Table 32. Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2014

By Region of Citizenship

Region of Citizenship	Total Temporary Workers and Families1	Workers in Specialty Occupations (H1B)	Seasonal Agricultural Workers (H2A)	Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H2B, H2R)2	Workers with Extra-ordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)3	Other
Total	3,398,961	511,773	240,620	105,416	107,191	120,469	591,728	422,025	1,299,739
Africa	26,863	6,831	1,640	1,637	1,007	2,254	5,733	270	7,491
Asia	817,079	299,477	30	1,398	8,179	10,019	134,838	124,534	238,604
Europe	590,749	78,943	486	3,728	57,467	24,340	181,143	119,766	124,876
North America	1,778,826	95,267	237,230	98,351	27,611	74,957	221,647	137,860	885,903
Oceania	67,370	3,628	155	118	6,465	2,611	12,932	31,951	9,510
South America	117,109	27,312	1,058	169	6,422	6,248	35,214	7,545	33,141
Unknown	965	315	21	15	40	40	221	99	214

By Country of Citizenship

Country of Citizenship	Total Temporary Workers and Families1	Workers in Specialty Occupations (H1B)	Seasonal Agricultural Workers (H2A)	Seasonal Non-Agricultural Workers (H2B, H2R)2	Workers with Extra-ordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)3	Other
Total	3,398,961	511,773	240,620	105,416	107,191	120,469	591,728	422,025	1,299,739
Afghanistan	30	10	-	-	D	-	D	D	14
Albania	306	123	-	-	24	53	33	5	68
Algeria	283	61	-	-	D	D	101	-	114
Andorra	100	28	-	-	D	D	3	-	65
Angola	757	24	-	-	15	-	374	10	334
Antigua and Barbuda	111	34	-	8	-	36	13	-	20
Argentina	20,410	3,304	D	D	1,270	1,315	6,261	2,730	5,458
Armenia	557	110	-	-	57	245	22	15	108
Australia4	59,997	2,361	42	59	5,403	2,175	10,754	31,896	7,307
Austria	7,027	886	-	13	639	437	2,354	1,411	1,287
Azerbaijan	367	99	-	-	4	8	50	23	183
Bahamas	695	359	-	-	D	46	140	D	129
Bahrain	64	27	-	-	-	5	11	-	21
Bangladesh	1,476	525	-	-	11	111	232	10	587
Barbados	476	172	-	D	86	98	62	D	55
Belarus	1,072	269	D	-	51	109	261	D	374
Belgium	10,980	1,144	-	3	1,160	337	3,965	1,876	2,495
Belize	260	78	D	125	D	D	13	-	35
Benin	48	17	-	-	D	10	D	-	14
Bhutan	22	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Bolivia	1,160	496	-	3	24	32	273	32	300
Bosnia and Herzegovina	266	79	-	-	13	80	25	12	57
Botswana	66	21	D	D	3	D	10	-	28
Brazil	36,658	6,940	15	38	1,536	1,276	14,528	380	11,945
Brunei	23	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	11
Bulgaria	2,394	1,076	3	268	177	120	225	226	299
Burkina Faso	115	66	-	-	D	D	9	-	37
Burma	147	55	-	-	D	28	D	D	48
Burundi	58	9	-	-	4	37	-	-	8
Cambodia	82	16	-	-	-	28	D	D	33
Cameroon	443	212	-	-	13	19	56	8	135
Canada	1,030,104	65,603	5,594	999	18,275	35,168	172,781	57,649	674,035
Cape Verde	15	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	3
Central African Republic	10	D	D	-	-	D	D	D	3
Chad	23	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	19
Chile	7,356	2,496	23	16	338	164	1,484	499	2,336
China5	63,636	29,924	D	D	653	2,383	14,219	328	16,124
Colombia	18,301	4,894	-	11	1,372	1,083	4,145	2,569	4,227
Comoros	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Congo (Brazzaville)6	94	D	-	-	-	D	24	-	45
Congo (Kinshasa)7	76	10	-	-	7	4	18	9	28
Costa Rica	3,337	841	115	258	81	127	999	191	725
Cote d'Ivoire	151	46	-	-	D	8	41	D	50
