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: 0 visas; FY2012: 1 visas; FY2013: 3 visas; FY2014: 5 visas; FY2015: 8 visas; FY2016: 6 visas; FY2017: 10 visas; FY2018: 26 visas; FY2019: 9 visas; FY2020: 16 visas; FY2021: 15 visas; FY2022: 15 visas; FY2023: 8 visas; FY2024: 9 visas; FY2026: 3 visas so far.
FY2024 had 9 visas (+13% on FY2023). That's 65% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2018).