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: 113 visas; FY2012: 68 visas; FY2013: 74 visas; FY2014: 50 visas; FY2015: 52 visas; FY2016: 46 visas; FY2017: 51 visas; FY2018: 35 visas; FY2019: 48 visas; FY2020: 13 visas; FY2021: 11 visas; FY2022: 38 visas; FY2023: 26 visas; FY2024: 25 visas; FY2026: 2 visas so far.
FY2024 had 25 visas (−3.8% on FY2023). That's 78% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2011).