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: 18 visas; FY2012: 13 visas; FY2013: 13 visas; FY2014: 14 visas; FY2015: 15 visas; FY2016: 17 visas; FY2017: 34 visas; FY2018: 31 visas; FY2019: 25 visas; FY2020: 10 visas; FY2021: 23 visas; FY2022: 31 visas; FY2023: 32 visas; FY2024: 27 visas; FY2026: 17 visas so far.
FY2024 had 27 visas (−16% on FY2023). That's 21% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017).