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Visas issued at Manila by visa type. The last 12 months in orange, the 12 before in grey; each chart has its own scale.
- Down 12%
C-1/D
Airline and ship crews
80k
42% of the total, last 12 months
79,646 visas in the last 12 months, 90,209 in the 12 months before - Down 33%
B1/B2
Business and tourist visitors
76k
41% of the total, last 12 months
76,041 visas in the last 12 months, 112,705 in the 12 months before - Down 7.4%
J-1
Exchange visitors
5.5k
2.9% of the total, last 12 months
5,510 visas in the last 12 months, 5,950 in the 12 months before - Up 48%
H-2B
Seasonal non-farm workers
3.9k
2.1% of the total, last 12 months
3,883 visas in the last 12 months, 2,621 in the 12 months before - Down 54%
K-1
Fiancé(e)s of US citizens
3.7k
2% of the total, last 12 months
3,729 visas in the last 12 months, 8,192 in the 12 months before - Down 4.3%
J-2
Spouses and children of J-1 visitors
3.3k
1.7% of the total, last 12 months
3,267 visas in the last 12 months, 3,413 in the 12 months before
Other visa types
- B-11.2% of total
Business visitors
2.3kDown 8.7%2,317 visas in the last 12 months, 2,538 in the 12 months before - H-1B1.2% of total
Specialty occupation workers
2.3kDown 25%2,311 visas in the last 12 months, 3,098 in the 12 months before - H-41.2% of total
Spouses and children of H workers
2.2kAbout flat, 0.9%2,194 visas in the last 12 months, 2,214 in the 12 months before - A-20.7% of total
Foreign government officials
1.3kDown 27%1,333 visas in the last 12 months, 1,838 in the 12 months before - CW-10.6% of total
Northern Mariana Islands transitional workers
1.1kDown 19%1,087 visas in the last 12 months, 1,337 in the 12 months before - L-10.5% of total
Intracompany transferees
978Up 7.6%978 visas in the last 12 months, 909 in the 12 months before
C-1/D visas made up 42% of the visas issued at Manila in the last 12 months. B1/B2 fell 33% and C-1/D fell 12% on the 12 months before.