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FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Africa
Algeria 5 96 30 126 3 7 16 157
Angola 15 4 1 5 3 3 0 26
Benin 0 18 11 29 3 2 0 34
Botswana 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Burkina Faso 3 21 5 26 5 0 0 34
Burundi 0 9 2 11 0 0 0 11
Cabo Verde 351 210 39 249 358 46 60 1,064
Cameroon 59 319 63 382 51 5 53 550
Central African Republic 1 2 2 4 0 0 2 7
Chad 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 7 255 36 291 8 8 1 315
Congo, Rep. of the 1 5 4 9 0 0 1 11
Cote d'Ivoire 35 77 26 103 23 0 35 196
Djibouti 0 11 0 11 0 2 0 13
Egypt 59 335 61 396 43 137 562 1,197
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Eritrea 15 129 21 150 3 15 15 198
Eswatini 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ethiopia 181 730 123 853 256 39 134 1,463
Gabon 1 5 0 5 1 0 1 8
Gambia, The 24 88 2 90 22 0 12 148
Ghana 285 500 153 653 96 97 234 1,365
Guinea 17 116 6 122 14 8 10 171
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Kenya 125 169 28 197 32 38 136 528
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 191 245 15 260 34 8 26 519
Libya 6 13 1 14 2 2 9 33
Madagascar 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2
Malawi 0 3 0 3 0 2 7 12
Mali 4 28 4 32 12 0 5 53
Mauritania 5 15 1 16 5 2 7 35
Mauritius 4 3 0 3 1 1 8 17
Morocco 31 160 25 185 43 11 205 475
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 160 25 185 43 11 205 475
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 5
Nigeria 423 448 88 536 107 547 1,217 2,830
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Rwanda 4 35 6 41 2 0 3 50
Sao Tome and Principe 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Senegal 35 113 16 129 15 12 60 251
Seychelles 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Sierra Leone 99 45 6 51 12 12 20 194
Somalia 41 40 0 40 0 2 0 83
South Africa 27 25 17 42 6 27 22 124
South Sudan 2 8 0 8 2 0 0 12
Sudan 9 93 9 102 7 10 21 149
Tanzania 3 9 4 13 5 5 44 70
Togo 38 124 28 152 12 0 13 215
Tunisia 0 8 3 11 1 0 9 21
Uganda 43 43 9 52 6 16 33 150
Zambia 3 3 1 4 0 3 5 15
Zimbabwe 9 10 2 12 1 8 16 46
Region Total For Africa 2,164 4,578 849 5,427 1,198 1,076 3,002 12,867
Asia
Afghanistan 11 263 18 281 7 40 21 360
Bahrain 0 2 0 2 0 11 3 16
Bangladesh 91 1,400 110 1,510 127 495 5,945 8,168
Bhutan 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Burma 43 72 14 86 26 91 356 602
Cambodia 63 127 25 152 84 143 180 622
China - mainland born 440 2,563 834 3,397 1,075 1,498 7,554 13,964
- PRC nationals adjusting under CSPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Taiwan born 65 131 8 139 36 147 478 865
Hong Kong S.A.R. 31 53 3 56 17 82 401 587
India 275 1,406 213 1,619 273 4,316 7,454 13,937
Indonesia 14 35 7 42 12 46 102 216
Iran 107 137 5 142 73 110 195 627
Iraq 20 254 15 269 10 45 67 411
Israel 22 34 5 39 7 36 31 135
Japan 8 58 8 66 6 9 14 103
Jordan 71 338 59 397 46 418 545 1,477
Korea, North 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Korea, South 116 253 17 270 152 187 476 1,201
Kuwait 22 22 6 28 11 99 91 251
Laos 16 45 8 53 2 36 16 123
Lebanon 47 85 37 122 34 199 430 832
Malaysia 17 39 12 51 15 16 67 166
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 1 21 3 24 4 0 22 51
Nepal 11 524 139 663 46 43 236 999
Oman 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 7
Pakistan 113 683 72 755 125 699 3,277 4,969
Philippines 2,022 2,673 648 3,321 4,100 1,311 2,714 13,468
Qatar 0 5 0 5 1 4 21 31
Saudi Arabia 10 64 11 75 26 58 99 268
Singapore 4 10 3 13 5 7 24 53
Sri Lanka 10 55 12 67 4 36 91 208
Syria 33 76 2 78 16 109 244 480
Thailand 54 85 11 96 30 18 74 272
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 11 55 2 57 11 69 94 242
Vietnam 1,100 2,617 662 3,279 1,484 3,916 14,412 24,191
Yemen 100 726 0 726 51 539 33 1,449
Region Total For Asia 4,948 14,917 2,969 17,886 7,916 14,834 45,774 91,358
