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: 38 visas; FY2012: 36 visas; FY2013: 44 visas; FY2014: 32 visas; FY2015: 48 visas; FY2016: 31 visas; FY2017: 50 visas; FY2018: 36 visas; FY2019: 35 visas; FY2020: 17 visas; FY2021: 5 visas; FY2022: 24 visas; FY2023: 20 visas; FY2024: 17 visas; FY2026: 5 visas so far.
FY2024 had 17 visas (−15% on FY2023). That's 66% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017).