Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY1998: 5,814,153 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 | 3,226,799 | 55.4990% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 854,738 | 14.7010% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 289,883 | 4.9858% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 251,565 | 4.3268% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 192,837 | 3.3167% | Tricky | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 192,451 | 3.3100% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 172,955 | 2.9747% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 91,360 | 1.5713% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 66,998 | 1.1523% | — | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 54,595 | 0.9390% | Dependent | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 44,176 | 0.7598% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 38,307 | 0.6589% | Worker | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 33,177 | 0.5706% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 31,457 | 0.5410% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 22,676 | 0.3900% | Worker | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 21,845 | 0.3757% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 20,775 | 0.3573% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 20,598 | 0.3543% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 20,192 | 0.3473% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 20,174 | 0.3470% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 15,245 | 0.2622% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 12,968 | 0.2230% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 11,627 | 0.2000% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,437 | 0.1795% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 9,457 | 0.1627% | Worker | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 9,291 | 0.1598% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 8,847 | 0.1522% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 8,388 | 0.1443% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 6,515 | 0.1121% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 5,450 | 0.0937% | Worker | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,957 | 0.0853% | — | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 4,339 | 0.0746% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 4,257 | 0.0732% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 2,148 | 0.0369% | — | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,830 | 0.0315% | Worker | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 1,778 | 0.0306% | Worker | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 1,614 | 0.0278% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 1,499 | 0.0258% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,395 | 0.0240% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,312 | 0.0226% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 1,056 | 0.0182% | Dependent | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 628 | 0.0108% | Dependent | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 530 | 0.0091% | Dependent | |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 457 | 0.0079% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 295 | 0.0051% | Worker | |
| P2 | Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program | 175 | 0.0030% | Worker | |
| NATO6 | the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents | 150 | 0.0026% | — | |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign | 150 | 0.0026% | — | |
| NATO4 | Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 80 | 0.0014% | — | |
| C2 | Person in transit to United Nations Headquarters | 34 | 0.0006% | — |