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FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change. Foreign State 1st 2A Exempt 2A Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total Africa Algeria 3 86 0 86 3 2 13 107 Angola 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 8 Benin 1 26 0 26 1 0 0 28 Botswana 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Burkina Faso 2 12 0 12 5 0 2 21 Burundi 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 Cabo Verde 135 110 0 110 171 19 34 469 Cameroon 18 229 0 229 29 3 25 304 Central African Republic 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 Chad 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 2 152 0 152 4 11 11 180 Congo, Rep. of the 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 7 Cote d'Ivoire 25 80 0 80 10 2 19 136 Djibouti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Egypt 15 101 0 101 16 27 386 545 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Eritrea 23 44 0 44 9 20 9 105 Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ethiopia 84 543 0 543 182 47 107 963 Gabon 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 Gambia, The 14 36 0 36 24 0 14 88 Ghana 134 260 0 260 56 73 146 669 Guinea 21 41 0 41 5 0 6 73 Guinea-Bissau 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 Kenya 51 123 0 123 27 17 59 277 Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liberia 42 70 0 70 6 8 4 130 Libya 1 10 0 10 1 1 2 15 Madagascar 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Mali 1 8 0 8 7 0 10 26 Mauritania 0 2 0 2 7 0 1 10 Mauritius 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 Morocco 12 101 0 101 22 16 102 253 Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 12 101 0 101 22 16 102 253 Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Table V (Part 1) Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status Subject to Numerical Limitations Fiscal Year 2020* *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed. Family Preferences
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FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Africa
Algeria 3 86 0 86 3 2 13 107
Angola 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 8
Benin 1 26 0 26 1 0 0 28
Botswana 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Burkina Faso 2 12 0 12 5 0 2 21
Burundi 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4
Cabo Verde 135 110 0 110 171 19 34 469
Cameroon 18 229 0 229 29 3 25 304
Central African Republic 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
Chad 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 2 152 0 152 4 11 11 180
Congo, Rep. of the 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 7
Cote d'Ivoire 25 80 0 80 10 2 19 136
Djibouti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Egypt 15 101 0 101 16 27 386 545
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Eritrea 23 44 0 44 9 20 9 105
Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethiopia 84 543 0 543 182 47 107 963
Gabon 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
Gambia, The 14 36 0 36 24 0 14 88
Ghana 134 260 0 260 56 73 146 669
Guinea 21 41 0 41 5 0 6 73
Guinea-Bissau 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Kenya 51 123 0 123 27 17 59 277
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 42 70 0 70 6 8 4 130
Libya 1 10 0 10 1 1 2 15
Madagascar 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Mali 1 8 0 8 7 0 10 26
Mauritania 0 2 0 2 7 0 1 10
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5
Morocco 12 101 0 101 22 16 102 253
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 101 0 101 22 16 102 253
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
Niger 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
Nigeria 155 263 0 263 72 334 740 1,564
Rwanda 1 18 0 18 1 0 3 23
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 17 40 0 40 6 4 41 108
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 13 45 0 45 8 1 11 78
Somalia 25 89 0 89 1 7 1 123
South Africa 14 21 0 21 7 25 26 93
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Sudan 2 29 0 29 2 4 8 45
Tanzania 0 9 0 9 4 0 12 25
Togo 8 124 0 124 6 1 45 184
Tunisia 0 10 0 10 0 0 6 16
Uganda 19 30 0 30 2 1 11 63
Zambia 4 0 0 0 1 6 2 13
Zimbabwe 6 8 0 8 1 8 5 28
Region Total For Africa 854 2,738 0 2,738 710 642 1,868 6,812
Asia
Afghanistan 6 216 0 216 8 24 28 282
Bahrain 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
Bangladesh 22 208 0 208 69 109 3,129 3,537
Bhutan 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burma 4 31 0 31 12 47 204 298
Cambodia 20 79 0 79 46 13 138 296
