Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2006: 5,836,730 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 | 3,053,656 | 52.3179% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 660,482 | 11.3160% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 309,951 | 5.3104% | Tricky | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 305,645 | 5.2366% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 273,870 | 4.6922% | — | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 214,942 | 3.6826% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 135,421 | 2.3202% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 81,144 | 1.3902% | — | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 74,326 | 1.2734% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 72,613 | 1.2441% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 71,687 | 1.2282% | Worker | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 61,984 | 1.0620% | Dependent | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 56,432 | 0.9668% | Tricky | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 54,994 | 0.9422% | — | |
| H2R | Returning H2B worker | 50,854 | 0.8713% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 37,149 | 0.6365% | Worker | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 30,575 | 0.5238% | — | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 30,104 | 0.5158% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 29,453 | 0.5046% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 22,698 | 0.3889% | Worker | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 20,887 | 0.3579% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 20,748 | 0.3555% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 20,488 | 0.3510% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 15,514 | 0.2658% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 12,198 | 0.2090% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 11,946 | 0.2047% | — | |
| K3 | Certain spouse of U.S. citizen | 10,341 | 0.1772% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,159 | 0.1741% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 9,949 | 0.1705% | Worker | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 8,716 | 0.1493% | Worker | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 8,015 | 0.1373% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 7,227 | 0.1238% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 6,961 | 0.1193% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 5,911 | 0.1013% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5,013 | 0.0859% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,894 | 0.0838% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 3,726 | 0.0638% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 3,234 | 0.0554% | Dependent | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 2,972 | 0.0509% | Worker | |
| K4 | Child of K | 2,935 | 0.0503% | — | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 2,779 | 0.0476% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 2,369 | 0.0406% | Worker | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,918 | 0.0329% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 1,912 | 0.0328% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,541 | 0.0264% | Worker | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,053 | 0.0180% | Dependent | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,017 | 0.0174% | — | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,007 | 0.0173% | Dependent | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 940 | 0.0161% | — | |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement Professional | 440 | 0.0075% | Worker |