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: 3 visas; FY2012: 2 visas; FY2013: 8 visas; FY2014: 8 visas; FY2015: 6 visas; FY2016: 5 visas; FY2017: 7 visas; FY2018: 7 visas; FY2019: 11 visas; FY2020: 0 visas; FY2021: 10 visas; FY2022: 5 visas; FY2023: 4 visas; FY2024: 6 visas; FY2026: 2 visas so far.
FY2024 had 6 visas (+50% on FY2023). That's 45% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019).