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Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th
Family Preference
Total
Africa
Algeria 5 39 68 107 7 0 19 138
Angola 9 3 3 6 2 0 3 20
Benin 0 9 10 19 0 0 0 19
Botswana 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 6
Burkina Faso 2 25 7 32 0 0 1 35
Burundi 0 1 6 7 0 0 0 7
Cabo Verde 300 194 178 372 369 17 28 1,086
Cameroon 35 233 148 381 26 3 13 458
Central African Republic 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 3
Chad 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 6
Comoros 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 4 74 98 172 5 3 2 186
Congo, Rep. of the 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 4
Cote d'Ivoire 21 53 24 77 5 0 8 111
Djibouti 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 7
Egypt 59 236 191 427 45 117 368 1,016
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrea 20 111 40 151 7 1 1 180
Ethiopia 146 1,065 535 1,600 163 26 95 2,030
Gabon 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 5
Gambia, The 14 50 32 82 4 0 5 105
Ghana 169 600 192 792 41 69 151 1,222
Guinea 9 70 19 89 2 1 4 105
Guinea-Bissau 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Kenya 58 107 107 214 8 10 69 359
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Liberia 106 100 72 172 3 8 4 293
Libya 2 10 3 13 4 2 9 30
Madagascar 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 6
Malawi 0 1 2 3 0 0 7 10
Mali 0 17 5 22 0 0 1 23
Mauritania 2 8 0 8 2 0 0 12
Mauritius 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 9
Morocco 13 135 86 221 37 23 65 359
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger 0 5 4 9 0 0 0 9
Nigeria 486 382 527 909 135 281 645 2,456
Rwanda 0 9 5 14 0 0 2 16
Sao Tome and Principe 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Senegal 23 56 13 69 5 0 9 106
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Sierra Leone 29 47 26 73 4 5 8 119
Somalia 38 94 32 126 1 0 13 178
Table VI (Part I)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th
Family Preference
Total
Table VI (Part I)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
South Africa 22 8 11 19 6 6 31 84
South Sudan 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Sudan 10 68 30 98 7 0 6 121
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tanzania 2 14 4 18 3 5 51 79
Togo 15 75 67 142 15 5 5 182
Tunisia 0 5 8 13 1 0 2 16
Uganda 13 18 18 36 1 18 35 103
Zambia 2 3 1 4 1 0 8 15
Zimbabwe 8 19 12 31 1 6 15 61
Region Total For Africa 1,631 3,963 2,593 6,556 911 616 1,698 11,412
Asia
Afghanistan 26 83 169 252 17 34 36 365
Bahrain 2 2 0 2 1 7 10 22
Bangladesh 83 1,151 694 1,845 210 333 7,196 9,667
Bhutan 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Burma 55 61 31 92 37 73 327 584
Cambodia 35 158 73 231 43 48 184 541
China - mainland born 1,026 3,212 1,331 4,543 1,503 1,736 6,727 15,535
- Taiwan born 78 50 22 72 45 140 493 828
Hong Kong S.A.R. 37 56 19 75 30 101 660 903
India 405 978 771 1,749 207 3,418 9,876 15,655
Indonesia 18 23 11 34 5 18 79 154
Iran 310 197 137 334 277 487 999 2,407
Iraq 11 86 55 141 6 57 57 272
Israel 7 19 4 23 1 47 27 105
Japan 9 49 14 63 1 7 15 95
Jordan 64 315 89 404 43 465 635 1,611
Korea, North 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Korea, South 81 82 42 124 46 228 325 804
Kuwait 21 17 3 20 14 52 75 182
Laos 13 37 13 50 0 24 25 112
Lebanon 60 94 50 144 33 196 358 791
Malaysia 15 36 10 46 13 22 97 193
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 5 6 7 13 2 0 3 23
Nepal 12 433 325 758 10 11 131 922
Oman 1 3 1 4 0 0 9 14
Pakistan 191 737 670 1,407 206 897 4,413 7,114
Philippines 1,952 3,603 1,292 4,895 2,630 1,814 2,225 13,516
Qatar 1 5 5 10 3 3 9 26
Saudi Arabia 11 62 22 84 16 33 81 225
Singapore 1 9 1 10 1 6 21 39
Sri Lanka 13 44 35 79 7 36 107 242
Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th
Family Preference
Total
Table VI (Part I)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Syria 47 139 42 181 27 229 673 1,157
Thailand 77 65 13 78 22 28 69 274
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 12 36 15 51 8 36 94 201
Vietnam 1,737 2,587 940 3,527 1,116 3,930 9,959 20,269
Yemen 319 2,355 200 2,555 153 944 145 4,116
Region Total For Asia 6,735 16,794 7,106 23,900 6,733 15,460 46,142 98,970
Europe
Albania 109 96 77 173 27 137 503 949
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 57 66 25 91 12 62 57 279
Austria 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 7
Azerbaijan 6 13 8 21 6 17 15 65
Belarus 7 29 21 50 3 24 10 94
Belgium 1 4 4 8 1 0 0 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 9 11 20 2 29 62 125
Bulgaria 51 15 10 25 6 32 50 164
Croatia 2 1 0 1 0 7 12 22
Cyprus 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 5
Czech Republic 1 4 2 6 0 0 1 8
Denmark 2 1 2 3 0 8 0 13
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 9 1 0 1 0 3 0 13
Finland 1 1 4 5 0 3 0 9
France 35 28 19 47 10 19 25 136
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
Saint Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 23 56 29 85 8 7 15 138
Germany 17 36 12 48 6 32 34 137
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 92 72 31 103 21 123 142 481
Anguilla 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bermuda 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 8
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3
Cayman Islands 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Montserrat 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th
Family Preference
Total
Table VI (Part I)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Greece 4 9 2 11 0 9 29 53