Europe
Albania 76 163 67 230 68 222 873 1,469
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 112 98 11 109 23 68 60 372
Austria 4 7 1 8 2 0 3 17
Azerbaijan 16 11 2 13 4 18 22 73
Belarus 13 52 4 56 10 33 40 152
Belgium 4 10 2 12 2 0 2 20
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 4 1 5 1 29 67 107
Bulgaria 35 26 8 34 13 25 64 171
Croatia 3 5 3 8 1 6 13 31
Cyprus 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 5
Czech Republic 4 8 0 8 4 4 0 20
Denmark 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 10
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 10
Estonia 1 1 2 3 0 5 1 10
Finland 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 7
France 23 58 6 64 11 24 16 138
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 58 6 64 11 27 16 141
Georgia 44 57 9 66 13 15 18 156
Germany 19 55 6 61 6 30 36 152
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 67 78 15 93 32 87 186 465
Anguilla 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bermuda 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 7 3 0 3 0 0 1 11
Cayman Islands 7 1 2 3 0 3 0 13
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserrat 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turks and Caicos Islands 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
TOTAL 87 85 17 102 33 90 190 502
Greece 5 14 1 15 2 14 44 80
Hungary 9 10 0 10 7 3 4 33
Iceland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ireland 1 6 0 6 1 4 7 19
Italy 17 62 5 67 7 22 32 145
Kazakhstan 7 26 4 30 4 4 19 64
Kosovo 9 48 10 58 17 78 164 326
Kyrgyzstan 7 14 6 20 2 5 10 44
Latvia 8 5 0 5 4 6 1 24
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 19 26 2 28 7 11 7 72
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova 3 40 21 61 7 12 9 92
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 5 6 0 6 1 16 83 111
Netherlands 8 16 1 17 1 6 6 38
Aruba 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 7
Curacao 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 4
Sint Maarten 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 8
TOTAL 11 19 1 20 6 7 13 57
North Macedonia 6 32 7 39 10 46 114 215
Norway 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
TOTAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Poland 80 96 3 99 33 194 145 551
Portugal 13 12 1 13 3 6 7 42
Macau 1 2 0 2 1 2 5 11
TOTAL 14 14 1 15 4 8 12 53
Romania 43 29 1 30 12 64 100 249
Russia 140 178 20 198 28 150 111 627
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 12 24 1 25 7 24 57 125
Slovakia 5 7 0 7 3 1 0 16
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Spain 13 57 5 62 14 15 19 123
Sweden 2 8 1 9 1 10 9 31
Switzerland 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 5
Tajikistan 0 27 25 52 2 4 7 65
Turkey 16 98 16 114 6 27 77 240
Turkmenistan 2 6 1 7 2 0 9 20
Ukraine 107 334 87 421 55 229 155 967
Uzbekistan 28 461 39 500 16 42 33 619
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 1,018 2,297 397 2,694 451 1,576 2,658 8,397
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 36 8 4 12 2 18 17 85
Bahamas, The 20 19 8 27 2 5 6 60
Barbados 22 6 1 7 7 16 9 61
Belize 54 20 5 25 13 26 27 145
Canada 66 118 5 123 13 82 106 390
Costa Rica 46 58 10 68 22 28 42 206
Cuba 23 3,734 447 4,181 27 24 2 4,257
Dominica 55 20 5 25 15 22 44 161
Dominican Republic 3,922 8,272 2,526 10,798 8,201 816 2,195 25,932
El Salvador 1,042 2,083 352 2,435 972 527 920 5,896
Grenada 44 15 2 17 22 15 23 121
Guatemala 407 940 102 1,042 321 166 246 2,182
Haiti 1,481 1,156 143 1,299 1,609 337 616 5,342
Honduras 423 713 70 783 177 181 271 1,835
Jamaica 1,945 898 265 1,163 505 804 535 4,952
Mexico 2,795 16,665 0 16,665 2,351 2,421 5,654 29,886
Nicaragua 343 334 16 350 67 98 64 922
Panama 42 29 3 32 10 38 36 158
Saint Kitts and Nevis 56 6 0 6 10 5 22 99
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Saint Lucia 70 14 8 22 1 31 25 149