Croatia	1,297	334	-	18	160	88	378	49	270
Cuba	447	D	-	-	34	359	D	5	45
Cyprus	358	165	-	-	64	6	74	-	49
Czech Republic	3,101	422	-	18	285	395	994	263	724
Denmark8	10,225	983	-	D	1,267	D	3,777	995	2,930
Djibouti	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	-	-
Dominica	93	35	-	-	-	49	D	-	D
Dominican Republic	7,354	977	104	148	285	3,772	608	25	1,435
East Timor	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Ecuador	3,042	1,111	D	D	135	143	735	27	878
Egypt	3,569	882	14	-	87	19	977	63	1,527
El Salvador	2,175	586	30	526	50	237	297	7	442
Equatorial Guinea	46	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	32
Eritrea	13	7	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Estonia	762	73	-	D	159	230	148	D	109
Ethiopia	537	122	-	-	12	266	47	7	83
Fiji	112	14	-	-	D	19	D	-	70
Finland	5,893	645	-	D	415	602	2,245	D	1,672
France9	83,125	11,784	-	6	5,394	1,346	24,009	21,326	19,260
Gabon	41	10	-	-	-	-	D	D	25
Gambia	31	13	-	-	-	D	D	-	9
Georgia	274	94	-	-	27	40	22	9	82
Germany	83,032	7,836	-	15	3,999	1,547	20,106	37,552	11,977
Ghana	931	432	-	-	18	61	81	-	339
Greece	3,935	1,708	-	D	485	302	685	D	598
Grenada	126	67	-	-	3	14	18	13	11
Guatemala	6,827	662	1,486	3,112	94	231	499	42	701
Guinea	120	D	-	-	D	76	16	-	22
Guinea-Bissau	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Guyana	116	58	-	-	D	D	D	-	50
Haiti	773	86	15	D	37	426	21	D	181
Honduras	3,969	614	578	672	12	239	935	428	491
Hungary	3,831	664	D	58	236	381	1,296	D	1,167
Iceland	1,059	248	-	D	246	D	217	D	291
India	426,015	222,241	-	9	862	2,950	50,717	163	149,073
Indonesia	2,461	912	-	-	49	50	539	17	894
Iran	479	166	-	D	28	D	30	59	173
Iraq	94	29	-	-	D	D	17	-	45
Ireland	22,077	3,875	63	282	1,912	1,552	7,962	2,085	4,346
Israel	19,179	3,190	D	D	1,367	610	5,466	1,961	6,574
Italy	42,589	6,895	D	D	3,623	1,178	11,324	12,769	6,783
Jamaica	14,770	775	4,377	6,259	1,806	868	172	58	455
Japan	177,893	6,902	3	292	2,350	1,426	39,872	97,855	29,193
Jordan	839	400	-	-	26	5	87	23	298
Kazakhstan	786	154	-	-	40	50	209	37	296
Kenya	1,321	575	-	-	23	308	123	10	282
Kiribati	13	D	-	D	-	-	-	-	10
Korea, North10	4	D	-	-	D	-	D	-	-
Korea, South11	51,354	9,420	-	22	1,118	858	10,748	15,583	13,605
Kosovo	67	23	-	-	6	5	13	-	20
Kuwait	112	43	-	-	10	-	12	-	47
Kyrgyzstan	135	49	-	-	15	5	3	6	57
Laos	37	D	D	-	-	D	-	-	31
Latvia	770	116	-	D	188	122	131	D	166
Lebanon	2,080	920	-	D	117	115	354	D	564
Lesotho	29	18	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Liberia	33	D	-	-	12	D	-	-	13
Libya	74	16	-	-	-	-	11	-	47
Liechtenstein	21	9	-	-	5	D	4	D	-
Lithuania	818	173	-	75	201	56	127	30	156
Luxembourg	203	46	-	-	18	5	82	12	40
Macedonia	331	134	-	10	28	50	51	7	51
Madagascar	84	24	-	-	D	33	D	-	20
Malawi	52	10	-	-	-	3	16	-	23
Malaysia	5,419	1,581	-	-	80	40	2,313	31	1,374
Maldives	7	3	-	-	D	-	D	-	D
Mali	142	17	-	-	21	91	-	-	13
Malta	175	24	-	-	21	D	71	D	50
Mauritania	65	10	-	-	-	15	18	-	22
Mauritius	184	75	-	-	3	4	40	7	55
Mexico	701,077	22,607	224,552	86,047	6,492	32,486	43,750	79,163	205,980
Micronesia, Federated States	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Moldova	457	141	38	118	35	17	21	12	75
Monaco	23	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	4
Mongolia	232	57	-	-	7	59	3	22	84
Morocco12	767	318	-	-	15	23	107	63	241
