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: 27 visas; FY2012: 19 visas; FY2013: 26 visas; FY2014: 31 visas; FY2015: 48 visas; FY2016: 28 visas; FY2017: 26 visas; FY2018: 41 visas; FY2019: 44 visas; FY2020: 11 visas; FY2021: 37 visas; FY2022: 30 visas; FY2023: 29 visas; FY2024: 30 visas; FY2026: 5 visas so far.
FY2024 had 30 visas (+3.4% on FY2023). That's 38% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2015).