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Employment-based immigrant visas and temporary work visas issued, 1987-2018

LPR-EB A-3 CW-1 CW-2 E-1 E-2 E-2C E-3 E-3D E-3R F-1/OPT G-5 H-2A H-2B H-1B H-4 J-1 SWT J-1 other J-2 L-1 L-2 O-1 O-2 O-3 TN
1987 57,519 2,251 20,432 11,812 1,534 44 62 10,569 27,616 14,119 19,098
1988 58,727 2,599 17,292 14,628 1,454 2,612 683 12,999 29,213 12,727 16,622
1989 57,741 2,240 20,100 19,026 1,529 3,965 9,575 15,612 32,237 13,648 18,363
1990 58,192 2,100 18,500 19,673 1,583 5,318 11,843 794 18,118 33,436 14,342 19,544
1991  59,525 2,034 16,778 20,584 1,564 6,847 14,573 51,882 22,227 32,886 16,109 21,139
1992 116,198 1,960 13,421 18,384 1,503 6,445 12,552 44,290 24,756 32,470 17,345 21,358 451 223 54
1993 147,012 2,069 12,071 18,492 1,572 7,243 9,691 35,818 25,432 33,360 20,369 23,832 2,002 1,001 282
1994 123,291 2,163 11,695 19,236 1,589 7,721 10,400 42,843 28,800 32,151 22,666 26,450 2,464 1,161 355 4
1995 85,336 2,452 11,082 19,103 1,443 8,379 11,737 51,832 33,318 33,481 29,088 33,508 2,879 1,481 519 34
1996 117,499 2,140 10,471 19,438 1,509 11,004 12,200 58,327 36,187 20,728 33,068 32,098 37,617 2,765 1,594 515 115
1997 90,607 2,270 9,497 20,261 1,546 16,011 15,706 80,547 47,206 22,635 34,089 36,589 43,476 3,345 1,848 748 171
1998 77,517 2,148 9,457 20,775 1,614 22,676 20,192 91,360 54,595 30,063 33,177 38,307 44,176 4,257 1,778 1,056 295
1999 56,678 2,279 9,973 22,975 1,737 28,568 30,642 116,513 69,194 37,992 34,394 41,739 46,289 5,009 2,185 1,480 484
2000 106,642 2,486 9,539 26,981 1,737 30,201 45,037 133,290 79,518 54,700 37,122 54,963 57,069 6,466 1,894 2,101 906
2001 178,702 2,228 9,309 27,577 1,645 31,523 58,215 161,643 95,967 69,800 38,189 59,384 61,154 6,666 1,918 2,287 787
2002 173,814 1,971 7,811 25,633 1,482 31,538 62,591 118,352 79,725 92,000 182,028 32,539 57,721 54,903 6,026 1,972 1,760 699
2003 81,727 1,259 7,590 24,506 1,117 29,882 78,955 107,196 69,289 88,000 113,780 29,796 57,245 53,571 6,126 2,472 1,552 423
2004 155,330 1,258 8,608 28,213 77,900 945 31,774 76,169 138,965 83,128 88,571 170,392 27,875 62,700 59,164 6,437 2,611 1,679 908
2005 246,877 1,227 8,867 28,290 4 3 0 80,489 998 31,892 89,135 124,099 70,266 117,747 116,275 28,661 65,458 57,523 6,712 3,387 1,861 1,902
2006 159,081 1,017 8,015 29,453 1,918 1,053 0 80,489 940 37,149 122,541 135,421 74,326 144,298 128,001 30,104 72,613 61,984 6,961 3,726 1,912 2,972
2007 162,176 1,000 7,413 29,298 2,572 1,368 6 83,077 1,058 50,791 129,547 154,053 86,219 150,326 152,040 32,236 84,532 70,340 7,653 4,218 2,238 4,091
2008 164,741 1,000 6,862 28,588 2,961 1,568 114 83,029 973 64,404 94,304 129,464 71,019 151,756 157,509 32,642 84,078 71,683 9,014 5,051 2,642 4,761
2009 140,903 1,186 6,432 24,033 2,191 1,421 561 83,489 911 60,112 44,847 110,367 60,009 116,387 147,313 31,944 64,696 59,579 9,368 4,702 2,396 4,124
2010 148,343 916 6,279 25,500 2,175 1,582 782 92,316 747 55,921 47,403 117,409 66,176 132,342 148,518 32,797 74,719 69,233 8,589 4,435 1,929 3,392
2011 139,339 1,087 6,807 28,245 3 2,546 1,663 733 103,656 835 55,384 50,826 129,134 74,205 115,000 148,012 35,090 70,728 76,949 8,828 4,863 2,052 4,971
2012 143,998 1,141 7,135 111 6,907 31,942 63 3,211 2,150 837 112,962 730 65,345 50,009 135,530 80,015 95,000 148,012 36,722 62,430 71,782 10,590 5,357 2,396 7,638
2013 161,110 1,135 9,252 612 7,283 35,272 184 3,946 2,530 926 121,994 736 74,192 57,600 153,223 96,753 90,000 148,012 39,874 66,700 74,104 12,359 6,623 3,098 9,548
2014 151,596 1,203 8,727 557 7,330 36,825 65 4,492 3,083 1,259 134,315 643 89,274 68,102 161,369 109,147 85,000 148,012 42,108 71,513 78,108 12,706 6,251 3,473 11,207
2015 144,047 1,113 9,690 634 7,425 41,162 127 5,527 3,656 1,324 160,623 711 108,144 69,684 172,748 124,484 94,974 141,971 42,289 78,537 86,067 13,865 5,792 4,023 13,093
2016 137,893 1,049 13,529 879 8,085 44,243 67 5,609 4299 2,026 192,841 598 134,368 84,627 180,057 131,051 101,054 147,435 40,408 79,306 85,872 15,918 7,417 4,836 14,768
2017 137,855 1,031 12,899 648 7,063 43,673 106 5,657 4,169 2,306 219,635 583 161,583 83,600 179,049 136,393 104,921 145,325 39,354 78,178 85,254 17,011 8,053 4,974 16,119
2018 830 8,995 548 6,542 41,181 39 5,394 4,341 2,941 541 196,409 83,774 179,660 130,814 104,512 39,580 74,388 78,711 16,904 8,432 4,923 17,950
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