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: 43 visas; FY2012: 50 visas; FY2013: 66 visas; FY2014: 70 visas; FY2015: 36 visas; FY2016: 22 visas; FY2017: 14 visas; FY2018: 25 visas; FY2019: 25 visas; FY2020: 6 visas; FY2021: 27 visas; FY2022: 22 visas; FY2023: 5 visas; FY2024: 30 visas; FY2026: 7 visas so far.
FY2024 had 30 visas (+500% on FY2023). That's 57% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2014).