2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics - Homeland Security

Table 29.
NONIMMIGRANT ADMISSIONS (I-94 ONLY) BY CATEGORY OF ADMISSION AND REGION AND COUNTRY
OF CITIZENSHIP: FISCAL YEAR 2005 – Continued
Region and country of citizenship
Total
Tourists and business
travelers
Visa
waiver 1 Other 2
Students
and
exchange
visitors 3
Temporary
workers 4
Diplomats
and other
representatives
5
All other
classes
Unknown
Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,665 17 9,962 1,758 1,419 913 528 68
Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,534 3 985 69 51 374 12 40
Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,025 108 5,105 101 139 264 255 53
Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 10 255 64 20 110 2 1
Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,708 310,393 6,746 9,368 13,322 4,254 1,397 228
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,020 241,308 9,536 7,109 9,839 2,270 762 196
Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,379 10 5,095 499 285 171 287 32
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,759 12,635 266,931 42,819 15,613 154 1,613 994
Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 - 222 285 14 225 15 1
Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,051 D 3,079 892 D 704 74 24
Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,699 48 57,015 16,714 3,466 2,520 4,680 256
Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,779 11 1,260 183 50 214 33 28
Tonga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,642 14 3,166 79 100 129 144 10
Trinidad and Tobago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,934 147 137,011 4,796 3,559 1,392 3,807 1,222
Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,448 202 3,597 548 214 751 106 30
Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,464 108 79,471 22,340 9,399 2,716 2,042 388
Turkmenistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 D 310 202 D 62 10 -
Tuvalu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 - 70 D D 38 109 1
Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,493 3 3,749 626 362 650 80 23
Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,801 39 24,280 5,955 2,759 1,045 7,562 161
United Arab Emirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,929 23 4,796 1,304 37 722 9 38
United Kingdom 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,087,096 4,682,422 168,774 39,659 156,635 22,810 13,445 3,351
Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,226 301 33,083 1,058 2,354 2,087 1,002 341
Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,534 - 4,084 1,296 467 427 220 40
Vanuatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 32 69 D D 37 11 -
Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396,828 2,090 342,824 9,990 33,709 2,855 1,514 3,846
Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,813 162 16,152 4,204 601 872 4,726 96
Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,646 D 878 278 D 240 219 5
Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,788 3 2,399 581 177 477 144 7
Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,832 28 5,665 992 600 407 108 32
All other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,767 205 8,908 742 493 168 185 66
Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,955 69,091 74,817 7,432 6,502 3,016 4,672 4,425
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1
Includes GB, GT, WB, and WT admissions.
2
Includes B-1 and B-2 admissions.
3
Includes principals and dependents (F-1 to F-3, J-1, J-2, and M-1 to M-3 admissions).
4
Includes principals and dependents (E-1 to E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, H-1C, H-2A, H-2B, H-2R, H-3, H-4, I-1, L-1, L-2, O-1 to O-3, P-1 to P-4, Q-1, R-1, R-2, TD and TN admissions).
5
Includes principals and dependents (A-1 to A-3, G-1 to G-5, and N-1 to N-7 admissions).
6
Australia includes Australia, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and Cocos (Keeling) Island.
7
China includes the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
8
Congo (Brazzaville) refers to the Republic of the Congo.
9
Congo (Kinshasa) refers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
10
Denmark includes Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
11
France includes France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, St. Pierre and Miquelon,
and Wallis and Futuna.
12
North Korea refers to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
13
South Korea refers to the Republic of Korea.
14
Morocco includes Morocco and Western Sahara.
15
Netherlands includes the Netherlands, Aruba, and the Netherlands Antilles.
16
New Zealand includes New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tokelau, and Niue.
17
United Kingdom includes the United Kingdom, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man,
Jersey, Montserrat, Pitcairn Island, St. Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Note: Admissions refer to counts of arrivals rather than individuals since nonimmigrants may enter the United States multiple times during a year. Also, the majority of shortterm
admissions from Canada and Mexico are excluded.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
80 Office of Immigration Statistics