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: 35 visas; FY2012: 27 visas; FY2013: 37 visas; FY2014: 19 visas; FY2015: 26 visas; FY2016: 29 visas; FY2017: 33 visas; FY2018: 32 visas; FY2019: 29 visas; FY2020: 0 visas; FY2021: 10 visas; FY2022: 50 visas; FY2023: 38 visas; FY2024: 40 visas; FY2026: 2 visas so far.
FY2024 had 40 visas (+5.3% on FY2023). That's 8.1% above the pre-pandemic peak (FY2013).