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: 1 visas; FY2012: 5 visas; FY2013: 8 visas; FY2014: 14 visas; FY2015: 1 visas; FY2016: 10 visas; FY2017: 3 visas; FY2018: 8 visas; FY2019: 7 visas; FY2020: 1 visas; FY2021: 2 visas; FY2022: 12 visas; FY2023: 2 visas; FY2024: 5 visas; FY2026: 3 visas so far.
FY2024 had 5 visas (+150% on FY2023). That's 64% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2014).