China - mainland born 154 1,511 0 1,511 651 454 4,709 7,479
- PRC nationals adjusting under CSPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Taiwan born 27 92 0 92 25 48 241 433
Hong Kong S.A.R. 13 56 0 56 7 76 333 485
India 95 977 0 977 142 1,405 3,564 6,183
Indonesia 7 34 0 34 8 12 36 97
Iran 273 364 0 364 225 334 870 2,066
Iraq 4 80 0 80 7 18 22 131
Israel 9 22 0 22 4 21 17 73
Japan 3 65 0 65 2 2 6 78
Jordan 16 156 0 156 27 132 325 656
Korea, North 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
Korea, South 52 217 0 217 98 119 303 789
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
Kuwait 4 13 0 13 1 20 41 79
Laos 4 5 0 5 0 30 6 45
Lebanon 16 64 0 64 20 151 243 494
Malaysia 7 16 0 16 7 10 34 74
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mongolia 4 18 0 18 5 0 8 35
Nepal 8 456 0 456 43 10 126 643
Oman 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4
Pakistan 54 355 0 355 80 388 2,129 3,006
Philippines 699 1,258 0 1,258 850 549 900 4,256
Qatar 1 3 0 3 5 8 5 22
Saudi Arabia 7 60 0 60 4 7 59 137
Singapore 0 7 0 7 3 2 7 19
Sri Lanka 7 26 0 26 3 7 79 122
Syria 35 147 0 147 44 131 555 912
Thailand 20 43 0 43 15 6 39 123
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 0 33 0 33 8 26 56 123
Vietnam 581 2,015 0 2,015 1,224 2,167 9,094 15,081
Yemen 142 901 0 901 52 808 144 2,047
Region Total For Asia 2,294 9,533 0 9,533 3,696 7,134 27,455 50,112
Europe
Albania 41 136 0 136 32 117 559 885
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 51 62 0 62 59 41 42 255
Austria 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 5
Azerbaijan 3 4 0 4 2 5 5 19
Belarus 5 41 0 41 1 3 15 65
Belgium 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 11 0 11 1 12 60 87
Bulgaria 11 14 0 14 4 22 25 76
Croatia 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 6
Cyprus 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 7
Czech Republic 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 5
Denmark 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 5
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 5
Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
Finland 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 3
France 13 35 0 35 5 6 14 73
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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 16 36 0 36 5 6 14 77
Georgia 18 37 0 37 7 4 5 71
Germany 5 37 0 37 6 11 23 82
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 35 40 0 40 18 38 57 188
Anguilla 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 14
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 6
Cayman Islands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 41 41 0 41 21 45 69 217
Greece 2 16 0 16 2 6 14 40
Hungary 5 11 0 11 3 0 4 23
Iceland 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ireland 0 11 0 11 1 0 0 12
Italy 4 31 0 31 6 1 5 47
Kazakhstan 4 20 0 20 2 17 9 52
Kosovo 4 28 0 28 11 28 83 154
Kyrgyzstan 6 12 0 12 1 9 11 39
Latvia 6 6 0 6 1 1 0 14
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 2 15 0 15 1 11 1 30
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova 8 30 0 30 4 4 5 51
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montenegro 4 0 0 0 0 1 52 57
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
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Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
Netherlands 2 5 0 5 1 0 3 11
Aruba 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Curacao 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sint Maarten 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 4 6 0 6 2 0 3 15
North Macedonia 1 17 0 17 5 8 54 85
Norway 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 7
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 7
Poland 33 43 0 43 18 56 71 221
Portugal 11 4 0 4 8 0 2 25
Macau 0 2 0 2 2 0 14 18
TOTAL 11 6 0 6 10 0 16 43
Romania 12 24 0 24 2 32 41 111
Russia 53 131 0 131 20 34 72 310
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 2 20 0 20 0 13 31 66
Slovakia 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 7
Slovenia 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
Spain 3 36 0 36 1 5 4 49
Sweden 1 4 0 4 3 0 5 13
Switzerland 1 6 0 6 1 0 0 8
Tajikistan 3 14 0 14 0 0 0 17
Turkey 2 71 0 71 4 10 48 135
Turkmenistan 4 12 0 12 0 0 0 16
Ukraine 42 225 0 225 24 116 64 471
Uzbekistan 5 167 0 167 10 3 15 200
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 424 1,405 0 1,405 280 627 1,437 4,173
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 11 7 0 7 4 7 13 42
Bahamas, The 5 9 0 9 8 1 13 36
Barbados 15 5 0 5 5 16 7 48
Belize 20 14 0 14 8 4 6 52
Canada 21 93 0 93 19 30 49 212
Costa Rica 19 33 0 33 5 9 30 96