Mozambique	99	D	-	-	D	6	-	-	89
Namibia	59	16	D	D	10	-	6	3	20
Nepal	1,744	1,127	3	-	10	12	88	3	501
Netherlands13	24,545	2,178	7	28	3,116	891	9,249	3,391	5,685
New Zealand14	7,044	1,244	113	56	1,050	416	2,175	55	1,935
Nicaragua	1,217	305	371	117	D	D	163	-	155
Niger	24	D	-	-	-	19	-	-	D
Nigeria	3,904	1,603	-	-	45	213	741	3	1,299
Norway	7,879	653	-	3	769	315	1,642	2,593	1,904
Oman	183	20	-	-	-	-	58	-	105
Pakistan	5,059	1,943	-	-	51	175	666	195	2,029
Palau	D	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	1,392	380	D	72	D	210	260	91	332
Papua New Guinea	9	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	4
Paraguay	311	78	-	-	14	29	50	33	107
Peru	5,610	1,905	978	17	207	253	1,084	45	1,121
Philippines	15,782	4,486	D	966	286	D	2,290	644	7,016
Poland	7,495	1,432	D	D	518	579	2,365	262	2,272
Portugal	5,509	1,344	D	D	477	121	2,196	52	1,312
Qatar	49	13	-	-	-	-	23	-	13
Romania	4,240	1,246	218	481	232	128	969	161	805
Russia	15,664	3,199	-	167	1,479	2,756	3,280	167	4,616
Rwanda	100	48	-	-	D	D	18	-	19
Saint Kitts and Nevis	95	40	-	-	3	12	20	9	11
Saint Lucia	107	75	-	-	7	6	8	-	11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	85	38	-	-	17	16	D	D	D
Samoa	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45
San Marino	D	D	-	-	-	D	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	1,501	143	-	-	9	-	572	5	772
Senegal	297	127	-	-	20	48	44	4	54
Serbia and Montenegro	296	97	-	20	23	58	37	8	53
Seychelles	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Sierra Leone	75	11	-	-	4	47	-	-	13
Singapore	6,290	2,668	-	D	118	D	1,727	144	1,608
Slovakia	1,662	297	-	91	183	142	461	131	357
Slovenia	824	127	-	14	128	56	178	186	135
Somalia	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
South Africa	9,831	1,221	1,621	1,630	591	342	2,520	43	1,863
South Sudan	9	3	-	-	-	D	D	-	D
Spain	45,580	6,366	-	65	2,671	877	14,156	10,918	10,527
Sri Lanka	1,476	611	-	-	7	43	287	27	501
Sudan	32	10	-	-	-	D	D	-	17
Suriname	71	25	-	D	6	D	6	24	7
Swaziland	47	18	-	-	3	-	6	-	20
Sweden	17,559	1,811	D	D	2,439	1,746	5,157	2,569	3,817
Switzerland	9,786	1,336	6	3	888	314	3,291	1,859	2,089
Syria	235	42	-	-	D	31	38	D	119
Taiwan	16,957	5,869	-	D	418	D	2,217	5,018	3,154
Tajikistan	39	22	-	-	-	3	-	-	14
Tanzania	300	139	-	-	25	40	8	-	88
Thailand	2,743	811	15	3	106	88	515	536	669
Togo	60	30	-	-	D	-	-	-	D
Tonga	128	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	122
Trinidad and Tobago	3,336	930	-	-	260	452	884	175	635
Tunisia	361	100	-	-	15	5	95	30	116
Turkey	8,565	3,747	D	90	235	D	981	1,786	1,702
Turkmenistan	46	13	-	-	-	3	8	-	22
Tuvalu	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Uganda	762	150	-	-	D	439	53	D	112
Ukraine	4,650	1,025	86	121	366	397	1,037	43	1,575
United Arab Emirates	108	22	-	-	-	-	36	-	50
United Kingdom15	159,122	18,084	55	1,738	23,418	6,611	56,618	18,203	34,395
Uruguay	1,509	378	D	D	92	77	460	110	353
Uzbekistan	275	93	-	-	16	27	31	3	105
Vanuatu	17	D	-	D	-	-	-	-	13
Venezuela	22,565	5,627	D	-	1,427	1,873	6,182	D	6,359
Vietnam	1,837	735	-	-	26	173	260	17	626
Yemen	27	3	-	-	D	-	7	D	14
Zambia	166	84	-	D	7	3	6	D	63
Zimbabwe	551	255	-	3	19	51	124	3	96
Unknown	965	315	21	15	40	40	221	99	214

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