Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2003: 4,881,634 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 | 2,207,303 | 45.2165% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 836,407 | 17.1338% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 271,358 | 5.5588% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 253,866 | 5.2004% | Tricky | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 215,695 | 4.4185% | — | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 210,648 | 4.3151% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 107,196 | 2.1959% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 78,955 | 1.6174% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 73,092 | 1.4973% | — | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 69,289 | 1.4194% | Dependent | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 60,892 | 1.2474% | Tricky | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 57,245 | 1.1727% | Worker | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 53,571 | 1.0974% | Dependent | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 34,664 | 0.7101% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 29,882 | 0.6121% | Worker | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 29,796 | 0.6104% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 25,643 | 0.5253% | Worker | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 25,304 | 0.5184% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 24,506 | 0.5020% | Tricky | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 19,885 | 0.4073% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 18,091 | 0.3706% | — | |
| V3 | Child of V1 or V | 16,302 | 0.3339% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 16,125 | 0.3303% | — | |
| V1 | Certain Spouse of Legal Permanent Resident | 13,983 | 0.2864% | — | |
| V2 | Certain Child of Legal Permanent Resident | 12,918 | 0.2646% | — | |
| K3 | Certain spouse of U.S. citizen | 12,403 | 0.2541% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 12,329 | 0.2526% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 9,152 | 0.1875% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 8,636 | 0.1769% | Worker | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 7,727 | 0.1583% | Worker | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 7,590 | 0.1555% | Worker | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 7,194 | 0.1474% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 6,160 | 0.1262% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 6,126 | 0.1255% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 5,364 | 0.1099% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,555 | 0.0933% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 4,157 | 0.0852% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 3,752 | 0.0769% | — | |
| K4 | Child of K | 3,174 | 0.0650% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 3,162 | 0.0648% | Dependent | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 2,472 | 0.0506% | Worker | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,579 | 0.0323% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 1,552 | 0.0318% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,417 | 0.0290% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,259 | 0.0258% | — | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 1,117 | 0.0229% | — | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 895 | 0.0183% | Dependent | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 796 | 0.0163% | Dependent | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 423 | 0.0087% | Worker | |
| Q2 | Irish Peace Process trainee | 389 | 0.0080% | — |