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 36 5 0 5 8 16 8 73
Trinidad and Tobago 259 60 5 65 40 156 188 708
Region Total For North America 13,187 35,173 3,977 39,150 14,395 5,832 11,056 83,620
Oceania
Australia 6 19 0 19 6 16 16 63
Christmas Island 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 20 0 20 6 16 16 64
Fiji 4 23 4 27 14 69 172 286
Kiribati 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 6 0 6 0 8 1 15
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 6 0 6 0 8 1 15
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 9
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 3 2 2 4 0 12 32 51
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Region Total For Oceania 13 52 8 60 20 108 227 428
South America
Argentina 39 69 7 76 21 14 35 185
Bolivia 80 68 12 80 24 15 77 276
Brazil 142 267 8 275 68 108 182 775
Chile 14 26 6 32 6 10 39 101
Colombia 604 613 134 747 277 273 540 2,441
Ecuador 480 665 210 875 447 447 681 2,930
Guyana 925 353 126 479 393 671 447 2,915
Paraguay 7 13 7 20 6 3 11 47
Peru 583 481 87 568 402 286 707 2,546
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Family Preferences
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Suriname 17 7 7 14 10 5 6 52
Uruguay 10 18 1 19 3 6 2 40
Venezuela 163 299 25 324 73 111 103 774
Region Total For South America 3,064 2,879 630 3,509 1,730 1,949 2,830 13,082
Grand Totals 24,394 59,896 8,830 68,726 25,710 25,375 65,547 209,752
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Africa
Algeria 11 29 4 2 6 17 0 17
Angola 7 3 1 0 1 4 0 4
Benin 2 4 5 1 6 5 1 6
Botswana 2 10 5 0 5 0 0
Burkina Faso 1 10 7 0 7 6 0 6
Burundi 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
Cabo Verde 1 2 1 0 1 5 0 5
Cameroon 14 57 21 0 21 15 0 15
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Chad 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Comoros 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 14 8 12 0 12 48 0 48
Congo, Rep. of the 2 3 1 0 1 23 0 23
Cote d'Ivoire 8 21 7 1 8 10 0 10
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Egypt 170 501 145 22 167 120 3 123
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrea 2 5 3 0 3 135 0 135
Eswatini 11 0 2 0 2 0 0
Ethiopia 26 99 30 0 30 122 0 122
Gabon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gambia, The 0 3 12 0 12 3 0 3
Ghana 14 151 109 0 109 48 3 51
Guinea 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 20 126 555 2 557 29 8 37
Lesotho 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 4 4 3 0 3 7 0 7
Libya 5 134 6 0 6 0 0
Madagascar 1 0 5 0 5 17 0 17
Malawi 6 6 7 0 7 1 0 1
Mali 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 3
Mauritania 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Mauritius 12 15 4 1 5 1 0 1
Morocco 30 52 21 1 22 19 0 19
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 30 52 21 1 22 19 0 19
Mozambique 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 2
Namibia 2 5 1 0 1 0 0
Niger 2 10 2 0 2 1 0 1
Nigeria 77 535 779 8 787 169 18 187
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Rwanda 4 11 4 0 4 8 0 8
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 2 11 7 2 9 28 0 28
Seychelles 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Sierra Leone 4 2 1 0 1 7 3 10
Somalia 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 3
South Africa 530 155 278 34 312 23 14 37
South Sudan 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 13
Sudan 3 26 5 0 5 5 0 5
Tanzania 3 24 16 0 16 9 4 13
Togo 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 14
Tunisia 17 49 10 2 12 7 0 7
Uganda 8 36 31 0 31 42 2 44
Zambia 14 16 17 0 17 9 0 9
Zimbabwe 28 43 84 5 89 20 1 21
Region Total For Africa 1,070 2,181 2,206 83 2,289 1,013 57 1,070
Asia
Afghanistan 3 7 7 1 8 10 0 10
Bahrain 4 48 18 0 18 4 0 4
Bangladesh 63 666 240 62 302 43 0 43
Bhutan 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 4
