — | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 9,762 | 0.0940% | Dependent | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 9,580 | 0.0923% | Worker | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 9,073 | 0.0874% | — | |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional | 8,093 | 0.0780% | Worker | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 8,085 | 0.0779% | Worker | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 7,417 | 0.0714% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 6,322 | 0.0609% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5,727 | 0.0552% | — | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 5,609 | 0.0540% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 5,588 | 0.0538% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,168 | 0.0498% | — | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 4,836 | 0.0466% | Dependent | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 4,764 | 0.0459% | Worker | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 4,299 | 0.0414% | Dependent | |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,026 | 0.0195% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 2,025 | 0.0195% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,660 | 0.0160% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,435 | 0.0138% | Worker | |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement Professional | 1,294 | 0.0125% | Worker | |
| U3 | Child of U | 1,204 | 0.0116% | — | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,185 | 0.0114% | Dependent | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,049 | 0.0101% | — |