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: 2 visas; FY2012: 2 visas; FY2013: 0 visas; FY2014: 1 visas; FY2015: 2 visas; FY2016: 1 visas; FY2017: 1 visas; FY2018: 2 visas; FY2019: 1 visas; FY2020: 2 visas; FY2021: 1 visas; FY2022: 7 visas; FY2023: 6 visas; FY2024: 12 visas; FY2026: 7 visas so far.
FY2024 was the highest year shown, with 12 visas (+100% on FY2023). That's 500% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2011).