Table 32. Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2016

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 Extraordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)³	Other
Total	3,896,674	534,365	348,052	119,457	130,589	125,406	677,583	473,211	1,488,011
Africa	28,074	6,445	2,440	1,967	1,392	2,078	6,232	373	7,147
Asia	948,350	353,360	93	1,223	11,118	10,719	155,895	129,931	286,011
Europe	659,397	65,951	595	4,659	69,572	25,383	208,280	150,294	134,663
North America	2,037,776	80,614	343,700	111,246	32,649	77,719	246,936	135,255	1,009,657
Oceania	82,037	3,188	197	80	7,505	2,473	14,652	43,736	10,206
South America	140,024	24,506	1,000	274	8,304	6,985	45,347	13,529	40,079
Unknown	1,016	301	27	8	49	49	241	93	248

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 Extraordinary Ability/ Achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, Artists, and Entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany Transferees (L1)	Treaty Traders and Investors (E1 to E3)³	Other
Total	3,896,674	534,365	348,052	119,457	130,589	125,406	677,583	473,211	1,488,011
Afghanistan	35	4	-	-	-	-	6	6	19
Albania	554	282	-	D	D	98	31	41	78
Algeria	382	60	-	-	-	57	94	3	168
Andorra	77	16	-	-	3	-	16	-	42
Angola	429	18	-	-	24	5	204	7	171
Antigua and Barbuda	120	36	-	6	7	25	9	-	37
Argentina	23,287	2,704	10	46	1,575	1,429	6,816	4,808	5,899
Armenia	450	103	-	-	59	100	38	20	130
Australia⁴	74,160	2,113	85	42	6,151	2,080	11,933	43,672	8,084
Austria	8,355	764	D	D	789	434	3,038	1,771	1,542
Azerbaijan	298	61	-	-	20	16	56	24	121
Bahamas	807	335	-	-	35	100	196	10	131
Bahrain	109	39	-	-	D	D	45	-	21
Bangladesh	1,530	498	-	-	15	83	134	5	795
Barbados	566	139	-	10	92	123	103	-	99
Belarus	1,282	155	-	D	95	163	372	D	484
Belgium	12,356	962	-	D	1,198	D	4,678	2,418	2,771
Belize	458	78	23	283	3	37	17	-	17
Benin	75	35	D	-	4	D	17	-	16
Bhutan	16	6	-	-	-	D	-	D	6
Bolivia	1,191	456	D	-	36	64	290	D	314
Bosnia and Herzegovina	255	65	-	-	6	91	33	13	47
Botswana	127	37	D	-	D	D	22	-	61
Brazil	50,962	6,143	25	96	2,022	1,453	22,593	890	17,740
Brunei	20	3	-	-	-	-	11	-	6
Bulgaria	2,698	815	10	296	146	165	417	550	299
Burkina Faso	121	48	-	-	3	10	11	9	40
Burma	135	53	-	-	D	9	15	D	53
Burundi	26	16	-	-	6	D	D	-	-
Cabo Verde	48	5	-	-	12	23	-	-	8
Cambodia	101	13	-	-	D	21	D	26	36
Cameroon	389	184	-	-	11	51	40	8	95
Canada	1,140,594	56,932	4,097	5,385	22,013	35,258	194,415	68,306	754,188
Central African Republic	12	5	-	D	D	D	-	D	D
Chad	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Chile	9,445	3,165	22	52	435	188	1,731	1,072	2,780
China, People's Republic⁵	87,288	42,897	12	7	1,375	2,187	18,990	541	21,279
Colombia	20,983	4,478	D	D	1,783	1,347	4,704	4,091	4,535
Comoros	D	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Congo, Democratic Republic	99	12	-	-	D	40	11	D	24
Congo, Republic	26	D	-	D	-	D	9	-	13
Costa Rica	4,194	698	119	308	142	47	1,692	174	1,014
Cote d'Ivoire	192	76	-	-	12	12	46	-	46
Croatia	1,558	357	-	13	166	151	447	115	309
Cuba	873	7	-	-	48	762	5	10	41
Cyprus	458	171	-	-	83	D	152	D	47
Czechia	4,346	340	-	170	320	556	1,548	514	898
Denmark⁶	11,563	667	D	D	1,718	379	4,055	1,575	3,147
