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Table XVI(B)
Nonimmigrant Visas Issued by Classification
(Including Crewlist Visas and Border Crossing Cards)
Fiscal Years 2003-2007
Visa Symbol/Class 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
A1 Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and 9,152 9,562 9,944 10,159 10,216
immediate family
A2 Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate 73,092 81,536 83,051 81,144 82,341
family
A3 Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 and A2, and 1,259 1,258 1,227 1,017 1,000
immediate family
B1 Temporary visitor for business 60,892 53,245 52,649 56,432 61,461
B1/B2 Temporary visitor for business and pleasure 2,207,303 2,340,795 2,709,468 3,053,656 3,318,784
B1/B2/BCC Combination B1/B2 and Border Crossing Card 836,407 740,616 732,566 660,482 470,321
B2 Temporary visitor for pleasure 271,358 279,106 245,816 305,645 356,225
B1/B2/BCV Combination B1/B2 and Mexican Lincoln 307,359
C1 Person in transit 34,664 81,292 65,272 54,994 47,714
C1/D Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) 210,648 228,778 229,115 214,942 241,946
C2 Person in transit to United Nations Headquarters 15 21 44 21 32
C3 Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, 6,160 7,963 10,537 12,198 13,392
servant, or personal employee in transit
D Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) 16,125 16,896 19,988 20,486 20,162
DCREW Crewlist Visas 4,631 1,055 0 0 0
E1 Treaty trader, spouse and children 7,590 8,608 8,867 8,015 7,412
E2 Treaty investor, spouse and children 24,506 28,213 28,290 29,453 29,298
E3 Australian specialty occupation professional 0 0 4 1,918 2,572
E3D Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional 0 0 3 1,053 1,368
E3R Returning Australian specialty occupation professional 0 0 0 0 6
F1 Student (academic or language training program) 215,695 218,898 237,890 273,870 298,390
F2 Spouse or child of student 19,885 18,893 18,061 20,748 22,036
F3 Border commuter academic or language student 0 16 42 19 119
G1 Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member 4,555 5,018 4,995 4,894 5,270
government to international organization, staff, and immediate
family
G2 Other representative of recognized foreign member government 7,194 10,899 13,703 11,946 12,319
to international organization, and immediate family
G3 Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign 146 266 309 284 278
government to international organization, and immediate family
G4 International organization officer or employee, and immediate 18,091 20,017 20,930 20,887 21,768
family
G5 Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G1 through G4, and 1,117 945 998 940 1,058
immediate family
H1A Temporary worker performing services as a registered nurse 0 0 0 0 0
H1B Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing 107,196 138,965 124,099 135,421 154,051
services other than as a registered nurse
H1B1 Free Trade Agreement Professional 0 72 275 440 639
H1C Shortage area nurse 191 110 63 8 26
H2A Temporary worker performing agricultural services 29,882 31,774 31,892 37,149 50,791
H2B Temporary worker performing other services 78,955 76,169 87,492 71,687 60,227
H2R Returning H2B worker 0 0 1,643 50,854 69,320
H3 Trainee 1,417 1,410 1,763 2,369 3,096
H4 Spouse or child of H1A/B/B1/C, H2A/B/R, or H3 69,289 83,128 70,266 74,326 86,219
I Representative of foreign information media, spouse and 12,329 16,390 16,975 15,514 15,885
children
J1 Exchange visitor 253,866 254,504 275,161 309,951 343,946
J2 Spouse or child of exchange visitor 29,796 27,875 28,661 30,104 32,236
K1 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen 25,304 29,658 33,910 30,575 33,190
K2 Child of K1 3,752 4,694 5,308 5,013 5,455
K3 Certain spouse of U.S. citizen 12,403 13,623 11,312 10,341 9,816
K4 Child of K3 3,174 3,827 3,438 2,935 2,474
L1 Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized 57,245 62,700 65,458 72,613 84,531
personnel continuing employment with international firm or
corporation)
L2 Spouse or child of intracompany transferee 53,571 59,164 57,523 61,984 70,338
M1 Vocational and other nonacademic student 4,157 4,817 5,822 7,227 9,221
M2 Spouse or child of vocational student 144 95 153 178 219
M3 Border commuter vocational or nonacademic student 0 0 0 0 0
N8 Parent of SK3 special immigrant 11 8 10 11 7
N9 Child of N8 or of SK1, SK2 or SK4 special immigrant 7 3 4 0 0
NATO1 Principal permanent representative of member state to NATO 16 12 28 5 5
(including any of its subsidiary bodies) resident in the U.S.,and
resident members of official staff; principal NATO officers; and
immediate family
NATO2 Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any 5,364 6,234 5,893 5,911 6,406
of its subsidiary bodies), and immediate family; dependents of
member of a force entering in accordance with provisions of
NATO agreements; members of such force if issued visas
NATO3 Official clerical staff accompanying a representative of member 2 4 1 0 7
state to NATO, and immediate family
NATO4 Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO1), 133 255 353 333 287
and immediate family
NATO5 Experts, other than NATO4 officials, employed in missions on 91 49 69 88 67
behalf of NATO, and their dependents
NATO6 Members of a civilian component accompanying a force entering 93 168 201 176 164
in accordance with the provisions of NATO agreements, and
their dependents
NATO7 Attendant, servant, or personal employee of NATO1 through 3 1 5 2 2
NATO6, and immediate family
O1 Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education, 6,126 6,437 6,712 6,961 7,653
business, or athletics
O2 Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic 2,472 2,611 3,387 3,726 4,218
performance by O1
O3 Spouse or child of O1 or O2 1,552 1,679 1,861 1,912 2,238
P1 Internationally recognized athlete or member of an 25,643 22,269 23,907 22,698 24,737
internationally recognized entertainment group
P2 Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program 93 211 125 91 168
P3 Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program 7,727 8,689 9,611 9,949 9,732
P4 Spouse or child of P1, P2, or P3 895 871 1,022 1,007 1,059
Q1 Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program 1,579 1,570 1,972 1,541 1,661
Q2 Irish Peace Process trainee 389 11 6 80 1
Q3 Spouse or child of Q2 2 0 0 3 0
R1 Person in a religious occupation 8,636 8,806 8,538 8,716 10,372
R2 Spouse or child of R1 3,162 2,976 3,267 3,234 3,216
S5 Informant processing critical reliable information concerning 0 0 0 0 0
criminal organization or enterprise
S6 Informant processing critical reliable information concerning 0 0 0 0 0
terrorist organization, enterprise, or operation
S7 Spouse, married or unmarried son or daughter, or parent of S5 or 0 0 0 0 0
S6
T1 Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons 0 0 0 0 0
T2 Spouse of T1 20 74 35 11 20
T3 Child of T1 38 145 65 43 70
T4 Parent of T1 0 0 7 5 4
T5 Unmarried sibling under 18 years of age on date T1 applied 0 0 5 1 3
TD Spouse or child of TN 796 1,268 1,941 2,779 3,438
TN NAFTA professional 423 908 1,902 2,972 4,091
U1 Victim of criminal activity 0 0 0 0 0
U2 Spouse of U1 0 0 0 0 0
U3 Child of U1 0 0 0 0 0
U4 Parent of U1 0 0 0 0 0
V1 Certain Spouse of Legal Permanent Resident 13,983 6,896 911 163 29
V2 Certain Child of Legal Permanent Resident 12,918 7,217 951 127 23
V3 Child of V1 or V2 16,302 6,856 1,165 281 51
Other
Nonimmigrant
Classes
BCC Border Crossing Card 0 0 0 0 0
Grand Total 4,881,632 5,049,099 5,388,937 5,836,718 6,444,256