Cuba 20 2,131 0 2,131 61 23 1 2,236
Dominica 22 9 0 9 5 16 13 65
Dominican Republic 1,173 4,003 0 4,003 4,230 379 1,085 10,870
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
El Salvador 357 999 0 999 533 231 486 2,606
Grenada 19 12 0 12 3 3 6 43
Guatemala 89 391 0 391 128 80 136 824
Haiti 903 543 0 543 1,094 291 409 3,240
Honduras 140 282 0 282 149 89 139 799
Jamaica 531 429 0 429 254 282 260 1,756
Mexico 1,415 6,469 0 6,469 1,536 1,213 2,348 12,981
Nicaragua 148 146 0 146 78 72 46 490
Panama 27 11 0 11 3 12 18 71
Saint Kitts and Nevis 17 2 0 2 2 7 6 34
Saint Lucia 17 7 0 7 2 14 32 72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15 7 0 7 4 1 4 31
Trinidad and Tobago 90 33 0 33 15 46 68 252
Region Total For North America 5,074 15,635 0 15,635 8,146 2,826 5,175 36,856
Oceania
Australia 0 8 0 8 2 4 10 24
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
TOTAL 0 8 0 8 2 4 10 24
Fiji 1 10 0 10 2 15 60 88
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 1 1
New Zealand 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 7
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 1 0 1 0 3 3 7
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samoa 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 10
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Oceania 2 21 0 21 5 27 78 133
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st
2A
Exempt
2A
Subject 2A Total 2B 3rd 4th Family Pref. Total
Table V (Part 1)
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency services
in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts were only able
to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Family Preferences
South America
Argentina 15 35 0 35 11 9 14 84
Bolivia 28 28 0 28 31 23 20 130
Brazil 56 186 0 186 42 55 133 472
Chile 22 12 0 12 7 11 2 54
Colombia 196 291 0 291 144 101 179 911
Ecuador 119 342 0 342 202 132 305 1,100
Guyana 297 247 0 247 161 315 262 1,282
Paraguay 2 6 0 6 1 0 1 10
Peru 161 216 0 216 179 130 376 1,062
Suriname 20 1 0 1 1 5 5 32
Uruguay 0 6 0 6 0 4 0 10
Venezuela 66 212 0 212 53 63 92 486
Region Total For South America 982 1,582 0 1,582 832 848 1,389 5,633
Grand Totals 9,630 30,914 0 30,914 13,669 12,104 37,402 103,719
FY 2020 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 12 28 8 3 11 13 0 13
Angola 4 10 7 0 7 6 0 6
Benin 5 9 2 0 2 0 0 0
Botswana 3 7 8 0 8 0 0 0
Burkina Faso 6 5 1 0 1 23 1 24
Burundi 0 3 2 0 2 3 0 3
Cabo Verde 0 1 2 0 2 7 0 7
Cameroon 15 52 25 1 26 31 3 34
Central African Republic 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 3 13 10 1 11 42 1 43
Congo, Rep. of the 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 18
Cote d'Ivoire 3 10 7 1 8 20 0 20
Djibouti 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Egypt 213 579 216 28 244 156 7 163
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Eritrea 0 0 1 0 1 110 1 111
Eswatini 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 1
Ethiopia 27 121 46 1 47 98 6 104
Gabon 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gambia, The 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 6
Ghana 22 152 88 2 90 74 2 76
Guinea 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 18
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 36 125 356 5 361 46 12 58
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Liberia 0 4 3 0 3 33 1 34
Libya 5 140 30 0 30 4 0 4
Madagascar 4 11 7 0 7 20 1 21
Malawi 2 7 2 4 6 1 0 1
Mali 0 9 0 0 0 12 0 12
Mauritania 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1
Mauritius 11 17 10 2 12 2 0 2
Morocco 37 74 32 7 39 13 1 14
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 37 74 32 7 39 13 1 14
Mozambique 3 7 8 0 8 3 0 3
Namibia 1 0 3 1 4 1 0 1
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Niger 1 11 4 0 4 10 0 10
Nigeria 86 679 541 29 570 314 45 359
Rwanda 7 11 13 0 13 6 1 7
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 9 14 5 4 9 14 1 15
Seychelles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 1 6 1 0 1 8 0 8
Somalia 1 3 4 0 4 7 0 7
South Africa 592 217 359 99 458 46 16 62
South Sudan 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
Sudan 0 14 5 1 6 22 1 23
Tanzania 3 19 16 0 16 19 5 24
Togo 2 5 1 3 4 11 0 11
Tunisia 14 45 12 1 13 8 0 8
Uganda 9 37 16 0 16 34 3 37
Zambia 13 26 11 2 13 10 0 10
Zimbabwe 34 62 96 67 163 16 11 27
Region Total For Africa 1,187 2,547 1,967 263 2,230 1,306 119 1,425
Asia
Afghanistan 5 11 12 0 12 8 0 8
Bahrain 14 55 28 0 28 0 0 0
Bangladesh 50 830 277 200 477 48 2 50
Bhutan 0 1 4 0 4 2 0 2
Brunei 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
Burma 3 19 15 1 16 27 7 34
Cambodia 6 13 16 5 21 86 3 89