Hungary 6 4 3 7 2 0 5 20
Iceland 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Ireland 5 3 0 3 4 6 18 36
Italy 17 25 15 40 4 11 52 124
Kazakhstan 20 12 7 19 0 9 13 61
Kosovo 11 36 31 67 5 4 25 112
Kyrgyzstan 8 11 9 20 3 1 6 38
Latvia 9 5 0 5 1 14 4 33
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 15 11 10 21 2 5 11 54
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia 9 26 17 43 14 16 121 203
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova 12 37 38 75 2 15 19 123
Monaco 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Montenegro 6 14 7 21 0 16 39 82
Netherlands 4 7 6 13 1 0 2 20
Aruba 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Curacao 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 4
Sint Maarten 2 6 0 6 0 1 0 9
Norway 4 7 0 7 0 0 1 12
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 64 67 28 95 25 272 354 810
Portugal 11 12 2 14 6 6 20 57
Macau 2 3 0 3 1 4 9 19
Romania 29 34 24 58 10 76 80 253
Russia 117 99 64 163 11 89 107 487
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 16 10 10 20 9 25 23 93
Slovakia 0 3 4 7 0 3 9 19
Slovenia 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Spain 11 46 12 58 11 4 14 98
Sweden 5 7 2 9 0 6 2 22
Switzerland 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 6
Tajikistan 1 10 6 16 0 5 1 23
Turkey 21 46 16 62 6 11 77 177
Turkmenistan 0 4 5 9 0 0 0 9
Ukraine 139 277 248 525 23 104 157 948
Uzbekistan 31 325 126 451 18 19 27 546
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 1,017 1,602 955 2,557 266 1,243 2,160 7,243
Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th
Family Preference
Total
Table VI (Part I)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 29 9 3 12 10 5 24 80
Bahamas, The 7 10 5 15 3 7 5 37
Barbados 22 3 0 3 13 7 20 65
Belize 48 10 1 11 18 17 56 150
Canada 42 94 27 121 27 97 137 424
Costa Rica 21 40 21 61 8 5 17 112
Cuba 59 2,337 1,686 4,023 65 16 13 4,176
Dominica 97 8 4 12 20 12 48 189
Dominican Republic 3,077 10,445 5,679 16,124 6,832 631 1,671 28,335
El Salvador 804 1,925 938 2,863 1,125 340 803 5,935
Grenada 35 5 5 10 8 9 8 70
Guatemala 284 913 291 1,204 328 179 244 2,239
Haiti 1,419 2,660 393 3,053 2,534 481 940 8,427
Honduras 439 634 173 807 275 158 287 1,966
Jamaica 1,922 897 700 1,597 549 725 531 5,324
Mexico 628 19,405 0 19,405 1,200 801 3,158 25,192
Nicaragua 208 152 148 300 102 40 28 678
Panama 43 25 7 32 13 19 36 143
Saint Kitts and Nevis 32 4 2 6 3 6 15 62
Saint Lucia 46 14 4 18 2 3 21 90
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18 10 1 11 0 20 22 71
Trinidad and Tobago 135 54 20 74 60 109 155 533
Region Total For North America 9,415 39,654 10,108 49,762 13,195 3,687 8,239 84,298
Oceania
Australia 5 9 2 11 2 10 9 37
Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fiji 21 18 16 34 2 80 134 271
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 7 1 8 0 2 5 16
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
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Samoa 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 4 10 3 13 0 23 4 44
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th
Family Preference
Total
Table VI (Part I)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Region Total For Oceania 31 44 22 66 6 116 153 372
South America
Argentina 23 43 17 60 9 19 47 158
Bolivia 53 41 43 84 26 24 57 244
Brazil 116 90 64 154 24 26 106 426
Chile 22 9 5 14 8 7 16 67
Colombia 643 528 387 915 373 246 756 2,933
Ecuador 366 643 333 976 529 253 643 2,767
Guyana 1,171 490 314 804 327 539 516 3,357
Paraguay 4 2 5 7 3 7 13 34
Peru 446 459 272 731 440 301 675 2,593
Suriname 16 7 4 11 4 3 7 41
Uruguay 6 6 8 14 1 0 4 25
Venezuela 105 49 142 191 83 43 136 558
Region Total For South America 2,971 2,367 1,594 3,961 1,827 1,468 2,976 13,203
Grand Totals 21,800 64,424 22,378 86,802 22,938 22,590 61,368 215,498
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd Other Workers 3rd Total
Africa
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0
Angola 0 1 0 0 0
Benin 0 0 0 0 0
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0
Burundi 0 0 0 0 0
Cabo Verde 0 0 0 0 0
Cameroon 1 3 1 0 1
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0
Chad 0 0 0 0 0
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 1 0 0 0 0
Congo, Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0
Cote d'Ivoire 0 1 0 0 0
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt 29 16 22 0 22
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0
Ethiopia 23 0 0 0 0
Gabon 0 1 0 0 0
Gambia, The 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana 4 2 20 0 20
Guinea 0 0 2 0 2
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 1 10 66 0 66
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 0 4 0 0 0
Libya 0 0 5 0 5
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0
Mali 0 0 3 0 3
Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 3 0 6 0 6
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0
Namibia 0 1 0 0 0
Niger 0 0 0 0 0
Nigeria 7 19 92 0 92
Rwanda 0 2 2 0 2
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 0 0 3 0 3
Somalia 0 0 1 0 1
3rd Preference
Table VI (Part II)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd Other Workers 3rd Total
3rd Preference
Table VI (Part II)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
South Africa 32 5 25 2 27
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0
Sudan 1 0 0 0 0
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0
Tanzania 0 0 6 0 6
Togo 0 0 0 0 0
Tunisia 1 2 4 0 4
Uganda 0 3 0 0 0
Zambia 0 0 11 3 14
Zimbabwe 5 0 4 0 4
Region Total For Africa 108 70 273 5 278
