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Visas issued at Calgary by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 47%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
17k
85% of the total, last 12 months
17,248 visas in the last 12 months, 32,358 in the 12 months before - Down 37%
H-1B
Specialty occupation workers
615
3% of the total, last 12 months
615 visas in the last 12 months, 970 in the 12 months before - Up 22%
E-2
Treaty investors
558
2.8% of the total, last 12 months
558 visas in the last 12 months, 456 in the 12 months before - Up 22%
L-2
Spouses and children of L-1 transferees
343
1.7% of the total, last 12 months
343 visas in the last 12 months, 282 in the 12 months before - Down 3.9%
H-4
Spouses and children of H workers
324
1.6% of the total, last 12 months
324 visas in the last 12 months, 337 in the 12 months before - Down 6.1%
L-1
Intracompany transferees
294
1.5% of the total, last 12 months
294 visas in the last 12 months, 313 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- F-10.7% of total
Academic students
135Down 55%135 visas in the last 12 months, 298 in the 12 months before - J-10.6% of total
Exchange visitors
117Down 15%117 visas in the last 12 months, 137 in the 12 months before - E-10.6% of total
Treaty traders
116Up 164%116 visas in the last 12 months, 44 in the 12 months before - P-10.4% of total
Athletes and entertainment groups
76Up 245%76 visas in the last 12 months, 22 in the 12 months before - TD0.3% of total
Spouses and children of TN professionals
64Up 42%64 visas in the last 12 months, 45 in the 12 months before - C-1/D0.2% of total
Airline and ship crews
47Down 43%47 visas in the last 12 months, 82 in the 12 months before
B1/B2 visas made up 85% of the visas issued at Calgary in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 47% and H-1B fell 37% on the 12 months before.