Brunei 3 1 3 0 3 1 0 1
Burma 3 19 10 4 14 23 4 27
Cambodia 7 3 8 1 9 102 5 107
China - mainland born 5,284 3,369 3,643 39 3,682 72 17 89
- PRC nationals adjusting under CSPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Taiwan born 336 1,468 471 17 488 5 14 19
Hong Kong S.A.R. 114 236 126 38 164 2 0 2
India 9,008 2,908 5,048 35 5,083 565 94 659
Indonesia 52 135 74 10 84 3 4 7
Iran 198 2,091 205 14 219 1 0 1
Iraq 14 21 15 0 15 4 0 4
Israel 729 617 320 23 343 28 34 62
Japan 476 512 465 27 492 23 12 35
Jordan 45 169 54 7 61 56 0 56
Korea, North 11 17 8 9 17 0 0
Korea, South 1,308 4,454 2,769 1,132 3,901 263 92 355
Kuwait 38 117 53 3 56 15 0 15
Laos 0 4 1 1 2 17 4 21
Lebanon 81 175 103 6 109 21 5 26
Malaysia 181 223 163 3 166 7 1 8
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Maldives 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Mongolia 9 40 53 30 83 13 0 13
Nepal 142 841 572 33 605 12 2 14
Oman 2 26 39 0 39 0 0
Pakistan 235 980 837 111 948 160 0 160
Philippines 350 1,356 4,773 360 5,133 204 15 219
Qatar 15 24 42 0 42 0 0
Saudi Arabia 37 243 135 4 139 6 1 7
Singapore 170 168 74 0 74 2 0 2
Sri Lanka 73 242 140 16 156 29 0 29
Syria 27 171 54 8 62 16 4 20
Thailand 36 102 176 95 271 38 7 45
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 94 239 365 5 370 1 1 2
Vietnam 84 370 269 239 508 150 30 180
Yemen 13 20 9 0 9 55 0 55
Region Total For Asia 19,249 22,085 21,344 2,333 23,677 1,952 349 2,301
Europe
Albania 18 18 32 23 55 13 0 13
Andorra 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 66 87 29 2 31 18 1 19
Austria 105 46 36 1 37 2 1 3
Azerbaijan 23 27 7 0 7 11 0 11
Belarus 56 181 132 1 133 2 0 2
Belgium 163 89 51 1 52 7 0 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 12 17 0 17 22 0 22
Bulgaria 39 84 60 11 71 2 0 2
Croatia 35 31 28 1 29 1 0 1
Cyprus 11 10 9 2 11 0 0
Czech Republic 52 51 38 0 38 1 0 1
Denmark 102 53 23 2 25 2 1 3
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 102 53 23 2 25 2 1 3
Estonia 20 11 11 1 12 0 0
Finland 203 73 35 0 35 2 0 2
France 1,192 848 377 12 389 9 5 14
French Polynesia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,193 848 377 12 389 10 5 15
Georgia 29 25 8 0 8 17 1 18
Germany 838 615 293 11 304 18 4 22
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,919 796 796 52 848 56 15 71
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 4 1 4 5 9 0 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1
Cayman Islands 2 1 3 0 3 0 0
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcairn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2,925 800 806 57 863 57 15 72
Greece 110 186 65 16 81 5 4 9
Hungary 88 86 76 4 80 12 12
Iceland 11 12 19 4 23 0 0
Ireland 388 193 162 3 165 9 4 13
Italy 604 476 300 30 330 13 10 23
Kazakhstan 57 71 28 2 30 19 4 23
Kosovo 4 8 6 0 6 1 0 1
Kyrgyzstan 9 12 18 1 19 14 2 16
Latvia 10 17 9 0 9 1 0 1
Liechtenstein 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 20 23 22 0 22 1 1
Luxembourg 11 3 2 0 2 0 0
Malta 6 5 1 0 1 0 0
Moldova 20 37 34 11 45 5 0 5
Monaco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Netherlands 346 158 56 2 58 10 3 13
Aruba 3 0 3 0 3 0 0
Curacao 3 1 2 0 2 0 0
Sint Maarten 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 353 159 61 2 63 10 3 13
North Macedonia 17 19 8 2 10 16 0 16
Norway 28 17 8 0 8 2 0 2
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
TOTAL 28 17 8 0 8 2 0 2
Poland 192 176 363 153 516 14 2 16
Portugal 103 80 73 4 77 2 1 3
Macau 6 16 8 0 8 0 0
TOTAL 109 96 81 4 85 2 1 3
Romania 102 196 130 17 147 10 3 13
Russia 651 1,203 322 4 326 62 22 84
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 43 64 33 9 42 8 0 8
Slovakia 40 19 20 2 22 2 2 4
Slovenia 25 13 14 0 14 0 0
Spain 650 339 253 7 260 23 9 32
Sweden 235 88 76 0 76 4 3 7
Switzerland 111 81 34 3 37 4 3 7
Tajikistan 9 4 9 0 9 23 0 23
Turkey 371 747 404 25 429 36 0 36
Turkmenistan 1 7 1 6 7 0 0
