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: 6 visas; FY2012: 6 visas; FY2013: 4 visas; FY2014: 5 visas; FY2015: 8 visas; FY2016: 7 visas; FY2017: 5 visas; FY2018: 8 visas; FY2019: 7 visas; FY2020: 4 visas; FY2021: 3 visas; FY2022: 10 visas; FY2023: 10 visas; FY2024: 18 visas; FY2026: 6 visas so far.
FY2024 was the highest year shown, with 18 visas (+80% on FY2023). That's 125% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2015).