Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2008: 6,603,076 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 | 3,490,013 | 52.8544% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 407,723 | 6.1747% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 404,589 | 6.1273% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 359,447 | 5.4436% | Tricky | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 345,894 | 5.2384% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 340,711 | 5.1599% | — | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 217,428 | 3.2928% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 129,464 | 1.9607% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 94,304 | 1.4282% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 86,181 | 1.3052% | — | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 84,078 | 1.2733% | Worker | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 71,683 | 1.0856% | Dependent | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 71,019 | 1.0755% | Dependent | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 64,404 | 0.9754% | Worker | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 47,899 | 0.7254% | Tricky | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 34,466 | 0.5220% | — | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 32,642 | 0.4943% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 30,288 | 0.4587% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 28,588 | 0.4329% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 27,240 | 0.4125% | Worker | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 24,706 | 0.3742% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 23,830 | 0.3609% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 23,193 | 0.3512% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 17,069 | 0.2585% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 14,715 | 0.2229% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 12,745 | 0.1930% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 10,475 | 0.1586% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 10,277 | 0.1556% | Worker | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,152 | 0.1537% | — | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 10,061 | 0.1524% | Worker | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 9,014 | 0.1365% | Worker | |
| K3 | Certain spouse of U.S. citizen | 7,854 | 0.1189% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 6,862 | 0.1039% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 6,381 | 0.0966% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,105 | 0.0773% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 5,054 | 0.0765% | Worker | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5,013 | 0.0759% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 4,761 | 0.0721% | Worker | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 3,715 | 0.0563% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 3,427 | 0.0519% | Worker | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,961 | 0.0448% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 2,941 | 0.0445% | Dependent | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 2,642 | 0.0400% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 2,443 | 0.0370% | Worker | |
| K4 | Child of K | 1,856 | 0.0281% | — | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,568 | 0.0237% | Dependent | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,140 | 0.0173% | Dependent | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,000 | 0.0151% | — | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 973 | 0.0147% | — | |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement Professional | 719 | 0.0109% | Worker |