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Visas issued at Riga by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 48%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
1.3k
41% of the total, last 12 months
1,331 visas in the last 12 months, 2,567 in the 12 months before - Down 21%
C-1/D
Airline and ship crews
750
23% of the total, last 12 months
750 visas in the last 12 months, 945 in the 12 months before - Down 16%
J-1
Exchange visitors
272
8.4% of the total, last 12 months
272 visas in the last 12 months, 323 in the 12 months before - Up 18%
NATO-2
239
7.4% of the total, last 12 months
239 visas in the last 12 months, 202 in the 12 months before - About flat, 0%
F-1
Academic students
159
4.9% of the total, last 12 months
159 visas in the last 12 months, 159 in the 12 months before - Down 38%
A-2
Foreign government officials
57
1.8% of the total, last 12 months
57 visas in the last 12 months, 92 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- E-21.5% of total
Treaty investors
47Up 34%47 visas in the last 12 months, 35 in the 12 months before - L-11.3% of total
Intracompany transferees
42Up 5%42 visas in the last 12 months, 40 in the 12 months before - B-11.1% of total
Business visitors
37Up 1750%37 visas in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before - C-4/D-31.1% of total3636 visas in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before
- O-11% of total
People with extraordinary ability
34Up 89%34 visas in the last 12 months, 18 in the 12 months before - L-20.8% of total
Spouses and children of L-1 transferees
27Down 29%27 visas in the last 12 months, 38 in the 12 months before
B1/B2 visas made up 41% of the visas issued at Riga in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 48% and C-1/D fell 21% on the 12 months before.