The long view
State Dept publishes its annual totals by US government fiscal year, which runs October to September.
Point at a year for its exact count.
– Years without complete data in this dataset. Striped: the current year so far.
FY2011: 7 visas; FY2012: 10 visas; FY2013: 5 visas; FY2014: 7 visas; FY2015: 11 visas; FY2016: 9 visas; FY2017: 21 visas; FY2018: 19 visas; FY2019: 10 visas; FY2020: 3 visas; FY2021: 14 visas; FY2022: 33 visas; FY2023: 31 visas; FY2024: 12 visas; FY2026: 1 visas so far.
FY2024 had 12 visas (−61% on FY2023). That's 43% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017).