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OHSS | Office of Homeland Security Statistics

Table 31

The 2015 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.

Table 31. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) By Selected Category Of Admission And Month Of Arrival: Fiscal Year 2015
Month of Arrival Total Tourists and Business Travelers Students and Exchange Visitors3 Temp-orary Workers and Families4 Diplomats and Other Represent-atives5 All Other Classes Unknown
Visa Waiver1 Other2
   Total 76,638,236 22,419,941 46,605,955 2,567,008 3,722,543 438,477 827,452 56,860
October 2014 6,294,637 2,092,584 3,722,165 104,940 265,328 37,670 69,462 2,488
November 2014 5,849,324 1,620,817 3,742,456 100,857 274,846 33,440 74,551 2,357
December 2014 6,955,857 1,819,627 4,572,577 150,703 299,449 28,074 79,194 6,233
January 2015 5,685,870 1,369,184 3,337,930 468,268 381,391 35,685 84,524 8,888
February 2015 5,081,485 1,476,567 3,108,110 97,113 283,909 27,351 80,246 8,189
March 2015 6,233,424 1,793,210 3,805,596 172,549 334,786 34,582 83,482 9,219
April 2015 6,284,182 1,830,234 3,929,959 105,721 305,799 37,081 72,214 3,174
May 2015 6,618,716 1,959,455 4,092,195 157,252 303,192 40,334 63,061 3,227
June 2015 6,191,609 1,853,673 3,762,032 197,751 289,320 36,319 49,207 3,307
July 2015 7,610,385 2,297,624 4,687,058 194,095 333,564 39,070 55,429 3,545
August 2015 7,418,445 2,242,867 4,124,989 595,575 348,892 45,147 57,612 3,363
September 2015 6,414,302 2,064,099 3,720,888 222,184 302,067 43,724 58,470 2,870

1 Includes GB, GMB, GT, GMT, WB, and WT admissions.

2 Includes B1, B2 and a limited number of Border Crossing Card (BCC) admissions.

3 Includes principals, spouses, and children (F1, F2, J1, J2, M1, and M2 admissions).

4 Includes principals, spouses, and children (CW1, CW2, E1 to E3, H1B, H1B1, H1C, H2A, H2B, H2R, H3, H4, I1, L1, L2, O1 to O3, P1 to P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD and TN admissions).

5 Includes principals, spouses, and children (A1 to A3, G1 to G5, and N1 to N7 admissions).

Notes:

Admissions represent counts of events, i.e., arrivals, not unique individuals; multiple entries of an individual on the same day are counted as one admission.

The majority of short-term admissions from Canada and Mexico are excluded.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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