| Class of Admission | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total all admissions 1 | 180,500,000 | 181,300,000 | 178,700,000 |
| Total I-94 admissions 2 | 74,930,606 | 76,638,236 | 76,786,751 |
| Temporary workers and families | 3,398,961 | 3,722,543 | 3,896,674 |
| Temporary workers and trainees | 2,095,175 | 2,306,962 | 2,420,840 |
| CNMI-only transitional workers (CW1) | 4,045 | 5,096 | 7,609 |
| Spouses and children of CW1 (CW2) | 777 | 883 | 989 |
| Temporary workers in specialty occupations (H1B) | 511,773 | 537,450 | 534,365 |
| Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement aliens (H1B1) | 29 | 93 | 268 |
| Registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas (H1C) | D | - | 7 |
| Agricultural workers (H2A) 3 | 240,620 | 283,580 | 348,052 |
| Nonagricultural workers (H2B) | 105,413 | 120,207 | 119,446 |
| Returning H2B workers (H2R) 4 | D | 12 | 11 |
| Trainees (H3) | 4,306 | 3,514 | 2,786 |
| Spouses and children of H1, H2, or H3 (H4) | 184,045 | 205,521 | 206,180 |
| Workers with extraordinary ability or achievement (O1) | 83,001 | 93,086 | 101,930 |
| Workers accompanying and assisting in performance of O1 workers (O2) | 24,190 | 26,593 | 28,659 |
| Spouses and children of O1 and O2 (O3) | 9,940 | 11,733 | 13,553 |
| Internationally recognized athletes or entertainers (P1) | 95,470 | 99,351 | 98,998 |
| Artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs (P2) | 13,808 | 14,292 | 13,285 |
| Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs (P3) | 11,191 | 11,729 | 13,123 |
| Spouses and children of P1, P2, or P3 (P4) | 3,390 | 3,754 | 3,763 |
| Workers in international cultural exchange programs (Q1) | 2,976 | 2,988 | 3,038 |
| Workers in religious occupations (R1) | 13,839 | 14,109 | 14,095 |
| Spouses and children of R1 (R2) | 3,781 | 3,526 | 3,629 |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) professional workers (TN) | 712,737 | 787,180 | 816,149 |
| Spouses and children of TN (TD) | 69,840 | 82,265 | 90,905 |
| Intracompany transferees | 835,707 | 917,613 | 954,394 |
| Intracompany transferees (L1) | 591,728 | 648,611 | 677,583 |
| Spouses and children of L1 (L2) | 243,979 | 269,002 | 276,811 |
| Treaty traders and investors | 422,025 | 449,732 | 473,211 |
| Treaty traders and their spouses and children (E1) | 78,100 | 78,511 | 79,023 |
| Treaty investors and their spouses and children (E2) | 314,464 | 335,820 | 353,067 |
| Treaty investors and their spouses and children (CNMI only) (E2C) | D | - | D |
| Australian Free Trade Agreement principals, spouses and children (E3) | 29,459 | 35,401 | 41,120 |
| Representatives of foreign information media | 46,054 | 48,236 | 48,229 |
| Representatives of foreign information media and spouses and children (I1) | 46,054 | 48,236 | 48,229 |
| Students | 1,837,664 | 1,990,661 | 1,954,373 |
| Academic students (F1) | 1,737,927 | 1,886,948 | 1,858,644 |
| Spouses and children of F1 (F2) | 78,215 | 83,004 | 76,183 |
| Vocational students (M1) | 20,534 | 19,878 | 18,726 |
| Spouses and children of M1 (M2) | 988 | 831 | 820 |
| Exchange visitors | 557,760 | 576,347 | 574,617 |
| Exchange visitors (J1) | 486,827 | 502,372 | 505,448 |
| Spouses and children of J1 (J2) | 70,933 | 73,975 | 69,169 |
| Diplomats and other representatives | 421,144 | 438,477 | 438,725 |
| Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomatic or consular officers and their families (A1) | 39,239 | 40,410 | 41,183 |
| Other foreign government officials or employees and their families (A2) | 179,956 | 183,104 | 180,685 |
| Attendants, servants, or personal employees of A1 and A2 and their families (A3) | 1,642 | 1,449 | 1,278 |
| Principals of recognized foreign governments (G1) | 15,274 | 15,947 | 16,246 |
| Other representatives of recognized foreign governments (G2) | 19,346 | 21,481 | 20,163 |
| Representatives of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign governments (G3) | 804 | 943 | 1,010 |
| International organization officers or employees (G4) | 116,363 | 121,890 | 124,770 |
| Attendants, servants, or personal employees of representatives (G5) | 1,116 | 1,093 | 1,019 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, spouses, and children (N1 to N7) | 47,404 | 52,160 | 52,371 |
| Temporary visitors for pleasure | 59,784,922 | 61,017,237 | 60,834,687 |
| Temporary visitors for pleasure (B2) | 40,457,847 | 41,671,997 | 40,848,579 |
| Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure (WT) | 18,161,646 | 18,138,442 | 18,703,963 |
| Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam (GT) | X | X | X |
| Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMT) | 1,165,429 | 1,206,798 | 1,282,145 |
| Temporary visitors for business | 7,734,191 | 8,008,659 | 8,293,746 |
| Temporary visitors for business (B1) | 4,755,509 | 4,933,958 | 5,147,037 |
| Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business (WB) | 2,976,445 | 3,070,226 | 3,142,597 |
| Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business to Guam (GB) | X | X | X |
| Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for business to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMB) | 2,237 | 4,475 | 4,112 |
| Transit aliens | 1,004,916 | 689,990 | 633,549 |
| Aliens in continuous and immediate transit through the United States (C1) | 987,546 | 672,420 | 617,467 |
| Aliens in transit to the United Nations (C2) | 638 | 524 | 480 |
| Foreign government officials, their spouses, children, and attendants in transit (C3) | 16,732 | 17,046 | 15,602 |
| Commuter students | 109,833 | 100,495 | 67,522 |
| Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students (F3) | 109,833 | 100,495 | 67,522 |
| Canadian or Mexican national vocational commuter students (M3) | - | - | - |
| Alien fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens and children | 41,778 | 35,266 | 42,634 |
| Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens (K1) | 36,680 | 30,942 | 37,173 |
| Children of K1 (K2) | 5,098 | 4,324 | 5,461 |
| Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act | 2,275 | 1,627 | 1,208 |
| Spouses of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K3) | 1,004 | 644 | 439 |
| Children of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K4) | 336 | 99 | 93 |
| Spouses of permanent residents, visa pending (V1) | 647 | 563 | 237 |
| Children of permanent residents, visa pending (V2) | 252 | 307 | 425 |
| Dependents of V1 or V2, visa pending (V3) | 36 | 14 | 14 |
| Other | 72 | 74 | 88 |
| Unknown | 37,090 | 56,860 | 48,928 |
X Not applicable.
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1 Estimated admission totals rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. Excludes sea and air crew admissions (D1 and D2 visas).
2 Beginning in 2010, the number of I-94 admissions greatly exceeds totals reported in previous years due to a more complete count of land admissions.
3 Beginning in 2006, annual increases in H2A admissions may be due to more complete recording of pedestrian admissions along the Southwest border.
4 Issuances of H2R (returning H2B workers not subject to annual numerical limits) ceased at the end of 2007.
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.
