Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2021: 2,792,083 visas · showing 50 of 83 classes
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| Visa Code | Description | Visas Issued | % of Total | Category | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 814,957 | 29.1881% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 470,501 | 16.8513% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 357,839 | 12.8162% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 257,898 | 9.2368% | Worker | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 158,018 | 5.6595% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 129,662 | 4.6439% | Tricky | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 95,053 | 3.4044% | Worker | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 61,569 | 2.2051% | Worker | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 55,444 | 1.9858% | Dependent | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 47,027 | 1.6843% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCV | Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card (Lincoln Foil) | 42,388 | 1.5181% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 33,129 | 1.1865% | Tricky | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 30,354 | 1.0871% | Dependent | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 24,903 | 0.8919% | Worker | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 24,863 | 0.8905% | Worker | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 19,820 | 0.7099% | — | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 19,218 | 0.6883% | — | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 18,961 | 0.6791% | — | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 15,016 | 0.5378% | — | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 13,449 | 0.4817% | Tricky | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 11,920 | 0.4269% | Dependent | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 9,171 | 0.3285% | — | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 8,825 | 0.3161% | Worker | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 7,294 | 0.2612% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 6,977 | 0.2499% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 5,028 | 0.1801% | — | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 4,851 | 0.1737% | Worker | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 4,554 | 0.1631% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 4,550 | 0.1630% | — | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 3,790 | 0.1357% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 3,772 | 0.1351% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 2,870 | 0.1028% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 2,838 | 0.1016% | Dependent | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 2,699 | 0.0967% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 2,507 | 0.0898% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 2,497 | 0.0894% | — | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 2,492 | 0.0893% | — | |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 2,309 | 0.0827% | Worker | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 1,942 | 0.0696% | Worker | |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,623 | 0.0581% | Dependent | |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement Professional | 1,586 | 0.0568% | Worker | |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 1,092 | 0.0391% | Worker | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 972 | 0.0348% | Dependent | |
| U3 | Child of U | 894 | 0.0320% | — | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 835 | 0.0299% | Dependent | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 743 | 0.0266% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 696 | 0.0249% | — | |
| NATO6 | the provisions of NATO agreements, and their dependents | 496 | 0.0178% | — | |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional | 400 | 0.0143% | Worker | |
| H3 | Trainee | 382 | 0.0137% | Worker |