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Table 32. Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Admissions (I-94 Only) by Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2022

By Region of Citizenship

Region of citizenship	Total temporary workers and families ^[1]	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, E2, E2C, E3) ^[3]	Other ^[4]
Total	3,176,965	425,126	684,002	152,716	118,420	106,178	305,520	325,589	1,059,414
Africa	31,186	5,601	9,710	1,360	1,817	1,204	4,130	384	6,980
Asia	698,041	307,297	101	3,019	9,806	5,879	65,464	89,465	217,010
Europe	372,822	29,573	893	3,621	50,794	15,004	95,976	94,764	82,197
North America	1,912,634	65,143	671,638	142,304	39,883	75,297	106,625	101,789	709,955
Oceania	45,823	1,785	52	31	4,915	1,426	4,480	28,149	4,985
South America	112,102	15,181	1,588	717	10,920	7,106	28,262	10,639	37,689
Unknown	4,357	546	20	1,664	285	262	583	399	598

By Country of Citizenship

Country of citizenship	Total temporary workers and families ^[5]	Workers in specialty occupations (H1B)	Seasonal agricultural workers (H2A)	Seasonal non-agricultural workers (H2B, H2R) ^[6]	Workers with extraordinary ability/ achievement (O1, O2)	Athletes, artists, and entertainers (P1 to P3)	Intracompany transferees (L1)	Treaty traders and investors (E1, E2, E2C, E3) ^[7]	Other ^[8]
Total	3,176,965	425,126	684,002	152,716	118,420	106,178	305,520	325,589	1,059,414
Albania	382	112	0	0	14	57	39	61	99
Algeria	142	31	0	0	11	10	35	6	49
Angola	154	12	0	0	14	D	62	D	61
Argentina	20,326	1,225	215	151	2,159	1,453	4,543	4,390	6,190
Armenia	494	60	0	0	54	41	67	122	150
Australia ^[9]	42,276	1,405	11	16	4,011	1,108	3,660	27,863	4,202
Austria	5,580	429	0	5	595	223	1,262	2,229	837
Azerbaijan	256	79	0	0	21	8	45	37	66
Bahamas	626	280	0	0	33	157	67	24	65
Bangladesh	1,162	522	0	0	9	10	89	27	505
Barbados	519	70	D	211	82	38	45	D	46
Belarus	1,165	52	0	8	97	108	345	3	552
Belgium	7,766	477	D	D	1,077	214	2,378	1,712	1,902
Belize	129	26	18	54	6	0	D	D	D
Bolivia	653	202	0	0	59	51	131	29	181
Bosnia and Herzegovina	299	40	0	4	8	53	46	66	82
Brazil	42,030	4,151	146	62	2,122	1,368	15,519	1,178	17,484
Bulgaria	1,326	183	7	336	88	80	249	202	181
Cameroon	235	99	0	0	D	25	21	D	80
Canada	632,301	48,174	6,277	1,008	17,517	22,902	76,046	58,768	401,609
Central African Republic	121	D	0	0	0	11	D	103	D
Chile	10,735	3,669	34	27	487	182	961	1,148	4,227
China, People's Republic ^[10]	22,444	12,764	D	0	496	461	3,595	D	4,817
Colombia	21,454	3,169	119	271	4,093	1,556	3,923	2,859	5,464
Congo, Democratic Republic	120	34	0	0	26	8	D	D	46
Costa Rica	4,684	557	447	293	194	40	1,617	241	1,295
Cote d'Ivoire	330	266	0	0	D	15	12	D	28
Croatia	1,024	175	D	D	131	45	384	113	157
Cuba	354	D	0	0	124	181	6	D	36
Cyprus	275	126	0	0	56	D	48	D	31
Czechia	2,834	203	D	D	185	414	622	670	592
Denmark ^[11]	6,536	248	13	0	853	187	1,835	1,652	1,748
Dominican Republic	8,158	559	78	204	1,570	3,936	375	31	1,405
Ecuador	2,792	781	15	125	260	126	550	110	825
Egypt	3,156	860	41	0	170	35	695	46	1,309
El Salvador	5,685	395	386	3,868	24	214	303	9	486
Estonia	570	50	D	D	112	40	97	111	152
Ethiopia	426	128	0	0	18	93	29	8	150
Finland	3,143	190	5	0	319	666	958	159	846
France ^[12]	52,552	4,227	5	6	4,623	1,009	12,333	17,951	12,398
Georgia	333	101	0	D	34	D	51	17	117
Germany	51,730	3,187	9	3	3,906	1,014	13,181	20,346	10,084
Ghana	1,402	437	0	0	79	199	151	0	536
Greece	3,085	1,202	D	D	432	257	525	164	486
Grenada	256	58	D	0	22	D	D	131	31
