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Visas issued at Toronto by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 19%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
78k
83% of the total, last 12 months
77,830 visas in the last 12 months, 95,666 in the 12 months before - About flat, 0.9%
E-2
Treaty investors
6.4k
6.8% of the total, last 12 months
6,386 visas in the last 12 months, 6,445 in the 12 months before - Down 42%
H-1B
Specialty occupation workers
2.1k
2.2% of the total, last 12 months
2,052 visas in the last 12 months, 3,554 in the 12 months before - Down 19%
L-1
Intracompany transferees
1.2k
1.3% of the total, last 12 months
1,214 visas in the last 12 months, 1,506 in the 12 months before - Down 47%
H-4
Spouses and children of H workers
1k
1.1% of the total, last 12 months
1,003 visas in the last 12 months, 1,894 in the 12 months before - Down 8.1%
E-1
Treaty traders
961
1% of the total, last 12 months
961 visas in the last 12 months, 1,046 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- F-11% of total
Academic students
944Down 13%944 visas in the last 12 months, 1,089 in the 12 months before - L-21% of total
Spouses and children of L-1 transferees
894Down 39%894 visas in the last 12 months, 1,456 in the 12 months before - J-10.4% of total
Exchange visitors
415Down 9.8%415 visas in the last 12 months, 460 in the 12 months before - C-1/D0.3% of total
Airline and ship crews
265Down 10%265 visas in the last 12 months, 296 in the 12 months before - TD0.2% of total
Spouses and children of TN professionals
226Down 7.4%226 visas in the last 12 months, 244 in the 12 months before - P-10.2% of total
Athletes and entertainment groups
197Up 56%197 visas in the last 12 months, 126 in the 12 months before
B1/B2 visas made up 83% of the visas issued at Toronto in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 19% and H-1B fell 42% on the 12 months before.