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Visas issued at Rome by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 17%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
6.9k
44% of the total, last 12 months
6,892 visas in the last 12 months, 8,344 in the 12 months before - Up 23%
J-1
Exchange visitors
2.2k
14% of the total, last 12 months
2,236 visas in the last 12 months, 1,815 in the 12 months before - Up 8.8%
F-1
Academic students
1.6k
10% of the total, last 12 months
1,588 visas in the last 12 months, 1,460 in the 12 months before - Down 42%
E-2
Treaty investors
828
5.3% of the total, last 12 months
828 visas in the last 12 months, 1,438 in the 12 months before - Down 7.8%
NATO-2
558
3.5% of the total, last 12 months
558 visas in the last 12 months, 605 in the 12 months before - Down 48%
C-1/D
Airline and ship crews
413
2.6% of the total, last 12 months
413 visas in the last 12 months, 800 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- L-12.4% of total
Intracompany transferees
371Up 64%371 visas in the last 12 months, 226 in the 12 months before - H-1B2% of total
Specialty occupation workers
312Up 14%312 visas in the last 12 months, 273 in the 12 months before - A-22% of total
Foreign government officials
307Down 17%307 visas in the last 12 months, 369 in the 12 months before - E-11.7% of total
Treaty traders
275Down 10%275 visas in the last 12 months, 307 in the 12 months before - L-21.7% of total
Spouses and children of L-1 transferees
265Up 77%265 visas in the last 12 months, 150 in the 12 months before - O-11.5% of total
People with extraordinary ability
242Up 20%242 visas in the last 12 months, 201 in the 12 months before
B1/B2 visas made up 44% of the visas issued at Rome in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 17% and E-2 fell 42% on the 12 months before.