Guatemala	10,911	381	2,982	5,999	137	113	682	82	535
Guyana	142	21	0	0	D	48	D	0	51
Haiti	873	27	16	D	15	617	36	D	153
Honduras	7,363	406	626	4,393	40	178	396	627	697
Hungary	2,238	263	D	67	268	98	761	D	759
Iceland	513	82	0	0	207	17	67	7	133
India	467,666	269,998	0	4	2,056	1,426	30,743	170	163,269
Indonesia	1,186	395	0	0	108	14	225	32	412
Iran	201	64	0	0	30	D	15	D	89
Iraq	279	198	0	D	D	33	14	D	29
Ireland	13,450	1,624	107	92	1,743	799	4,852	1,786	2,447
Israel	13,851	1,023	D	D	1,571	185	3,099	3,042	4,926
Italy	31,897	3,185	8	69	3,646	591	7,595	11,688	5,115
Jamaica	20,645	661	4,833	12,540	1,306	466	161	76	602
Japan	94,426	1,270	0	157	1,447	844	10,578	64,974	15,156
Jordan	1,367	551	0	0	81	14	237	20	464
Kazakhstan	893	152	0	0	57	50	168	180	286
Kenya	1,095	519	0	0	62	116	137	5	256
Korea, South	39,677	4,579	D	D	1,563	1,931	7,706	13,008	10,825
Kuwait	103	53	0	0	5	4	10	0	31
Kyrgyzstan	121	22	0	D	D	11	16	5	64
Latvia	485	60	0	D	59	78	111	D	124
Lebanon	2,033	823	0	0	226	85	316	11	572
Lithuania	984	76	0	85	77	42	285	154	265
Luxembourg	172	19	0	0	32	D	64	D	38
Malaysia	2,506	590	0	0	165	20	964	15	752
Malta	141	19	0	0	26	D	63	D	27
Mauritius	147	55	0	6	15	D	31	D	34
Mexico	1,214,206	12,823	654,891	113,559	17,998	45,490	25,972	41,377	302,096
Moldova	220	31	D	D	27	38	45	D	63
Mongolia	547	76	D	158	37	39	D	55	154
Morocco ^[13]	640	207	0	0	40	21	82	100	190
Nepal	1,549	959	0	0	19	D	92	D	472
Netherlands ^[14]	13,147	683	12	24	2,351	426	4,223	2,128	3,300
New Zealand ^[15]	3,472	369	40	12	900	301	814	286	750
Nicaragua	1,630	87	1,038	48	15	69	209	17	147
Nigeria	3,550	1,418	0	0	433	D	433	D	1,132
North Macedonia	360	51	11	121	20	44	51	27	35
Norway	3,313	199	0	0	676	205	584	849	800
Pakistan	5,852	2,219	D	0	145	D	614	712	2,073
Panama	1,734	191	19	111	265	306	266	247	329
Paraguay	334	81	0	0	10	25	29	76	113
Peru	4,878	983	980	76	371	224	1,022	94	1,128
Philippines	11,153	2,455	38	2,454	298	127	1,825	365	3,591
Poland	5,989	617	11	216	516	513	1,789	534	1,793
Portugal	4,374	622	0	101	568	134	1,734	83	1,132
Romania	3,952	262	307	1,006	201	131	967	403	675
Russia	5,931	651	0	0	1,039	672	1,231	126	2,212
Rwanda	214	175	0	0	D	D	6	0	28
Saudi Arabia	809	318	0	0	46	D	158	D	278
Senegal	208	39	0	0	96	24	11	4	34
Singapore	5,763	2,402	0	0	185	23	1,033	166	1,954
Slovakia	1,218	102	0	34	81	132	388	196	285
Slovenia	524	94	0	D	68	D	105	142	83
South Africa	16,563	465	9,666	1,353	565	243	1,957	63	2,251
Spain	32,748	3,541	D	D	2,928	1,069	7,275	10,802	7,123
Sri Lanka	807	227	0	0	11	8	160	58	343
Sudan	127	45	0	0	6	0	18	0	58
Sweden	8,619	480	D	D	1,616	1,162	1,983	1,249	2,126
Switzerland	6,465	463	D	0	883	D	1,764	1,725	1,399
Syria	110	27	0	0	7	4	5	3	64
Taiwan	10,093	2,272	4	4	354	130	1,497	4,046	1,786
Tanzania	216	82	0	0	36	D	D	0	79
Thailand	1,858	475	48	5	172	119	271	300	468
Trinidad and Tobago	2,237	330	0	0	489	525	414	141	338
Tunisia	438	142	0	0	34	3	111	24	124
Turkey	7,581	1,669	D	167	440	D	1,344	1,762	2,159
Uganda	295	97	0	0	15	52	28	0	103
Ukraine	5,445	426	265	1,134	564	410	923	115	1,608
United Kingdom ^[16]	92,454	5,223	109	100	20,713	3,762	24,839	17,215	20,493
Uruguay	1,184	174	79	5	153	75	276	114	308
Uzbekistan	224	33	0	0	D	73	19	D	87
Venezuela	7,476	716	0	0	1,197	1,986	1,268	619	1,690
Vietnam	1,697	607	0	0	68	35	300	12	675
Zambia	115	24	0	0	41	8	15	0	27
Zimbabwe	563	191	D	0	25	18	188	D	136
All other countries ^[17]	2,341	623	3	15	244	327	294	55	780
Unknown	4,357	546	20	1,664	285	262	583	399	598

