Immigration News - immigrant visas, nonimmigrant visas, US visa statistics 2024, United States United States | Global visa issuance continues steady climb Share this article LinkedIn Facebook X (Twitter) July 9, 2025 The State Department recently published the Report of the Visa Office 2024 showing a steady climb in both immigrant visa and nonimmigrant visa issuance in fiscal year (FY) 2024. According to the report, the State Department issued a total of 612,258 immigrant visas, an increase of 8.75% from last year’s total of 562,976. Nonimmigrant visa issuance advanced at a slower pace, rising from 10,438,327 in FY 2023 to 10,969,936 in FY 2024 — a year-over-year increase of just over 5%. Most posts in India and Mexico issued record high nonimmigrant visas in FY 2024. Overall visa issuance continues its upward trend after plummeting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fiscal year Immigrant visas issued globally 2024 612,258 2023 562,976 2022 493,448 2021 285,069 2020 240,526 Fiscal year Nonimmigrant visas issued globally 2024 10,969,936 2023 10,438,327 2022 6,815,120 2021 2,792,083 2020 4,013,210 Additional Information: The Visa Services Office publishes immigrant visa and nonimmigrant visa data in the annual Report of the Visa Office. Beginning with FY 2019, the annual report replaced an earlier transaction-based methodology with an application-centric methodology in the counting and reporting of all immigrant and nonimmigrant visa data. This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group. Copyright © 2025 Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. All rights reserved. Reprinting or digital redistribution to the public is permitted only with the express written permission of Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. For inquiries, please contact copyright@bal.com.