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: 21 visas; FY2012: 19 visas; FY2013: 19 visas; FY2014: 26 visas; FY2015: 20 visas; FY2016: 19 visas; FY2017: 18 visas; FY2018: 16 visas; FY2019: 19 visas; FY2020: 8 visas; FY2021: 3 visas; FY2022: 6 visas; FY2023: 16 visas; FY2024: 19 visas; FY2026: 5 visas so far.
FY2024 had 19 visas (+19% on FY2023). That's 27% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2014).