Ukraine 268 724 283 22 305 36 26 62
Uzbekistan 29 81 31 2 33 6 10 16
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Region Total For Europe 10,466 8,226 4,865 454 5,319 511 149 660
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 12 0 12 1 0 1
Bahamas, The 6 14 46 0 46 2 0 2
Barbados 7 9 22 0 22 2 0 2
Belize 4 4 2 4 6 11 1 12
Canada 1,960 1,948 1,327 30 1,357 56 18 74
Costa Rica 78 84 53 9 62 11 2 13
Cuba 3 0 4 0 4 4 0 4
Dominica 2 3 17 0 17 1 0 1
Dominican Republic 61 60 44 9 53 43 6 49
El Salvador 37 31 69 84 153 1,709 3 1,712
Grenada 1 9 10 0 10 3 1 4
Guatemala 39 56 55 37 92 1,295 2 1,297
Haiti 6 9 16 0 16 92 0 92
Honduras 27 40 72 12 84 1,293 1 1,294
Jamaica 25 90 941 31 972 53 2 55
Mexico 1,470 1,424 1,984 795 2,779 801 33 834
Nicaragua 7 9 18 1 19 41 1 42
Panama 24 34 16 4 20 8 0 8
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Saint Lucia 1 7 18 0 18 1 0 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 14 0 14 2 0 2
Trinidad and Tobago 36 61 61 0 61 11 2 13
Region Total For North America 3,795 3,893 4,803 1,016 5,819 5,440 72 5,512
Oceania
Australia 563 344 269 0 269 10 5 15
Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 563 344 269 0 269 10 5 15
Fiji 6 2 7 0 7 1 0 1
Kiribati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micronesia, Federated States of 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 182 46 62 1 63 7 2 9
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 182 46 62 1 63 7 2 9
Palau 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Region Total For Oceania 757 396 339 1 340 21 7 28
South America
Argentina 508 244 279 30 309 38 5 43
Bolivia 35 35 31 10 41 20 0 20
Brazil 2,549 1,389 1,140 158 1,298 109 3 112
Chile 110 164 98 7 105 11 0 11
Colombia 363 454 348 42 390 90 15 105
Ecuador 56 79 98 71 169 95 6 101
Guyana 8 16 50 0 50 12 0 12
Paraguay 12 6 13 0 13 3 0 3
Peru 73 154 80 38 118 49 3 52
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Employment Preferences
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2019
Suriname 1 8 1 0 1 2 0 2
Uruguay 22 36 35 1 36 3 2 5
Venezuela 1,018 686 836 66 902 44 7 51
Region Total For South America 4,755 3,271 3,009 423 3,432 476 41 517
Grand Totals 40,092 40,052 36,566 4,310 40,876 9,413 675 10,088
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
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Africa
Algeria 0 0 2 0 2 65 222
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 15 41
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 18 52
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 17 18
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 24 58
Burundi 0 0 1 0 1 4 15
Cabo Verde 0 0 0 0 0 9 1,073
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 107 657
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
Chad 0 0 4 0 4 6 7
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 0 0 1 0 1 83 398
Congo, Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 29 40
Cote d'Ivoire 0 0 1 0 1 48 244
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 2 15
Egypt 0 0 59 0 59 1,020 2,217
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 145 343
Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 13 14
Ethiopia 0 0 5 0 5 282 1,745
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 4 12
Gambia, The 0 0 0 0 0 18 166
Ghana 0 0 1 0 1 326 1,691
Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 8 179
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kenya 0 1 6 0 7 747 1,275
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 18 537
Libya 0 0 22 0 22 167 200
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 23 25
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 20 32
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 7 60
Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0 2 37
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 33 50
Morocco 3 0 5 0 8 131 606
