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: 15 visas; FY2012: 8 visas; FY2013: 6 visas; FY2014: 4 visas; FY2015: 2 visas; FY2016: 3 visas; FY2017: 1 visas; FY2018: 1 visas; FY2019: 0 visas; FY2020: 1 visas; FY2021: 3 visas; FY2022: 12 visas; FY2023: 9 visas; FY2024: 27 visas; FY2026: 5 visas so far.
FY2024 was the highest year shown, with 27 visas (+200% on FY2023). That's 80% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2011).