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: 3 visas; FY2012: 4 visas; FY2013: 10 visas; FY2014: 6 visas; FY2015: 5 visas; FY2016: 13 visas; FY2017: 6 visas; FY2018: 8 visas; FY2019: 4 visas; FY2020: 8 visas; FY2021: 9 visas; FY2022: 20 visas; FY2023: 23 visas; FY2024: 19 visas; FY2026: 6 visas so far.
FY2024 had 19 visas (−17% on FY2023). That's 46% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2016).