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: 17 visas; FY2012: 8 visas; FY2013: 14 visas; FY2014: 22 visas; FY2015: 10 visas; FY2016: 18 visas; FY2017: 12 visas; FY2018: 11 visas; FY2019: 12 visas; FY2020: 4 visas; FY2021: 3 visas; FY2022: 18 visas; FY2023: 22 visas; FY2024: 21 visas; FY2026: 3 visas so far.
FY2024 had 21 visas (−4.5% on FY2023). That's 4.5% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2014).