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Table 25. Nonimmigrant Admissions by Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2022

Totals

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total all admissions (from PAS)^[1]	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	96,800,000
Total I-94 admissions	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	44,897,662

I-94 Admissions

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	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	44,897,662
Temporary workers and families	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	3,176,965
Students	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	1,264,285
Exchange visitors	492,937	557,760	576,347	585,504	594,185	611,373	620,479	226,474	174,412	432,432
Diplomats and other representatives	373,330	421,144	438,477	442,418	450,457	457,599	454,494	218,895	161,041	331,226
Temporary visitors for pleasure	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	34,945,932
Temporary visitors for business	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	4,234,792
Transit individuals	628,711	1,004,916	689,990	635,087	498,272	453,723	462,914	252,201	211,283	447,494
Commuter students	105,263	109,833	100,495	67,527	35,297	18,917	8,787	2,753	514	999
Noncitizen fiance(e)s of U.S. citizens and children	29,773	41,778	35,266	44,390	40,878	29,077	39,554	22,708	18,974	25,679
Other	3,101	2,347	1,701	1,302	767	581	216	53	32	67
Unknown	107,626	37,090	56,860	86,311	57,707	43,925	38,738	20,998	12,355	37,791

Temporary workers and families

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	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	3,176,965
Temporary workers and trainees	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	2,335,451
Intracompany transferees	723,641	835,707	917,613	965,228	976,508	993,288	987,834	470,641	182,379	478,352
Treaty traders and investors	373,360	422,025	449,732	478,278	496,936	503,199	515,672	291,588	200,672	337,888
Representatives of foreign information media and spouses and children (I1)	45,827	46,054	48,236	48,405	48,818	44,140	43,845	18,828	12,154	25,274

Temporary workers and trainees

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	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	2,335,451
CNMI-only transitional workers (CW1)	1,642	4,045	5,096	7,830	8,154	4,743	4,381	984	374	987
Spouses and children of CW1 (CW2)	404	777	883	1,025	903	729	707	151	117	246
Temporary workers in specialty occupations (H1B)	474,355	511,773	537,450	542,621	531,280	570,368	601,594	368,440	148,603	425,126
Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement temporary workers (H1B1)	8	29	93	275	452	581	836	631	373	1,306
Registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas (H1C)	7	D	0	8	97	66	21	11	0	0
Agricultural workers (H2A)	204,577	240,620	283,580	352,462	412,820	298,228	442,822	510,343	586,992	684,002
Nonagricultural workers (H2B)	104,984	105,413	120,207	120,843	124,319	120,351	129,120	86,731	123,046	152,610
Returning H2B workers (H2R) ^[2]	9	D	12	11	11	9	6	8	25	106
Trainees (H3)	4,117	4,306	3,514	2,802	2,637	2,334	2,141	820	400	950
Spouses and children of H1, H2, or H3 (H4)	163,786	184,045	205,521	212,783	219,716	230,219	225,468	118,083	69,549	176,104
Workers with extraordinary ability or achievement (O1)	66,604	83,001	93,086	102,347	111,516	120,625	127,972	63,487	26,395	79,770
Workers accompanying and assisting in performance of O1 workers (O2)	20,762	24,190	26,593	28,685	30,659	33,780	35,370	15,602	8,512	38,650
Spouses and children of O1 and O2 (O3)	8,238	9,940	11,733	13,890	15,343	16,074	17,678	8,702	5,687	13,445
Internationally recognized athletes or entertainers (P1)	85,583	95,470	99,351	99,262	103,097	105,856	101,878	54,816	37,213	89,600
Artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs (P2)	12,306	13,808	14,292	13,351	14,684	16,476	17,692	7,602	1,814	7,855
Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs (P3)	9,512	11,191	11,729	13,178	13,439	14,182	13,894	5,735	1,000	8,723
Spouses and children of P1, P2, or P3 (P4)	3,565	3,390	3,754	3,799	3,917	3,890	4,071	2,538	2,283	4,017
Workers in international cultural exchange programs (Q1)	2,685	2,976	2,988	3,086	3,406	3,443	3,414	1,555	102	821
Workers in religious occupations (R1)	14,191	13,839	14,109	14,282	14,359	14,672	14,817	7,015	4,374	8,121
Spouses and children of R1 (R2)	4,337	3,781	3,526	3,758	4,461	4,212	4,279	2,037	1,472	3,039
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) professional workers (TN)	612,535	712,737	787,180	817,517	741,899	731,496	725,929	485,948	385,869	550,399
Spouses and children of TN (TD)	59,708	69,840	82,265	92,039	89,845	86,606	84,883	50,519	44,539	89,574