Djibouti	3	-	-	-	-	D	-	D	-
Dominica	61	17	-	-	3	29	9	D	D
Dominican Republic	7,626	801	55	178	362	3,921	807	41	1,461
Ecuador	2,971	826	9	13	162	93	895	90	883
Egypt	4,053	1,061	26	-	247	29	1,136	110	1,444
El Salvador	2,422	534	66	585	23	292	411	14	497
Equatorial Guinea	11	D	-	-	-	-	D	-	6
Eritrea	11	D	-	-	-	-	-	D	6
Estonia	666	77	-	D	140	69	168	D	153
Ethiopia	570	130	-	-	23	261	51	4	101
Fiji	73	12	-	-	-	18	6	-	37
Finland	7,421	482	-	D	D	667	2,912	512	2,376
France⁷	99,201	10,023	D	D	6,500	1,892	30,247	28,025	22,504
Gabon	21	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	10
Gambia	26	10	-	-	-	D	10	D	-
Georgia	394	140	-	-	27	83	56	12	76
Germany	91,510	6,616	D	D	5,061	1,535	23,535	42,083	12,675
Ghana	946	433	-	-	27	104	116	-	266
Greece	4,354	1,604	-	16	554	320	1,035	181	644
Grenada	160	71	-	-	4	18	31	25	11
Guatemala	7,501	733	1,647	3,586	134	265	495	34	607
Guinea	81	6	-	-	3	42	14	-	16
Guyana	127	30	-	-	-	19	6	7	65
Haiti	883	65	65	D	36	417	10	D	285
Holy See	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Honduras	3,339	579	319	816	13	256	400	491	465
Hungary	4,298	533	3	49	393	554	1,496	38	1,232
Iceland	1,183	245	-	-	230	D	271	D	348
India	524,414	269,262	-	6	1,418	2,990	60,521	238	189,979
Indonesia	2,211	711	-	-	97	44	582	30	747
Iran	465	163	-	-	40	14	43	25	180
Iraq	118	42	-	-	D	D	33	-	40
Ireland	24,010	3,550	74	324	2,278	1,645	8,771	3,246	4,122
Israel	21,106	2,646	-	5	1,802	536	6,429	2,436	7,252
Italy	49,904	5,925	D	D	4,629	952	12,874	18,221	7,280
Jamaica	18,138	599	4,420	9,587	2,158	657	211	75	431
Japan	182,062	4,965	D	D	2,431	1,754	41,059	104,208	27,406
Jordan	930	401	-	-	34	8	119	35	333
Kazakhstan	707	112	-	-	41	38	164	69	283
Kenya	1,165	474	-	-	14	242	154	5	276
Kiribati	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Korea, North	D	D	-	-	-	-	-	D	D
Korea, South	49,073	8,445	-	6	1,506	1,470	12,232	11,901	13,513
Kosovo	85	23	-	-	5	13	6	12	26
Kuwait	134	43	-	-	16	-	32	-	43
Kyrgyzstan	78	17	-	-	D	9	8	D	36
Laos	42	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	35
Latvia	800	110	-	-	211	137	117	89	136
Lebanon	1,885	804	-	-	148	81	417	23	412
Lesotho	13	6	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Liberia	30	D	-	-	12	11	-	-	D
Libya	96	27	-	-	D	-	D	-	53
Liechtenstein	50	D	-	-	10	-	21	D	9
Lithuania	1,087	96	-	151	207	65	242	110	216
Luxembourg	319	50	-	-	49	10	153	17	40
Macedonia	280	91	-	11	41	46	53	5	33
Madagascar	28	11	D	-	-	D	D	D	12
Malawi	65	17	-	-	-	14	15	-	19
Malaysia	5,171	1,239	-	-	131	40	2,357	39	1,365
Maldives	12	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Mali	103	22	-	D	10	51	D	-	17
Malta	173	24	-	-	8	4	89	6	42
Mauritania	24	4	-	-	-	10	6	-	4
Mauritius	216	89	D	-	D	D	61	12	49
Mexico	843,480	17,626	332,445	90,301	7,135	34,477	46,717	65,568	249,211
Moldova	408	127	44	25	31	20	39	4	118
Monaco	56	8	-	-	36	5	4	-	3
Mongolia	339	90	-	-	7	84	15	55	88
Morocco⁸	816	276	-	-	21	30	166	91	232
Mozambique	62	8	-	-	D	D	18	-	31
Namibia	59	5	D	-	9	-	11	D	29
Nauru	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Nepal	1,604	1,076	D	-	5	20	93	D	405
Netherlands⁹	27,133	1,822	7	40	3,712	904	10,424	3,837	6,387
