Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2018: 9,028,026 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 | 5,708,278 | 63.2284% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 962,888 | 10.6655% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 362,929 | 4.0200% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 342,639 | 3.7953% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 288,957 | 3.2007% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 196,409 | 2.1755% | Worker | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 179,660 | 1.9900% | Worker | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 130,814 | 1.4490% | Dependent | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 103,134 | 1.1424% | — | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 83,774 | 0.9279% | Worker | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 78,711 | 0.8719% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 74,388 | 0.8240% | Worker | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 69,579 | 0.7707% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 41,181 | 0.4561% | Tricky | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 39,580 | 0.4384% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 38,705 | 0.4287% | Tricky | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 32,428 | 0.3592% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 26,650 | 0.2952% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 24,675 | 0.2733% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 24,320 | 0.2694% | Worker | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 23,617 | 0.2616% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 17,950 | 0.1988% | Worker | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 16,904 | 0.1872% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 16,340 | 0.1810% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 11,874 | 0.1315% | — | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 10,239 | 0.1134% | Dependent | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 10,225 | 0.1133% | Worker | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 9,856 | 0.1092% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 9,563 | 0.1059% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 9,317 | 0.1032% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 8,432 | 0.0934% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 6,689 | 0.0741% | — | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 6,593 | 0.0730% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 6,542 | 0.0725% | Worker | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 6,085 | 0.0674% | — | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 5,394 | 0.0597% | Worker | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,328 | 0.0590% | — | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 4,923 | 0.0545% | Dependent | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 4,607 | 0.0510% | Worker | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 4,341 | 0.0481% | Dependent | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 3,981 | 0.0441% | — | |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional | 3,002 | 0.0333% | Worker | |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,941 | 0.0326% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,997 | 0.0221% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,700 | 0.0188% | Dependent | |
| U3 | Child of U | 1,521 | 0.0168% | — | |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement Professional | 1,498 | 0.0166% | Worker | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,386 | 0.0154% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,036 | 0.0115% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 830 | 0.0092% | — |