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: 25 visas; FY2012: 23 visas; FY2013: 28 visas; FY2014: 17 visas; FY2015: 9 visas; FY2016: 20 visas; FY2017: 15 visas; FY2018: 13 visas; FY2019: 12 visas; FY2020: 12 visas; FY2021: 7 visas; FY2022: 3 visas; FY2023: 23 visas; FY2024: 22 visas; FY2026: 6 visas so far.
FY2024 had 22 visas (−4.3% on FY2023). That's 21% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2013).