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: 70 visas; FY2012: 48 visas; FY2013: 44 visas; FY2014: 39 visas; FY2015: 19 visas; FY2016: 27 visas; FY2017: 38 visas; FY2018: 17 visas; FY2019: 29 visas; FY2020: 7 visas; FY2021: 17 visas; FY2022: 17 visas; FY2023: 16 visas; FY2024: 27 visas; FY2026: 4 visas so far.
FY2024 had 27 visas (+69% on FY2023). That's 61% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2011).