New Zealand¹⁰	7,660	1,061	112	38	1,353	375	2,711	64	1,946
Nicaragua	1,410	241	441	114	9	154	183	10	258
Niger	31	6	-	D	11	-	10	-	D
Nigeria	3,176	1,397	-	4	75	122	521	3	1,054
Norway	6,900	438	-	D	979	D	1,695	1,703	1,702
Oman	74	13	-	-	-	-	19	-	42
Pakistan	5,598	1,828	-	-	71	236	876	421	2,166
Palau	4	-	-	-	D	-	-	-	D
Panama	1,613	274	3	86	82	226	342	288	312
Papua New Guinea	6	-	-	-	-	-	D	-	D
Paraguay	458	102	-	-	17	35	80	74	150
Peru	5,769	1,834	893	22	216	423	1,128	77	1,176
Philippines	17,061	3,725	56	911	353	188	2,805	598	8,425
Poland	9,047	1,255	3	217	745	771	3,132	369	2,555
Portugal	6,355	952	-	18	645	213	2,793	147	1,587
Qatar	35	4	-	-	-	-	20	-	11
Romania	4,668	1,037	207	563	251	213	1,250	225	922
Russia	14,995	2,300	-	4	1,556	2,009	4,120	173	4,833
Rwanda	89	54	-	-	D	-	26	-	D
Saint Kitts and Nevis	106	34	-	-	6	13	17	13	23
Saint Lucia	97	61	-	-	8	4	12	-	12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65	16	-	-	12	26	7	-	4
Samoa	33	-	-	-	-	-	D	-	D
San Marino	7	-	-	-	-	D	-	-	D
Saudi Arabia	1,739	171	-	D	D	D	606	D	921
Senegal	270	83	-	-	51	68	D	D	48
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	2,018	400	3	538	249	173	254	43	358
Seychelles	3	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Sierra Leone	33	14	-	-	4	4	4	-	7
Singapore	7,658	3,266	-	-	149	7	2,098	201	1,937
Slovakia	2,030	217	D	D	175	155	667	275	444
Slovenia	972	175	-	5	118	46	192	302	134
Solomon Islands	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Somalia	3	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
South Africa	11,886	1,050	2,402	1,958	689	451	3,068	57	2,211
South Sudan	7	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Spain	50,749	5,996	D	D	3,630	1,052	14,954	14,754	10,297
Sri Lanka	1,383	531	-	-	19	47	286	47	453
Sudan	59	21	-	-	5	-	D	D	28
Suriname	63	21	-	-	6	-	-	24	12
Swaziland	45	D	-	-	D	D	19	-	14
Sweden	18,891	1,449	D	D	2,872	1,608	5,625	3,038	4,285
Switzerland	11,083	1,148	D	D	1,164	266	4,129	2,011	2,362
Syria	192	35	-	-	-	14	30	9	104
Taiwan	18,356	5,231	-	-	652	242	3,162	5,471	3,598
Tajikistan	41	25	-	-	D	-	-	-	D
Tanzania	271	136	-	-	24	30	11	-	70
Thailand	2,829	734	23	7	112	108	442	674	729
Timor-Leste	D	D	-	-	D	-	D	-	D
Togo	42	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Tonga	61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61
Trinidad and Tobago	3,263	738	-	-	324	612	847	191	551
Tunisia	383	98	-	-	20	5	83	40	137
Turkey	9,326	2,755	-	42	358	35	1,465	2,769	1,902
Turkmenistan	43	7	-	-	-	D	13	D	16
Uganda	677	166	-	D	D	335	48	-	120
Ukraine	7,204	1,112	130	636	502	673	1,676	191	2,284
United Arab Emirates	164	61	-	-	D	D	59	-	39
United Kingdom¹¹	168,495	13,634	85	1,349	27,656	6,530	60,701	23,607	34,933
Uruguay	1,599	336	D	D	154	41	573	94	362
Uzbekistan	283	82	-	-	9	30	34	-	128
Vanuatu	17	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	D
Venezuela	23,169	4,411	-	D	1,898	D	6,531	2,272	6,163
Vietnam	2,321	869	-	-	88	203	346	26	789
Yemen	55	D	-	-	D	-	20	-	26
Zambia	130	50	-	-	D	D	14	3	59
Zimbabwe	641	237	4	-	42	42	166	9	141
Unknown	1,016	301	27	8	49	49	241	93	248

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