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: 7 visas; FY2013: 2 visas; FY2014: 5 visas; FY2015: 3 visas; FY2016: 2 visas; FY2017: 1 visas; FY2018: 1 visas; FY2019: 0 visas; FY2020: 0 visas; FY2021: 0 visas; FY2022: 5 visas; FY2023: 2 visas; FY2024: 1 visas; FY2026: 2 visas so far.
FY2024 had 1 visas (−50% on FY2023). That's 86% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2012).