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 0 5 0 8 131 606
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 15 20
Nigeria 0 0 93 0 93 1,679 4,509
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FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
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Rwanda 0 0 1 0 1 28 78
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 50 301
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 17 211
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 8 91
South Africa 0 2 118 0 120 1,154 1,278
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 14 26
Sudan 0 0 2 0 2 41 190
Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 56 126
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 17 232
Tunisia 0 0 1 0 1 86 107
Uganda 0 0 2 0 2 121 271
Zambia 0 4 0 0 4 60 75
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 181 227
Region Total For Africa 3 7 324 0 334 6,944 19,811
Asia
Afghanistan 0 0 6 0 6 34 394
Bahrain 0 0 10 0 10 84 100
Bangladesh 0 0 21 0 21 1,095 9,263
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 11 13
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 8 10
Burma 2 0 4 0 6 69 671
Cambodia 0 0 7 0 7 133 755
China - mainland born 38 119 4,166 4 4,327 16,751 30,715
- PRC nationals adjusting under CSPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Taiwan born 1 5 426 0 432 2,743 3,608
Hong Kong S.A.R. 1 10 156 0 167 683 1,270
India 12 80 668 0 760 18,418 32,355
Indonesia 1 1 10 0 12 290 506
Iran 0 1 9 0 10 2,519 3,146
Iraq 0 0 36 0 36 90 501
Israel 0 0 8 0 8 1,759 1,894
Japan 0 0 96 0 96 1,611 1,714
Jordan 3 0 10 0 13 344 1,821
Korea, North 0 0 4 0 4 49 52
Korea, South 8 0 687 0 695 10,713 11,914
Kuwait 0 0 6 0 6 232 483
Laos 0 0 0 0 0 27 150
Lebanon 0 0 10 0 10 401 1,233
Malaysia 0 0 20 0 20 598 764
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
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Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Mongolia 0 0 2 0 2 147 198
Nepal 0 0 4 0 4 1,606 2,605
Oman 0 0 0 0 0 67 74
Pakistan 0 8 50 0 58 2,381 7,350
Philippines 0 5 11 0 16 7,074 20,542
Qatar 1 1 12 0 14 95 126
Saudi Arabia 3 0 40 0 43 469 737
Singapore 0 9 21 0 30 444 497
Sri Lanka 0 0 3 0 3 503 711
Syria 0 0 33 0 33 313 793
Thailand 0 0 15 0 15 469 741
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 1 2 43 0 46 751 993
Vietnam 4 15 697 0 716 1,858 26,049
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 97 1,546
Region Total For Asia 75 256 7,291 4 7,626 74,938 166,296
Europe
Albania 0 0 0 0 0 104 1,573
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Armenia 0 0 4 0 4 207 579
Austria 0 0 6 0 6 197 214
Azerbaijan 0 0 1 0 1 69 142
Belarus 0 0 5 0 5 377 529
Belgium 0 0 8 0 8 319 339
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 60 167
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 196 367
Croatia 0 0 2 0 2 98 129
Cyprus 0 0 1 0 1 33 38
Czech Republic 0 0 8 0 8 150 170
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 183 193
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 183 193
Estonia 0 1 0 0 1 44 54
Finland 0 0 0 0 0 313 320
France 3 4 42 0 49 2,492 2,630
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
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Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 4 42 0 49 2,494 2,635
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 80 236
Germany 0 0 26 0 26 1,805 1,957
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 10 84 0 96 4,730 5,195
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 14 18
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 4 15
Cayman Islands 0 1 0 0 1 7 20
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TOTAL 2 11 84 0 97 4,757 5,259
Greece 0 0 8 0 8 394 474
Hungary 0 0 3 0 3 269 302
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 46 48