Asia
Afghanistan 1 0 1 5 6
Bahrain 1 2 0 0 0
Bangladesh 6 7 16 2 18
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0
Brunei 0 0 1 0 1
Burma 0 0 2 0 2
Cambodia 0 1 0 2 2
China - mainland born 685 52 319 634 953
- Taiwan born 21 60 26 3 29
Hong Kong S.A.R. 7 5 6 8 14
India 139 82 146 12 158
Indonesia 4 6 6 0 6
Iran 120 75 43 26 69
Iraq 1 1 12 0 12
Israel 18 23 11 3 14
Japan 19 34 37 0 37
Jordan 8 8 13 0 13
Korea, North 0 0 0 2 2
Korea, South 246 929 271 1,275 1,546
Kuwait 4 5 11 0 11
Laos 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 4 2 31 0 31
Malaysia 1 5 1 0 1
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0
Nepal 58 10 32 12 44
Oman 0 0 0 0 0
Pakistan 11 57 140 13 153
Philippines 11 341 5,153 122 5,275
Qatar 0 0 2 0 2
Saudi Arabia 4 12 25 0 25
Singapore 5 2 14 0 14
Sri Lanka 0 0 6 0 6
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd Other Workers 3rd Total
3rd Preference
Table VI (Part II)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Syria 3 6 7 0 7
Thailand 1 4 14 0 14
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 3 6 66 1 67
Vietnam 13 8 29 63 92
Yemen 10 0 0 6 6
Region Total For Asia 1,404 1,743 6,441 2,189 8,630
Europe
Albania 5 0 2 0 2
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 0 1 0 1
Austria 5 1 1 0 1
Azerbaijan 1 4 0 0 0
Belarus 11 9 0 0 0
Belgium 8 0 1 0 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 2 0 2
Bulgaria 5 7 4 0 4
Croatia 3 0 0 0 0
Cyprus 2 2 0 0 0
Czech Republic 1 0 2 1 3
Denmark 11 0 3 0 3
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 2 2 0 0 0
France 41 9 8 4 12
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 1 0 0 0 0
Germany 39 14 20 0 20
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 108 33 176 0 176
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 2 0 2
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd Other Workers 3rd Total
3rd Preference
Table VI (Part II)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the 0 0 0 0 0
South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 3 3 5 0 5
Hungary 11 2 2 0 2
Iceland 0 1 0 0 0
Ireland 5 1 3 0 3
Italy 47 9 10 0 10
Kazakhstan 1 1 0 1 1
Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0
Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 0 0
Latvia 0 0 1 0 1
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 1 2 3 0 3
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia 0 0 3 0 3
Malta 1 0 0 0 0
Moldova 1 1 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 7 0 5 0 5
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0
Curacao 0 0 0 0 0
Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 1 2 0 0 0
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 8 5 25 2 27
Portugal 0 2 13 4 17
Macau 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 2 0 5 0 5
Russia 41 28 8 0 8
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 3 0 0 0 0
Slovakia 0 3 6 0 6
Slovenia 4 0 0 0 0
Spain 20 3 9 0 9
Sweden 19 5 3 0 3
Switzerland 2 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 2 0 2
Turkey 40 22 15 0 15
Turkmenistan 1 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 13 6 6 2 8
Uzbekistan 3 3 1 0 1
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 480 180 347 14 361
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd Other Workers 3rd Total
3rd Preference
Table VI (Part II)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 0 1 3 0 3
Bahamas, The 0 0 19 0 19
Barbados 0 0 3 0 3
Belize 0 0 11 0 11
Canada 110 31 65 2 67
Costa Rica 1 0 11 7 18
Cuba 1 0 0 0 0
Dominica 0 0 3 0 3
Dominican Republic 9 8 5 4 9
El Salvador 3 0 30 9 39
Grenada 0 0 5 0 5
Guatemala 0 1 3 4 7
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0
Honduras 1 0 5 17 22
Jamaica 2 7 417 1 418
Mexico 31 16 114 43 157
Nicaragua 1 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 2 0 2
Saint Lucia 0 0 6 0 6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 10 0 10
Trinidad and Tobago 1 2 12 1 13
Region Total For North America 160 66 724 88 812
Oceania
Australia 34 4 12 0 12
Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0
Fiji 0 0 1 0 1
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 8 1 5 2 7
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Niue 0 0 0 0 0
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 0 0 0 0
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd Other Workers 3rd Total
3rd Preference
Table VI (Part II)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Oceania 42 5 18 2 20
South America
Argentina 22 7 17 5 22
Bolivia 1 5 7 0 7
Brazil 57 15 33 1 34
Chile 9 0 1 0 1
Colombia 12 12 29 3 32
Ecuador 3 4 41 14 55
Guyana 0 1 11 0 11
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 4 6 5 19 24
Suriname 0 0 0 0 0
Uruguay 0 3 0 0 0
Venezuela 59 38 14 0 14
Region Total For South America 167 91 158 42 200
Grand Totals 2,361 2,155 7,961 2,340 10,301
Foreign State BC SD SE SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR 4th Total
Africa
Algeria 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Angola 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Benin 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cabo Verde 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cameroon 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Central African Republic 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chad 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Congo, Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cote d'Ivoire 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Djibouti 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Egypt 0 2 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrea 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