China - mainland born 4,766 3,118 3,477 22 3,499 232 24 256
- PRC nationals adjusting under CSPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Taiwan born 289 1,801 601 10 611 22 34 56
Hong Kong S.A.R. 116 211 133 14 147 15 0 15
India 17,014 2,599 3,174 20 3,194 637 97 734
Indonesia 61 148 127 2 129 31 5 36
Iran 201 2,676 257 17 274 7 1 8
Iraq 18 48 19 0 19 9 1 10
Israel 780 683 398 8 406 45 100 145
Japan 459 617 613 22 635 27 14 41
Jordan 65 196 54 7 61 47 0 47
Korea, North 3 14 6 3 9 1 0 1
Korea, South 1,382 4,222 3,078 1,184 4,262 383 120 503
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Kuwait 26 134 67 4 71 4 0 4
Laos 1 1 0 1 1 8 3 11
Lebanon 62 203 90 18 108 30 1 31
Malaysia 172 251 169 8 177 11 3 14
Maldives 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mongolia 8 38 63 44 107 4 4 8
Nepal 93 795 800 70 870 31 5 36
Oman 7 50 25 1 26 1 0 1
Pakistan 240 1,107 878 194 1,072 136 2 138
Philippines 271 1,079 3,090 321 3,411 195 41 236
Qatar 13 31 33 1 34 2 0 2
Saudi Arabia 53 291 158 6 164 9 0 9
Singapore 124 203 145 1 146 4 0 4
Sri Lanka 82 346 188 23 211 22 6 28
Syria 30 150 62 5 67 23 8 31
Thailand 48 148 211 128 339 58 10 68
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 60 232 298 5 303 28 0 28
Vietnam 93 465 324 376 700 138 44 182
Yemen 2 7 6 0 6 75 0 75
Region Total For Asia 26,617 22,797 18,901 2,721 21,622 2,406 535 2,941
Europe
Albania 22 21 27 10 37 95 5 100
Andorra 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armenia 43 62 53 0 53 21 0 21
Austria 81 60 28 3 31 5 1 6
Azerbaijan 12 29 21 0 21 8 0 8
Belarus 38 158 172 6 178 2 0 2
Belgium 202 108 53 1 54 6 3 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 22 10 1 11 18 3 21
Bulgaria 41 89 51 11 62 1 4 5
Croatia 19 26 19 3 22 1 0 1
Cyprus 8 18 9 0 9 0 0 0
Czech Republic 57 55 59 2 61 5 0 5
Denmark 140 41 51 0 51 4 3 7
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 140 41 51 0 51 4 3 7
Estonia 10 13 17 0 17 0 0 0
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Finland 89 84 28 0 28 1 1 2
France 1,147 935 480 20 500 31 22 53
French Polynesia 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,147 937 482 20 502 31 22 53
Georgia 21 28 18 1 19 27 0 27
Germany 833 633 351 13 364 18 13 31
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,868 989 983 64 1,047 89 26 115
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 6 4 1 1 2 0 0 0
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cayman Islands 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Montserrat 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 2,898 995 985 65 1,050 90 26 116
Greece 124 207 71 19 90 11 1 12
Hungary 103 89 74 3 77 6 18 24
Iceland 30 16 9 0 9 1 0 1
Ireland 405 180 222 1 223 5 1 6
Italy 661 548 379 38 417 45 24 69
Kazakhstan 35 94 49 4 53 4 1 5
Kosovo 8 6 5 1 6 49 0 49
Kyrgyzstan 5 13 13 0 13 6 3 9
Latvia 9 12 12 1 13 6 1 7
Liechtenstein 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania 27 25 32 0 32 5 0 5
Luxembourg 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Moldova 19 53 24 3 27 8 6 14
Monaco 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Montenegro 1 3 4 0 4 11 0 11
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Netherlands 276 145 82 6 88 21 4 25
Aruba 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Curacao 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
Sint Maarten 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 278 149 85 6 91 22 4 26
North Macedonia 10 8 16 3 19 16 0 16
Norway 44 28 16 0 16 0 0 0
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 44 28 16 0 16 0 0 0
Poland 217 277 351 184 535 37 5 42
Portugal 106 70 64 0 64 11 2 13
Macau 0 7 7 0 7 0 0 0
TOTAL 106 77 71 0 71 11 2 13
Romania 143 194 192 32 224 37 10 47
Russia 504 1,355 480 18 498 47 26 73
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 55 76 47 4 51 12 0 12
Slovakia 44 37 32 3 35 10 1 11
Slovenia 9 17 10 0 10 1 0 1
Spain 609 409 294 7 301 48 15 63
Sweden 211 105 79 4 83 5 4 9
Switzerland 161 104 39 1 40 3 4 7
Tajikistan 3 14 9 0 9 16 0 16
Turkey 358 752 599 43 642 20 1 21
Turkmenistan 2 16 31 1 32 10 0 10
Ukraine 247 782 378 33 411 62 10 72
Uzbekistan 20 57 49 4 53 21 7 28
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 10,149 9,088 6,108 549 6,657 868 225 1,093
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 2 3 0 0 0 9 1 10
Bahamas, The 3 34 39 0 39 17 1 18
Barbados 6 13 17 0 17 9 0 9
Belize 3 6 11 1 12 19 0 19
Canada 1,704 2,272 1,599 15 1,614 107 43 150
Costa Rica 111 125 75 8 83 18 4 22
Cuba 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 1
Dominica 3 3 12 0 12 3 0 3
Dominican Republic 64 95 76 6 82 111 6 117