Footnotes

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.

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: Office of Homeland Security Statistics.

Includes principals, spouses, and children (CW1, CW2, E1, E1S, E1Y, E2, E2C, E2S, E2Y, E3, E3S, E3Y, H1B, H1B1, H2A, H2B, H2R, H3, H4, I1, L1, L2, L2S, L2Y, O1, O2, O3, P1, P2, P3, P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD, and TN admissions). ↩ Back
Issuances of H2R (returning H2B workers not subject to annual numerical limits) ceased at the end of 2007. ↩ Back
Mostly includes principals, though some dependents are included. ↩ Back
Other includes CW1, CW2, E1S, E1Y, E2S, E2Y, E3S, E3Y, H1B1, H3, H4, I1, L2, L2S, L2Y, O3, P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD, and TN. ↩ Back
Includes principals, spouses, and children (CW1, CW2, E1, E1S, E1Y, E2, E2C, E2S, E2Y, E3, E3S, E3Y, H1B, H1B1, H2A, H2B, H2R, H3, H4, I1, L1, L2, L2S, L2Y, O1, O2, O3, P1, P2, P3, P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD, and TN admissions). ↩ Back
Issuances of H2R (returning H2B workers not subject to annual numerical limits) ceased at the end of 2007. ↩ Back
Mostly includes principals, though some dependents are included. ↩ Back
Other includes CW1, CW2, E1S, E1Y, E2S, E2Y, E3S, E3Y, H1B1, H3, H4, I1, L2, L2S, L2Y, O3, P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD, and TN. ↩ Back
Australia includes Australia, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. ↩ Back
China includes the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Macau. ↩ Back
Denmark includes Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland. ↩ Back
France includes France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna. ↩ Back
Morocco includes Morocco and Western Sahara. ↩ Back
Netherlands includes the Netherlands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. ↩ Back
New Zealand includes New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tokelau, and Niue. ↩ Back
United Kingdom includes the United Kingdom, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands. ↩ Back
Includes countries with fewer than 100 nonimmigrant temporary workers and families admissions. ↩ Back

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