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Immigration Statistics

The Visa Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs collects statistical information on immigrant and nonimmigrant visa issuance at consular offices around the world for each fiscal year. The report, called Report of the Visa Office, includes this information:

  • visa issuance by visa category;
  • visa issuance by consular office;
  • visa refusal by ground of ineligibility; and
  • multiyear visa issuance information.

The information comes from two sources:

  • workload reports from consular offices abroad, and
  • records of the Visa Office on the use of immigrant visa numbers for people who adjust status (get a green card) in the United States in the family preference, employment-based and diversity immigrant visa categories.

The Report of the Visa Office does not contain information on these categories:

  • refugees entering from abroad or asylum-seekers in the United States, or
  • non-numerically controlled visa categories for people in the United States who are adjusting status (getting a green card or becoming a permanent resident) through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS).

For information about immigrant visa numbers go to How Do I Get an Immigrant Visa Number?

For statistical information on people who adjust status with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security in the United States, go to the Immigration Statistics page.

The 2001 edition is the most recent Report of the Visa Office. Electronic copies of the report are available at Report of the Visa Office. To request a hard copy of the report, send a letter to:

Visa Office
Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division
2401 E. St. NW, Room 703A
Washington, DC 20520

The Visa Office has a limited supply of older reports. You may ask about the availability of these from the Visa Office.

















 

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