Table 25. Nonimmigrant Admissions by Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2021

Totals

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total all admissions ^[1]	165,500,000	173,100,000	180,500,000	181,300,000	178,700,000	181,100,000	186,200,000	186,200,000	86,100,000	35,300,000
Total I-94 admissions	53,887,286	61,052,260	74,930,606	76,638,236	77,112,073	77,643,267	81,279,692	81,563,139	37,176,105	13,623,118

I-94 Admissions

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	53,887,286	61,052,260	74,930,606	76,638,236	77,112,073	77,643,267	81,279,692	81,563,139	37,176,105	13,623,118
Temporary workers and families	3,049,419	2,996,743	3,398,961	3,722,543	3,937,765	3,969,276	3,919,567	4,106,324	2,572,815	1,843,944
Students	1,653,576	1,669,225	1,837,664	1,990,661	1,991,940	1,940,171	1,957,852	1,907,176	918,442	798,977
Exchange visitors	475,232	492,937	557,760	576,347	585,504	594,185	611,373	620,479	226,474	174,412
Diplomats and other representatives	365,779	373,330	421,144	438,477	442,418	450,457	457,599	454,494	218,895	161,041
Temporary visitors for pleasure	42,041,426	48,346,018	59,784,922	61,017,237	61,029,117	61,600,219	64,819,854	64,864,687	28,731,613	9,055,378
Temporary visitors for business	5,707,218	6,299,533	7,734,191	8,008,659	8,290,712	8,456,038	8,967,224	9,059,770	4,209,153	1,346,208
Transit individuals	313,514	628,711	1,004,916	689,990	635,087	498,272	453,723	462,914	252,201	211,283
Commuter students	115,561	105,263	109,833	100,495	67,527	35,297	18,917	8,787	2,753	514
Noncitizen fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens and children	32,102	29,773	41,778	35,266	44,390	40,878	29,077	39,554	22,708	18,974
Other	8,318	3,101	2,347	1,701	1,302	767	581	216	53	32
Unknown	125,141	107,626	37,090	56,860	86,311	57,707	43,925	38,738	20,998	12,355

Temporary workers and families

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	3,049,419	2,996,743	3,398,961	3,722,543	3,937,765	3,969,276	3,919,567	4,106,324	2,572,815	1,843,944
Temporary workers and trainees	1,900,582	1,853,915	2,095,175	2,306,962	2,445,854	2,447,014	2,378,940	2,558,973	1,791,758	1,448,739
Intracompany transferees	717,893	723,641	835,707	917,613	965,228	976,508	993,288	987,834	470,641	182,379
Treaty traders and investors	386,472	373,360	422,025	449,732	478,278	496,936	503,199	515,672	291,588	200,672
Representatives of foreign information media and spouses and children (I1)	44,472	45,827	46,054	48,236	48,405	48,818	44,140	43,845	18,828	12,154