Intracompany transferees

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	723,641	835,707	917,613	965,228	976,508	993,288	987,834	470,641	182,379	478,352
Intracompany transferees (L1)	503,206	591,728	648,611	680,621	687,096	703,102	698,794	336,676	116,120	305,520
Spouses and Children of L1 (L2) ^[3]	220,435	243,979	269,002	284,607	289,412	290,186	289,040	133,965	66,259	23,029
Spouses of L1 (L2S) ^[4]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	98,696
Children of L1 (L2Y) ^[5]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	51,107

Treaty traders and investors

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	373,360	422,025	449,732	478,278	496,936	503,199	515,672	291,588	200,672	337,888
Treaty traders (E1) ^[6]	71,652	78,100	78,511	79,720	77,657	75,500	75,627	41,784	27,332	44,274
Spouses of treaty traders (E1S) ^[7]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1,071
Children of treaty traders (E1Y) ^[8]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	281
Treaty investors (E2) ^[9]	279,288	314,464	335,820	356,990	374,201	378,374	387,182	222,011	164,175	255,118
Spouses of treaty investors (E2S) ^[10]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8,367
Children of treaty investors (E2Y) ^[11]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1,598
Treaty investors and their spouses and children (CNMI only) (E2C)	5	D	0	D	0	0	0	D	11	65
Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3) ^[12]	22,415	D	35,401	D	45,078	49,325	52,863	D	9,154	26,132
Spouses of Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3S) ^[13]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	866
Children of Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3Y) ^[14]	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	116

Students

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	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	1,264,285
Academic students (F1)	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	1,199,088
Spouses and children of F1 (F2)	71,167	78,215	83,004	79,436	74,461	75,344	70,288	32,464	32,309	54,732
Vocational students (M1)	19,106	20,534	19,878	19,006	19,129	18,838	18,385	9,454	7,872	9,892
Spouses and children of M1 (M2)	1,443	988	831	854	842	842	779	367	338	573

Exchange visitors

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	492,937	557,760	576,347	585,504	594,185	611,373	620,479	226,474	174,412	432,432
Exchange visitors (J1)	433,534	486,827	502,372	513,905	523,864	537,705	548,717	195,459	151,257	384,707
Spouses and children of J1 (J2)	59,403	70,933	73,975	71,599	70,321	73,668	71,762	31,015	23,155	47,725

Diplomats and other representatives

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	373,330	421,144	438,477	442,418	450,457	457,599	454,494	218,895	161,041	331,226
Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomatic or consular officers and their families (A1)	34,548	39,239	40,410	41,932	42,459	43,715	42,431	22,752	21,640	34,182
Other foreign government officials or employees and their families (A2)	164,896	179,956	183,104	181,761	180,796	184,669	178,591	83,301	65,441	134,596
Attendants, servants, or personal employees of A1 and A2 and their families (A3)	1,381	1,642	1,449	1,307	1,406	1,178	1,055	398	598	810
Principals of recognized foreign governments (G1)	15,254	15,274	15,947	16,575	16,824	17,332	17,400	9,581	9,059	13,802
Other representatives of recognized foreign governments (G2)	16,011	19,346	21,481	20,215	21,578	22,036	21,414	7,380	2,797	12,714
Representatives of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign governments (G3)	864	804	943	1,017	1,048	1,079	1,099	463	365	931
International organization officers or employees (G4)	108,478	116,363	121,890	125,565	130,056	132,853	136,296	65,216	38,400	84,592
Attendants, servants, or personal employees of representatives (G5)	1,137	1,116	1,093	1,060	1,006	972	791	299	139	385
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, spouses, and children (N1 to N7)	30,761	47,404	52,160	52,986	55,284	53,765	55,417	29,505	22,602	49,214