Ethiopia 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gambia, The 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ghana 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Guinea 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 0 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madagascar 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritania 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niger 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nigeria 0 9 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 90
Rwanda 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Somalia 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4th Preference
Table VI (Part III)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Foreign State BC SD SE SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR 4th Total
4th Preference
Table VI (Part III)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sudan 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tanzania 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Togo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tunisia 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Uganda 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
Zambia 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Africa 0 16 374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 403
Asia
Afghanistan 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Bahrain 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bangladesh 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12
Cambodia 0 2 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30
China - mainland born 0 5 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15
- Taiwan born 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hong Kong S.A.R. 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
India 0 48 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 207
Indonesia 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Iran 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Israel 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
Japan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jordan 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
Korea, North 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Korea, South 0 3 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 37
Kuwait 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
Malaysia 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nepal 0 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pakistan 1 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
Philippines 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30
Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Foreign State BC SD SE SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR 4th Total
4th Preference
Table VI (Part III)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Syria 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Thailand 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnam 0 1 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
Yemen 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Region Total For Asia 10 69 686 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 38 805
Europe
Albania 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belarus 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bulgaria 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Croatia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Germany 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State BC SD SE SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR 4th Total
4th Preference
Table VI (Part III)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Kazakhstan 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Kosovo 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curacao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Turkey 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 9 1 102 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 124
Foreign State BC SD SE SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR 4th Total
4th Preference
Table VI (Part III)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bahamas, The 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dominican Republic 0 3 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
El Salvador 0 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guatemala 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Haiti 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
Honduras 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
Jamaica 0 3 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
Mexico 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10
Nicaragua 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Panama 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Lucia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Region Total For North America 4 9 297 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 314
Oceania
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State BC SD SE SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR 4th Total
4th Preference
Table VI (Part III)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Oceania 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
South America
Argentina 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
Bolivia 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Brazil 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colombia 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
