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: 13 visas; FY2012: 19 visas; FY2013: 19 visas; FY2014: 21 visas; FY2015: 31 visas; FY2016: 18 visas; FY2017: 27 visas; FY2018: 22 visas; FY2019: 42 visas; FY2021: 13 visas; FY2022: 38 visas; FY2023: 31 visas; FY2024: 39 visas; FY2025: 37 visas; FY2026: 1 visas so far.
FY2025 had 37 visas (−5.1% on FY2024). That's 12% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019). FY2026 so far (Oct–Oct) is running 50% behind the same months of FY2025.