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: 22 visas; FY2012: 25 visas; FY2013: 24 visas; FY2014: 33 visas; FY2015: 38 visas; FY2016: 49 visas; FY2017: 24 visas; FY2018: 33 visas; FY2019: 31 visas; FY2020: 11 visas; FY2021: 20 visas; FY2022: 15 visas; FY2023: 26 visas; FY2024: 18 visas; FY2026: 3 visas so far.
FY2024 had 18 visas (−31% on FY2023). That's 63% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2016).