Table 25. NONIMMIGRANT ADMISSIONS: FISCAL YEARS 1996 TO <strong>2005</strong> (in millions) Year Total nonimmigrant admissions 1 I-94 admissions 2 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.1 24.8 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.9 NA 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.7 30.2 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.7 31.5 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.5 33.7 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.4 32.8 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.2 27.9 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.5 27.8 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.2 30.8 <strong>2005</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.4 32.0 NA Not available 1 Excludes sea and air crew admissions (D-1 and D-2 visas). 2 Includes only nonimmigrant admissions issued an Arrival-Departure Record (DHS Form I-94) upon entry (initial entry only for multiple-entry I-94 land border admissions). Excludes the majority <strong>of</strong> short-term admissions from Canada and Mexico. Note: Admissions refer to counts <strong>of</strong> arrivals rather than individuals since nonimmigrants may enter the United States multiple times during a year. Source: U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Homeland</strong> <strong>Security</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>Immigration</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> 63
Table 26. NONIMMIGRANT ADMISSIONS (I-94 ONLY) BY CLASS OF ADMISSION: FISCAL YEARS 1996 TO <strong>2005</strong> – Continued Class <strong>of</strong> admission 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,842,501 30,174,627 31,491,819 33,660,320 32,824,088 Temporary visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,851,092 27,641,762 28,683,523 30,461,261 29,387,486 For business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,770,326 4,413,440 4,589,675 NA NA For business (B-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,399,874 2,453,888 2,446,912 NA NA Visa waiver (WB) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368,633 1,958,676 2,142,257 NA NA Visa waiver, Guam (GB) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,819 876 506 NA NA For pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,080,766 23,228,322 24,093,848 NA NA For pleasure (B-2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,887,788 9,395,244 9,731,586 NA NA Visa waiver (WT) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,032,565 13,792,029 14,296,701 NA NA Visa waiver, Guam (GT) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,413 41,049 65,561 NA NA Students, exchange visitors, and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716,113 891,250 961,125 1,051,696 1,131,356 Students and exchange visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642,378 815,642 880,482 963,306 1,038,443 Academic students (F-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418,117 553,865 594,849 648,793 688,970 Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students (F-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X Vocational students (M-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,786 10,818 10,088 10,288 9,625 Exchange visitors (J-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,475 250,959 275,545 304,225 339,848 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> students and exchange visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,735 75,608 80,643 88,390 92,913 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> academic students (F-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,978 33,062 36,175 40,179 42,544 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> vocational students (M-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 775 648 693 782 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> exchange visitors (J-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,250 41,771 43,820 47,518 49,587 Temporary workers and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699,573 1.010,756 1,183,885 1,414,453 1,541,902 Temporary workers and trainees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,381 430,163 525,401 634,385 687,554 Specialty occupations (H-1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,458 240,947 302,421 355,605 384,191 Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement (H-1B1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X Registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas (H-1C) . . . . . . . . X X - - 29 Seasonal workers 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,980 52,203 68,311 84,754 100,082 Seasonal agricultural workers (H-2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,635 27,308 32,376 33,292 27,695 Seasonal nonagricultural workers (H-2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,345 24,895 35,935 51,462 72,387 Industrial trainees (H-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,986 3,157 3,457 3,208 3,245 Workers with extraordinary ability or achievement (O-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,177 12,221 15,943 21,746 25,685 Workers accompanying and assisting in performance <strong>of</strong> O-1 workers (O-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,112 2,802 3,246 3,627 3,834 Internationally recognized athletes or entertainers (P-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,968 34,447 36,167 40,920 42,430 Artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs (P-2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,727 3,089 3,780 4,227 3,877 Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs (P-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,938 9,452 8,475 11,230 9,484 Workers in international cultural exchange programs (Q-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,056 1,921 2,470 2,447 2,089 Workers in religious occupations (R-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,992 10,863 12,720 15,342 17,122 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) pr<strong>of</strong>essional workers (TN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,987 59,061 68,411 91,279 95,486 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> temporary workers and trainees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,266 104,682 128,923 151,173 167,935 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> H-1, H-2, and H-3 workers (H-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,106 81,796 102,865 120,212 135,907 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> O-1 and O-2 workers (O-3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 1,668 2,576 3,546 4,540 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> P-1, P-2, and P-3 workers (P-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 1,052 1,259 1,304 1,575 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> R-1 workers (R-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,922 2,350 3,100 3,930 4,404 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> TN workers (TD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,694 17,816 19,123 22,181 21,509 Treaty traders and investors and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,568 144,572 151,237 168,214 178,534 Treaty traders (E-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,289 50,817 50,513 51,241 51,443 Treaty investors (E-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,279 93,755 100,724 116,973 127,091 Australian Free Trade Agreement (E-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X X X Intracompany transferees and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213,762 302,451 346,433 426,763 473,391 Intracompany transferees (L-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,457 203,255 234,462 294,658 328,480 Spouses and children <strong>of</strong> intracompany transferees (L-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,305 99,196 111,971 132,105 144,911 Representatives <strong>of</strong> foreign information media and families (I-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,596 28,888 31,891 33,918 34,488 Foreign government <strong>of</strong>ficials and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,157 126,543 133,103 138,230 131,313 Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomats, or consular <strong>of</strong>ficers (A-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,354 26,710 28,390 28,012 26,683 Other foreign government <strong>of</strong>ficials or employees (A-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,765 97,706 102,547 107,751 102,478 Attendants, servants, or personal employees <strong>of</strong> A-1 and A-2 classes (A-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,038 2,127 2,166 2,467 2,152 Representatives to international organizations and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,528 86,129 91,819 97,555 94,109 Principals <strong>of</strong> recognized foreign governments (G-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,563 11,790 11,386 11,708 11,948 Other representatives <strong>of</strong> recognized foreign governments (G-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,455 11,495 12,678 14,373 10,947 Representatives <strong>of</strong> nonrecognized or nonmember foreign governments (G-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 388 365 415 356 International organization <strong>of</strong>ficers or employees (G-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,656 60,946 65,721 69,375 69,215 Attendants, servants, or personal employees <strong>of</strong> representatives (G-5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447 1,510 1,669 1,684 1,643 NATO <strong>of</strong>ficials and families (N-1 to N-7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,945 12,325 2,590 2,503 1,548 See footnotes at end <strong>of</strong> table. 64 Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>Immigration</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong>
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