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: 11 visas; FY2012: 19 visas; FY2013: 37 visas; FY2014: 43 visas; FY2015: 39 visas; FY2016: 47 visas; FY2017: 56 visas; FY2018: 20 visas; FY2019: 26 visas; FY2020: 14 visas; FY2021: 6 visas; FY2022: 23 visas; FY2023: 19 visas; FY2024: 15 visas; FY2026: 5 visas so far.
FY2024 had 15 visas (−21% on FY2023). That's 73% below the pre-pandemic peak (FY2017).