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.
FY2009: 7 visas; FY2010: 4 visas; FY2011: 11 visas; FY2012: 15 visas; FY2013: 13 visas; FY2014: 10 visas; FY2015: 11 visas; FY2016: 15 visas; FY2017: 18 visas; FY2018: 22 visas; FY2019: 13 visas; FY2021: 15 visas; FY2022: 15 visas; FY2023: 12 visas; FY2024: 13 visas.
FY2024 had 13 visas (+8.3% on FY2023). That's 41% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2018).