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: 10 visas; FY2012: 15 visas; FY2013: 21 visas; FY2014: 6 visas; FY2015: 8 visas; FY2016: 15 visas; FY2017: 6 visas; FY2018: 13 visas; FY2019: 7 visas; FY2020: 5 visas; FY2021: 12 visas; FY2022: 13 visas; FY2023: 15 visas; FY2024: 18 visas; FY2026: 5 visas so far.
FY2024 had 18 visas (+20% on FY2023). That's 14% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2013).