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Visas issued at Brussels by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 28%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
7.3k
48% of the total, last 12 months
7,274 visas in the last 12 months, 10,081 in the 12 months before - Up 28%
J-1
Exchange visitors
1.5k
9.8% of the total, last 12 months
1,498 visas in the last 12 months, 1,170 in the 12 months before - Up 26%
F-1
Academic students
1.1k
7.3% of the total, last 12 months
1,120 visas in the last 12 months, 887 in the 12 months before - Up 5.2%
NATO-2
1.1k
7.1% of the total, last 12 months
1,083 visas in the last 12 months, 1,029 in the 12 months before - Up 9.4%
C-1/D
Airline and ship crews
672
4.4% of the total, last 12 months
672 visas in the last 12 months, 614 in the 12 months before - Down 12%
A-2
Foreign government officials
610
4% of the total, last 12 months
610 visas in the last 12 months, 697 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- L-13% of total
Intracompany transferees
463Up 4%463 visas in the last 12 months, 445 in the 12 months before - L-22.1% of total
Spouses and children of L-1 transferees
327Down 20%327 visas in the last 12 months, 409 in the 12 months before - I1.5% of total
Journalists and foreign media
229About flat, 2.7%229 visas in the last 12 months, 223 in the 12 months before - E-21.4% of total
Treaty investors
221Down 6.4%221 visas in the last 12 months, 236 in the 12 months before - O-21.3% of total
Support staff for O-1 artists and athletes
205Up 130%205 visas in the last 12 months, 89 in the 12 months before - G-31.3% of total193Down 14%193 visas in the last 12 months, 224 in the 12 months before
B1/B2 visas made up 48% of the visas issued at Brussels in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 28% and J-1 rose 28% on the 12 months before.