2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics - Homeland Security

Table 6.
PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY TYPE AND MAJOR CLASS OF ADMISSION:
FISCAL YEARS 1996 TO 2005 – Continued
Type and class of admission 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
TOTAL
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915,560 797,847 653,206 644,787 841,002 1,058,902 1,059,356 703,542 957,883 1,122,373
Family-sponsored preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,144 213,292 191,396 216,705 235,092 231,699 186,880 158,796 214,355 212,970
First: Unmarried sons/daughters of U.S. citizens
and their children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,891 22,527 17,698 22,346 27,635 27,003 23,517 21,471 26,380 24,729
Second: Spouses, children, and unmarried
sons/daughters of alien residents . . . . . . . . . 182,824 113,659 88,447 107,945 124,540 112,015 84,785 53,195 93,609 100,139
Third: Married sons/daughters of U.S. citizens
and their spouses and children . . . . . . . . . . . 25,450 21,941 22,245 24,018 22,804 24,830 21,041 27,287 28,695 22,953
Fourth: Brothers/sisters of U.S. citizens
(at least 21 years of age) and their spouses
and children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,979 55,165 63,006 62,396 60,113 67,851 57,537 56,843 65,671 65,149
Employment-based preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,460 90,490 77,413 56,678 106,642 178,702 173,814 81,727 155,330 246,878
First: Priority workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,487 21,774 21,375 14,844 27,566 41,672 34,168 14,453 31,291 64,731
Second: Professionals with advanced degrees
or aliens of exceptional ability . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,458 17,033 14,362 8,557 20,255 42,550 44,316 15,406 32,534 42,597
Third: Skilled workers, professionals, and
unskilled workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,744 42,557 34,282 27,920 49,589 85,847 88,002 46,415 85,969 129,070
Fourth: Special immigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,835 7,765 6,570 5,072 9,014 8,442 7,186 5,389 5,407 10,134
Fifth: Employment creation (investors) . . . . . . . 936 1,361 824 285 218 191 142 64 129 346
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens . . . . . . . . . . 300,253 320,768 282,617 257,715 346,350 439,972 483,676 331,286 417,815 436,231
Spouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,673 170,094 150,589 127,370 196,405 268,294 293,219 183,796 252,193 259,144
Children 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,965 76,616 70,423 69,031 82,638 91,275 96,941 77,948 88,088 94,974
Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,615 74,058 61,605 61,314 67,307 80,403 93,516 69,542 77,534 82,113
Refugees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,447 101,967 44,529 39,164 56,091 96,870 115,601 34,362 61,013 112,676
Asylees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,033 10,083 7,519 3,345 6,837 11,111 10,197 10,402 10,217 30,286
Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,244 49,344 45,485 47,535 50,920 41,989 42,820 46,335 50,084 46,234
Cancellation of removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,806 4,625 D 8,901 12,154 22,188 23,642 28,990 32,702 20,785
Parolees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,268 1,858 1,284 D 3,162 5,349 6,018 4,196 7,121 7,715
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American
Relief Act (NACARA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - D 11,219 20,364 18,663 9,307 2,498 2,292 1,155
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act
(HRIFA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - D 435 10,064 5,345 1,406 2,451 2,820
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,905 5,420 2,536 1,614 2,955 2,295 2,056 3,544 4,503 4,623
ADJUSTMENTS OF STATUS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494,157 417,135 296,233 243,268 433,723 648,086 675,067 345,209 583,921 738,302
Family-sponsored preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,566 56,410 34,249 28,245 59,694 72,913 63,363 29,032 64,427 70,459
First: Unmarried sons/daughters of U.S. citizens
and their children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,791 6,187 4,812 3,836 8,394 9,523 8,648 5,241 7,782 6,389
Second: Spouses, children, and unmarried
sons/daughters of alien residents . . . . . . . . . 79,030 45,748 26,003 20,886 44,247 54,097 44,888 17,966 45,669 55,362
Third: Married sons/daughters of U.S. citizens
and their spouses and children . . . . . . . . . . . 2,197 1,583 1,175 1,115 2,425 3,214 3,583 2,370 4,672 4,164
Fourth: Brothers/sisters of U.S. citizens
(at least 21 years of age) and their spouses
and children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,548 2,892 2,259 2,408 4,628 6,079 6,244 3,455 6,304 4,544
Employment-based preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,849 71,321 62,409 41,849 84,594 137,318 133,783 52,151 128,238 220,000
First: Priority workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,441 18,315 18,202 11,596 21,937 29,592 24,587 8,089 27,060 60,240
Second: Professionals with advanced degrees
or aliens of exceptional ability . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,261 15,990 13,404 7,719 18,398 36,017 38,993 12,969 31,134 41,109
Third: Skilled workers, professionals, and
unskilled workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,513 30,897 25,705 18,911 37,011 65,281 64,554 26,962 65,875 109,713
Fourth: Special immigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,279 5,779 4,845 3,458 7,102 6,300 5,558 4,106 4,100 8,750
Fifth: Employment creation (investors) . . . . . . . 355 340 253 165 146 128 91 25 69 188
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens . . . . . . . . . . 157,147 158,832 139,386 105,569 186,921 271,037 305,304 177,192 269,964 266,851
Spouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,431 118,457 106,039 79,735 143,237 209,791 238,367 137,659 209,358 208,758
Children 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,106 23,934 20,289 15,977 26,568 34,792 35,251 20,944 30,706 30,738
Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,610 16,441 13,058 9,857 17,116 26,454 31,686 18,589 29,900 27,355
Refugees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,447 101,967 44,529 39,164 56,091 96,870 115,601 34,362 61,013 112,676
Asylees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,033 10,083 7,519 3,345 6,837 11,111 10,197 10,402 10,217 30,286
Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,785 9,211 5,406 2,893 2,882 1,942 1,986 2,591 2,031 1,850
See footnotes at end of table.
18 Office of Immigration Statistics