Temporary visitors for pleasure

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	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	34,945,932
Temporary visitors for pleasure (B2)	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	24,516,995
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure (WT)	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	10,298,435
Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam (GT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMT)	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	130,502

Temporary visitors for business

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	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	4,234,792
Temporary visitors for business (B1)	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	3,037,742
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business (WB)	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	1,196,519
Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business to Guam (GB)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for business to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMB)	2,715	2,237	4,475	4,114	1,931	2,453	3,100	1,485	65	531

Transit individuals

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	628,711	1,004,916	689,990	635,087	498,272	453,723	462,914	252,201	211,283	447,494
Foreign nationals in continuous and immediate transit through the United States (C1)	608,396	987,546	672,420	618,997	483,076	441,276	449,524	245,463	207,307	440,444
Foreign nationals in transit to the United Nations (C2)	2,269	638	524	483	357	169	740	595	132	189
Foreign government officials, their spouses, children, and attendants in transit (C3)	18,046	16,732	17,046	15,607	14,839	12,278	12,650	6,143	3,844	6,861
Transit without visa (C4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Commuter students

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	105,263	109,833	100,495	67,527	35,297	18,917	8,787	2,753	514	999
Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students (F3)	105,263	109,833	100,495	67,527	35,297	18,917	8,787	2,753	514	999
Canadian or Mexican national vocational commuter students (M3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	29,773	41,778	35,266	44,390	40,878	29,077	39,554	22,708	18,974	25,679
Fiance(e)s of U.S. citizens (K1)	26,046	36,680	30,942	38,672	35,546	25,072	34,581	19,957	16,643	22,255
Children of K1 (K2)	3,727	5,098	4,324	5,718	5,332	4,005	4,973	2,751	2,331	3,424

Other

Class of admission	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	3,101	2,347	1,701	1,302	767	581	216	53	32	67
Spouses of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K3)	1,262	1,004	644	437	98	47	25	9	0	8
Children of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K4)	417	336	99	94	52	16	9	7	0	D
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program participants (Q2)	9	6	5	4	6	10	0	0	0	0
Spouses and children of Q2 (Q3)	7	D	5	15	7	4	6	D	0	D
Parents of international organization special immigrants (N8)	61	62	61	64	43	42	63	28	27	49
Children of N8 or international organization special immigrants (N9)	10	D	3	7	7	3	6	D	D	7
Victims of a severe form of trafficking and spouses, children, parents, and siblings (T1 - T5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persons suffering physical or mental abuse as victims of criminal activity and spouses, children, and parents (U1 - U4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spouses of permanent residents, visa pending (V1)	867	647	563	237	200	224	35	D	D	0
Children of permanent residents, visa pending (V2)	271	252	307	431	348	226	65	5	0	0
Dependents of V1 or V2, visa pending (V3)	197	36	14	13	6	9	7	0	0	0

Footnotes

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.

X Not applicable.

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. Numbers in this table may differ from previously published figures due to updating of data series.

Source: Office of Homeland Security Statistics.

Estimated admission totals rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. Excludes sea and air crew admissions (D1 and D2 visas). ↩ Back
Issuances of H2R (returning H2B workers not subject to annual numerical limits) ceased at the end of 2007. ↩ Back
On January 27, 2022 two new classes of admission were approved (L2S and L2Y) to differentiate between spouses and children of the principal applicant L1. The original L2 class has been retired. Previous years show spouses and children of principal applicants as L2; use of L2S and L2Y starts in 2022. ↩ Back
On January 27, 2022 two new classes of admission were approved (L2S and L2Y) to differentiate between spouses and children of the principal applicant L1. The original L2 class has been retired. Previous years show spouses and children of principal applicants as L2; use of L2S and L2Y starts in 2022. ↩ Back
On January 27, 2022 two new classes of admission were approved (L2S and L2Y) to differentiate between spouses and children of the principal applicant L1. The original L2 class has been retired. Previous years show spouses and children of principal applicants as L2; use of L2S and L2Y starts in 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 for years prior to 2022. ↩ Back

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Table 25. Nonimmigrant Admissions by Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2022

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I-94 Admissions

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Treaty traders and investors

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Exchange visitors

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Table 25. Nonimmigrant Admissions by Class of Admission: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2022

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