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: 17 visas; FY2012: 20 visas; FY2013: 9 visas; FY2014: 7 visas; FY2015: 16 visas; FY2016: 7 visas; FY2017: 10 visas; FY2018: 10 visas; FY2019: 18 visas; FY2020: 11 visas; FY2021: 30 visas; FY2022: 33 visas; FY2023: 27 visas; FY2024: 24 visas; FY2026: 6 visas so far.
FY2024 had 24 visas (−11% on FY2023). That's 20% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2012).