Temporary workers and trainees

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	1,900,582	1,853,915	2,095,175	2,306,962	2,445,854	2,447,014	2,378,940	2,558,973	1,791,758	1,448,739
CNMI-only transitional workers (CW1)	D	1,642	4,045	5,096	7,830	8,154	4,743	4,381	984	374
Spouses and children of CW1 (CW2)	-	404	777	883	1,025	903	729	707	151	117
Temporary workers in specialty occupations (H1B)	473,015	474,355	511,773	537,450	542,621	531,280	570,368	601,594	368,440	148,603
Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement temporary workers (H1B1)	D	8	29	93	275	452	581	836	631	373
Registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas (H1C)	29	7	D	-	8	97	66	21	11	-
Agricultural workers (H2A)	183,860	204,577	240,620	283,580	352,462	412,820	298,228	442,822	510,343	586,992
Nonagricultural workers (H2B)	82,906	104,984	105,413	120,207	120,843	124,319	120,351	129,120	86,731	123,046
Returning H2B workers (H2R) ^[2]	15	9	D	12	11	11	9	6	8	25
Trainees (H3)	4,081	4,117	4,306	3,514	2,802	2,637	2,334	2,141	820	400
Spouses and children of H1, H2, or H3 (H4)	156,668	163,786	184,045	205,521	212,783	219,716	230,219	225,468	118,083	69,549
Workers with extraordinary ability or achievement (O1)	53,941	66,604	83,001	93,086	102,347	111,516	120,625	127,972	63,487	26,395
Workers accompanying and assisting in performance of O1 workers (O2)	16,670	20,762	24,190	26,593	28,685	30,659	33,780	35,370	15,602	8,512
Spouses and children of O1 and O2 (O3)	6,853	8,238	9,940	11,733	13,890	15,343	16,074	17,678	8,702	5,687
Internationally recognized athletes or entertainers (P1)	84,209	85,583	95,470	99,351	99,262	103,097	105,856	101,878	54,816	37,213
Artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs (P2)	12,826	12,306	13,808	14,292	13,351	14,684	16,476	17,692	7,602	1,814
Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs (P3)	9,290	9,512	11,191	11,729	13,178	13,439	14,182	13,894	5,735	1,000
Spouses and children of P1, P2, or P3 (P4)	3,155	3,565	3,390	3,754	3,799	3,917	3,890	4,071	2,538	2,283
Workers in international cultural exchange programs (Q1)	2,494	2,685	2,976	2,988	3,086	3,406	3,443	3,414	1,555	102
Workers in religious occupations (R1)	15,906	14,191	13,839	14,109	14,282	14,359	14,672	14,817	7,015	4,374
Spouses and children of R1 (R2)	4,738	4,337	3,781	3,526	3,758	4,461	4,212	4,279	2,037	1,472
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) professional workers (TN)	733,692	612,535	712,737	787,180	817,517	741,899	731,496	725,929	485,948	385,869
Spouses and children of TN (TD)	56,223	59,708	69,840	82,265	92,039	89,845	86,606	84,883	50,519	44,539

Intracompany transferees

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	717,893	723,641	835,707	917,613	965,228	976,508	993,288	987,834	470,641	182,379
Intracompany transferees (L1)	498,899	503,206	591,728	648,611	680,621	687,096	703,102	698,794	336,676	116,120
Spouses and children of L1 (L2)	218,994	220,435	243,979	269,002	284,607	289,412	290,186	289,040	133,965	66,259

Treaty traders and investors

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	386,472	373,360	422,025	449,732	478,278	496,936	503,199	515,672	291,588	200,672
Treaty traders and their spouses and children (E1)	81,337	71,652	78,100	78,511	79,720	77,657	75,500	75,627	41,784	27,332
Treaty investors and their spouses and children (E2)	288,217	279,288	314,464	335,820	356,990	374,201	378,374	387,182	222,011	164,175
Treaty investors and their spouses and children (CNMI only) (E2C)	D	5	D	-	D	-	-	-	D	11
Australian Free Trade Agreement principals, spouses and children (E3)	D	22,415	D	35,401	D	45,078	49,325	52,863	D	9,154

Students

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	1,653,576	1,669,225	1,837,664	1,990,661	1,991,940	1,940,171	1,957,852	1,907,176	918,442	798,977
Academic students (F1)	1,566,815	1,577,509	1,737,927	1,886,948	1,892,644	1,845,739	1,862,828	1,817,724	876,157	758,458
Spouses and children of F1 (F2)	67,563	71,167	78,215	83,004	79,436	74,461	75,344	70,288	32,464	32,309
Vocational students (M1)	17,600	19,106	20,534	19,878	19,006	19,129	18,838	18,385	9,454	7,872
Spouses and children of M1 (M2)	1,598	1,443	988	831	854	842	842	779	367	338

Exchange visitors

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	475,232	492,937	557,760	576,347	585,504	594,185	611,373	620,479	226,474	174,412
Exchange visitors (J1)	421,425	433,534	486,827	502,372	513,905	523,864	537,705	548,717	195,459	151,257
Spouses and children of J1 (J2)	53,807	59,403	70,933	73,975	71,599	70,321	73,668	71,762	31,015	23,155