Ecuador 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peru 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Region Total For South America 0 13 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 82
Grand Totals 23 108 1,529 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 66 1,734
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Africa
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 9 147
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 2 22
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 6 25
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 2 37
Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Cabo Verde 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,087
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 11 469
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Chad 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 2 188
Congo, Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Cote d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 5 116
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 12 19
Egypt 0 0 0 48 48 163 1,179
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 35 215
Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 52 2,082
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Gambia, The 0 0 0 0 0 1 106
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 31 1,253
Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 8 113
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 95 454
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 4 297
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 5 35
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 8 14
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 3 26
Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 24 383
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
Nigeria 0 0 0 38 38 246 2,702
Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 8 24
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 14 120
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 5 124
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 3 181
5th Preference 5th Preference Continued
Table VI (Part IV)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Foreign State
5th
Employment
Creation
5th Target
Employment
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
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Employment
Preference
Total
Grand
Total
5th Preference 5th Preference Continued
Table VI (Part IV)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
South Africa 0 1 0 21 22 86 170
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sudan 0 0 0 1 1 12 133
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 7 86
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 1 183
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 12 28
Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 56 159
Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 22 37
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 1 1 10 71
Region Total For Africa 0 1 0 109 110 969 12,381
Asia
Afghanistan 0 0 0 17 17 31 396
Bahrain 0 0 0 5 5 9 31
Bangladesh 0 0 0 28 28 74 9,741
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 5 8
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Burma 0 1 0 4 5 19 603
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 33 574
China - mainland born 78 286 9 6,595 6,968 8,673 24,208
- Taiwan born 0 7 0 168 175 286 1,114
Hong Kong S.A.R. 1 3 0 49 53 83 986
India 0 14 0 76 90 676 16,331
Indonesia 0 0 0 11 11 37 191
Iran 0 4 0 24 28 294 2,701
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 14 286
Israel 10 0 0 5 15 79 184
Japan 0 0 0 25 25 116 211
Jordan 0 0 0 13 13 71 1,682
Korea, North 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
Korea, South 4 3 0 188 195 2,953 3,757
Kuwait 0 0 0 4 4 25 207
Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 112
Lebanon 0 0 0 1 1 80 871
Malaysia 0 0 0 6 6 21 214
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 1 0 0 0 1 3 26
Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 132 1,054
Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Pakistan 0 2 0 16 18 343 7,457
Philippines 0 0 0 7 7 5,664 19,180
Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 2 28
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 4 4 45 270
Singapore 0 0 0 21 21 42 81
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 17 259
Foreign State
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Employment
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Grand
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Table VI (Part IV)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Syria 0 0 0 9 9 47 1,204
Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 20 294
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 10 10 86 287
Vietnam 4 5 0 278 287 563 20,832
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 30 4,146
Region Total For Asia 98 325 9 7,564 7,996 20,578 119,548
Europe
Albania 0 0 0 0 0 13 962
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 3 282
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 7 14
Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 5 70
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 35 129
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 11 21
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 4 129
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 17 181
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 4 26
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 4 9
