Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2019: 8,742,068 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 | 5,297,439 | 60.5971% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 1,042,961 | 11.9304% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 364,204 | 4.1661% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 353,279 | 4.0411% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 285,477 | 3.2656% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 204,801 | 2.3427% | Worker | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 188,123 | 2.1519% | Worker | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 125,999 | 1.4413% | Dependent | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 99,131 | 1.1340% | — | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 97,623 | 1.1167% | Worker | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 80,720 | 0.9234% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 76,988 | 0.8807% | Worker | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 63,891 | 0.7308% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 43,286 | 0.4951% | Tricky | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 38,282 | 0.4379% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 37,841 | 0.4329% | Tricky | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 35,881 | 0.4104% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 28,829 | 0.3298% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 25,601 | 0.2928% | Worker | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 24,635 | 0.2818% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 24,615 | 0.2816% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 21,193 | 0.2424% | Worker | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 17,751 | 0.2031% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 16,718 | 0.1912% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 11,312 | 0.1294% | — | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 11,040 | 0.1263% | Dependent | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,040 | 0.1148% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 9,848 | 0.1127% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 9,227 | 0.1055% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 9,112 | 0.1042% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 8,743 | 0.1000% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 8,133 | 0.0930% | — | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 7,084 | 0.0810% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 6,668 | 0.0763% | Worker | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 5,807 | 0.0664% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 5,337 | 0.0610% | Dependent | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,327 | 0.0609% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5,201 | 0.0595% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 5,179 | 0.0592% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 4,583 | 0.0524% | Worker | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 4,177 | 0.0478% | Dependent | |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional | 3,263 | 0.0373% | Worker | |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 3,167 | 0.0362% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 2,029 | 0.0232% | Worker | |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement Professional | 1,724 | 0.0197% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,705 | 0.0195% | Dependent | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,401 | 0.0160% | Dependent | |
| U3 | Child of U | 1,292 | 0.0148% | — | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,035 | 0.0118% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 857 | 0.0098% | — |