Diplomats and other representatives

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	365,779	373,330	421,144	438,477	442,418	450,457	457,599	454,494	218,895	161,041
Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomatic or consular officers and their families (A1)	33,700	34,548	39,239	40,410	41,932	42,459	43,715	42,431	22,752	21,640
Other foreign government officials or employees and their families (A2)	172,096	164,896	179,956	183,104	181,761	180,796	184,669	178,591	83,301	65,441
Attendants, servants, or personal employees of A1 and A2 and their families (A3)	1,553	1,381	1,642	1,449	1,307	1,406	1,178	1,055	398	598
Principals of recognized foreign governments (G1)	15,669	15,254	15,274	15,947	16,575	16,824	17,332	17,400	9,581	9,059
Other representatives of recognized foreign governments (G2)	17,118	16,011	19,346	21,481	20,215	21,578	22,036	21,414	7,380	2,797
Representatives of non-recognized or nonmember foreign governments (G3)	886	864	804	943	1,017	1,048	1,079	1,099	463	365
International organization officers or employees (G4)	100,760	108,478	116,363	121,890	125,565	130,056	132,853	136,296	65,216	38,400
Attendants, servants, or personal employees of representatives (G5)	1,190	1,137	1,116	1,093	1,060	1,006	972	791	299	139
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, spouses, and children (N1 to N7)	22,807	30,761	47,404	52,160	52,986	55,284	53,765	55,417	29,505	22,602

Temporary visitors for pleasure

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	42,041,426	48,346,018	59,784,922	61,017,237	61,029,117	61,600,219	64,819,854	64,864,687	28,731,613	9,055,378
Temporary visitors for pleasure (B2)	24,476,086	29,915,467	40,457,847	41,671,997	41,045,833	41,117,760	44,054,664	43,968,625	20,175,009	8,169,825
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure (WT)	16,380,307	17,168,958	18,161,646	18,138,442	18,698,451	19,161,211	19,591,879	19,745,020	7,991,484	883,556
Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMT)	1,185,033	1,261,593	1,165,429	1,206,798	1,284,833	1,321,248	1,173,311	1,151,042	565,120	1,997

Temporary visitors for business

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	5,707,218	6,299,533	7,734,191	8,008,659	8,290,712	8,456,038	8,967,224	9,059,770	4,209,153	1,346,208
Temporary visitors for business (B1)	2,972,355	3,498,688	4,755,509	4,933,958	5,156,708	5,301,451	5,725,099	5,853,592	2,825,830	1,223,567
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business (WB)	2,731,887	2,798,130	2,976,445	3,070,226	3,129,890	3,152,656	3,239,672	3,203,078	1,381,838	122,576
Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for business to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMB)	2,976	2,715	2,237	4,475	4,114	1,931	2,453	3,100	1,485	65

Transit individuals

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	313,514	628,711	1,004,916	689,990	635,087	498,272	453,723	462,914	252,201	211,283
Foreign nationals in continuous and immediate transit through the United States (C1)	289,105	608,396	987,546	672,420	618,997	483,076	441,276	449,524	245,463	207,307
Foreign nationals in transit to the United Nations (C2)	4,158	2,269	638	524	483	357	169	740	595	132
Foreign government officials, their spouses, children, and attendants in transit (C3)	20,251	18,046	16,732	17,046	15,607	14,839	12,278	12,650	6,143	3,844

Commuter students

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	115,561	105,263	109,833	100,495	67,527	35,297	18,917	8,787	2,753	514
Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students (F3)	115,561	105,263	109,833	100,495	67,527	35,297	18,917	8,787	2,753	514

Noncitizen fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens and children

Class of admission	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	32,102	29,773	41,778	35,266	44,390	40,878	29,077	39,554	22,708	18,974
Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens (K1)	27,977	26,046	36,680	30,942	38,672	35,546	25,072	34,581	19,957	16,643
Children of K1 (K2)	4,125	3,727	5,098	4,324	5,718	5,332	4,005	4,973	2,751	2,331

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