Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2011: 7,507,939 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 | 4,349,087 | 57.9265% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 684,198 | 9.1130% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 458,902 | 6.1122% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 447,410 | 5.9592% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 324,294 | 4.3193% | Tricky | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 239,181 | 3.1857% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 129,134 | 1.7200% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 96,984 | 1.2918% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 84,352 | 1.1235% | — | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 76,949 | 1.0249% | Dependent | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 74,205 | 0.9884% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 70,728 | 0.9420% | Worker | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 55,384 | 0.7377% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 50,826 | 0.6770% | Worker | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 37,770 | 0.5031% | Tricky | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 35,090 | 0.4674% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 28,245 | 0.3762% | Tricky | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 27,703 | 0.3690% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 26,184 | 0.3488% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 24,687 | 0.3288% | Worker | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 24,585 | 0.3275% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 14,239 | 0.1897% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 14,177 | 0.1888% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 13,757 | 0.1832% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 13,423 | 0.1788% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 10,448 | 0.1392% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 10,411 | 0.1387% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 10,049 | 0.1338% | — | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 8,828 | 0.1176% | Worker | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 7,417 | 0.0988% | Worker | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 6,807 | 0.0907% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 6,499 | 0.0866% | — | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 4,971 | 0.0662% | Worker | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,903 | 0.0653% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 4,863 | 0.0648% | Worker | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 3,717 | 0.0495% | Worker | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 3,575 | 0.0476% | — | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 3,548 | 0.0473% | Dependent | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,546 | 0.0339% | Worker | |
| H3 | Trainee | 2,108 | 0.0281% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 2,052 | 0.0273% | Dependent | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,663 | 0.0221% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,492 | 0.0199% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 1,212 | 0.0161% | Dependent | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,087 | 0.0145% | — | |
| U3 | Child of U | 1,071 | 0.0143% | — | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 987 | 0.0131% | Dependent | |
| F3 | Border commuter academic or language student | 959 | 0.0128% | — | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 835 | 0.0111% | — | |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 733 | 0.0098% | Worker |