Czech Republic 0 0 0 2 2 6 14
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 14 27
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Finland 0 0 0 0 0 4 13
France 0 0 0 12 12 77 213
French Polynesia 0 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
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia 0 0 0 1 1 10 148
Germany 1 0 0 10 11 86 223
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 0 0 52 52 369 850
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 2 10
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State
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Employment
Creation
5th Target
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5th
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Employment
Preference
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Grand
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Table VI (Part IV)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Georgia and the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Greece 0 0 0 4 4 15 68
Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 20 40
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 9 45
Italy 0 1 0 3 4 74 198
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 11 11 21 82
Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 9 121
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 6 44
Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 1 34
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 6 60
Luxembourg 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 3 206
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 2 125
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 82
Netherlands 4 0 0 1 5 17 37
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Curacao 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 3 15
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland 0 0 0 0 0 43 853
Portugal 0 0 0 5 5 24 81
Macau 0 0 0 10 10 10 29
Romania 0 0 0 0 0 7 260
Russia 0 5 0 46 51 144 631
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 3 96
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 9 28
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 32 130
Sweden 0 0 0 3 3 33 55
Switzerland 0 0 0 1 1 3 9
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 12 35
Turkey 0 0 0 15 15 103 280
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
Ukraine 0 5 0 10 15 53 1,001
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 5 5 12 558
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 5 11 0 192 208 1,353 8,596
Foreign State
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Target
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Employment
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5th Preference 5th Preference Continued
Table VI (Part IV)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 4 84
Bahamas, The 0 0 0 0 0 19 56
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 3 68
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 11 161
Canada 0 0 0 24 24 237 661
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 19 131
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 1 4,177
Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 3 192
Dominican Republic 0 0 0 3 3 86 28,421
El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 74 6,009
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 5 75
Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 10 2,249
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 105 8,532
Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 58 2,024
Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 485 5,809
Mexico 0 0 0 27 27 241 25,433
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 5 683
Panama 0 0 0 2 2 4 147
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 2 64
Saint Lucia 0 0 0 2 2 9 99
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 10 81
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 1 1 20 553
Region Total For North America 0 0 0 59 59 1,411 85,709
Oceania
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 50 87
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
Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 1 272
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 0 0 3 3 19 35
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
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 6 50
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign State
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Creation
5th Target
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Regional
Pilot
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5th
Regional
Target
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Employment
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Grand
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5th Preference 5th Preference Continued
Table VI (Part IV)
Preference Visas Issued
Fiscal Year 2016
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Region Total For Oceania 0 0 0 3 3 76 448
South America
Argentina 0 0 0 18 18 77 235
Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 29 273
Brazil 0 0 0 49 49 163 589
Chile 0 0 0 0 0 10 77
Colombia 0 9 0 9 18 91 3,024
Ecuador 0 0 0 8 8 85 2,852
Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 12 3,369
Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
Peru 0 0 0 0 0 39 2,632
Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
Uruguay 0 0 0 4 4 7 32
Venezuela 0 4 0 28 32 156 714
Region Total For South America 0 13 0 116 129 669 13,872
Grand Totals 103 350 9 8,043 8,505 25,056 240,554