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: 10 visas; FY2012: 7 visas; FY2013: 20 visas; FY2014: 17 visas; FY2015: 20 visas; FY2016: 35 visas; FY2017: 22 visas; FY2018: 31 visas; FY2019: 21 visas; FY2020: 12 visas; FY2021: 20 visas; FY2022: 50 visas; FY2023: 61 visas; FY2024: 44 visas; FY2026: 10 visas so far.
FY2024 had 44 visas (−28% on FY2023). That's 26% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2016).