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.
FY2015: 11 visas; FY2016: 15 visas; FY2017: 17 visas; FY2018: 17 visas; FY2019: 21 visas; FY2020: 8 visas; FY2021: 3 visas; FY2022: 3 visas; FY2023: 17 visas; FY2024: 14 visas; FY2026: 8 visas so far.
FY2024 had 14 visas (−18% on FY2023). That's 33% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2019).