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 759 778
Italy 0 5 23 0 28 1,461 1,606
Kazakhstan 0 0 12 0 12 193 257
Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 19 345
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 56 100
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 37 61
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 66 138
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 107 199
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 6 117
Netherlands 0 1 7 0 8 583 621
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 6 13
Curacao 0 0 0 0 0 6 10
Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
TOTAL 0 1 7 0 8 596 653
North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 62 277
Norway 0 0 2 0 2 57 59
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TOTAL 0 0 2 0 2 57 59
Poland 0 0 12 0 12 912 1,463
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 263 305
Macau 0 0 4 0 4 34 45
TOTAL 0 0 4 0 4 297 350
Romania 0 0 5 0 5 463 712
Russia 4 1 66 0 71 2,335 2,962
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 0 0 1 0 1 158 283
Slovakia 0 0 5 0 5 90 106
Slovenia 0 0 1 0 1 53 58
Spain 0 1 9 0 10 1,291 1,414
Sweden 0 0 17 0 17 423 454
Switzerland 0 0 15 0 15 251 256
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 45 110
Turkey 0 0 82 0 82 1,665 1,905
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 15 35
Ukraine 1 2 10 0 13 1,372 2,339
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 159 778
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 10 26 469 0 505 25,176 33,573
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 1 0 1 15 100
Bahamas, The 0 0 0 0 0 68 128
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 40 101
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 26 171
Canada 3 1 45 0 49 5,388 5,778
Costa Rica 0 0 1 0 1 238 444
Cuba 0 0 1 0 1 12 4,269
Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 23 184
Dominican Republic 0 0 5 0 5 228 26,160
El Salvador 0 0 1 0 1 1,934 7,830
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 24 145
Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 1,484 3,666
Haiti 0 0 2 0 2 125 5,467
Honduras 0 0 4 0 4 1,449 3,284
Jamaica 0 0 1 0 1 1,143 6,095
Mexico 5 0 130 3 138 6,645 36,531
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 77 999
Panama 0 0 2 0 2 88 246
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 3 102
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
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Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 27 176
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 16 89
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 1 0 1 172 880
Region Total For North America 8 1 194 3 206 19,225 102,845
Oceania
Australia 3 1 10 0 14 1,205 1,268
Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 1 10 0 14 1,205 1,269
Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 16 302
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 1 1 0 2 302 317
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 1 1 0 2 302 317
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 1 52
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Region Total For Oceania 3 2 11 0 16 1,537 1,965
South America
Argentina 0 0 60 0 60 1,164 1,349
Bolivia 0 0 2 0 2 133 409
Brazil 2 11 483 0 496 5,844 6,619
Chile 0 0 8 0 8 398 499
Colombia 0 0 36 0 36 1,348 3,789
Ecuador 0 0 6 0 6 411 3,341
Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 86 3,001
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 34 81
Peru 0 0 7 0 7 404 2,950
FY 2019 data are preliminary and subject to change.
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Suriname 0 0 2 0 2 14 66
Uruguay 0 0 2 0 2 101 141
Venezuela 0 10 162 0 172 2,829 3,603
Region Total For South America 2 21 768 0 791 12,766 25,848
Grand Totals 101 313 9,057 7 9,478 140,586 350,338