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
El Salvador 26 49 117 180 297 746 1 747
Grenada 0 7 9 0 9 6 1 7
Guatemala 45 36 63 85 148 577 2 579
Haiti 4 8 23 28 51 166 13 179
Honduras 27 40 88 20 108 563 2 565
Jamaica 29 60 393 37 430 156 2 158
Mexico 1,413 1,613 2,712 1,084 3,796 861 45 906
Nicaragua 13 8 37 3 40 66 0 66
Panama 42 21 17 8 25 5 0 5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Saint Lucia 0 7 23 0 23 4 0 4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 7 7 0 7 4 0 4
Trinidad and Tobago 34 55 55 5 60 18 1 19
Region Total For North America 3,538 4,466 5,375 1,480 6,855 3,467 122 3,589
Oceania
Australia 546 273 359 8 367 19 2 21
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
TOTAL 546 273 359 8 367 19 2 21
Fiji 7 3 11 1 12 3 0 3
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 92 66 71 4 75 4 2 6
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 92 66 71 4 75 4 2 6
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Oceania 645 345 442 13 455 33 6 39
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State 1st 2nd 3rd
3rd Other
Workers 3rd Total 4th
4th Certain
Religious
Workers 4th Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 2)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
South America
Argentina 553 290 378 30 408 36 11 47
Bolivia 21 26 26 26 52 30 1 31
Brazil 2,790 1,899 1,912 281 2,193 362 24 386
Chile 136 195 167 5 172 32 7 39
Colombia 394 480 408 28 436 207 10 217
Ecuador 75 112 146 62 208 332 1 333
Guyana 1 7 16 0 16 31 0 31
Paraguay 4 14 20 2 22 3 1 4
Peru 63 170 119 31 150 88 10 98
Suriname 1 2 3 0 3 2 2 4
Uruguay 35 24 45 2 47 15 0 15
Venezuela 994 665 1,239 56 1,295 101 13 114
Region Total For South America 5,067 3,884 4,479 523 5,002 1,239 80 1,319
Grand Totals 47,203 43,127 37,272 5,549 42,821 9,319 1,087 10,406
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Africa
Algeria 0 0 5 0 5 69 176
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 27 35
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 16 44
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 18 19
Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 36 57
Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 8 12
Cabo Verde 0 0 0 0 0 10 479
Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 127 431
Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Chad 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 70 250
Congo, Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 19 26
Cote d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 41 177
Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Egypt 6 0 17 0 23 1,222 1,767
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 112 217
Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 299 1,262
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
Gambia, The 0 0 0 0 0 8 96
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 340 1,009
Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 19 92
Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 580 857
Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 41 171
Libya 0 0 0 0 0 179 194
Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 43 44
Malawi 0 0 1 0 1 17 19
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 21 47
Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0 5 15
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 42 47
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 164 417
Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 164 417
Mozambique 0 0 4 0 4 25 26
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 26 31
Nigeria 0 0 5 0 5 1,699 3,263
Rwanda 0 0 1 0 1 39 62
Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 47 155
Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 16 94
Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 15 138
South Africa 0 3 24 0 27 1,356 1,449
South Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 15 18
Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 43 88
Tanzania 0 0 1 0 1 63 88
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 22 206
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 80 96
Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 99 162
Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 62 75
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 286 314
Region Total For Africa 6 3 58 0 67 7,456 14,268
Asia
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 36 318
Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 97 100
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 1,407 4,944
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
Burma 0 0 0 0 0 72 370
Cambodia 0 0 5 0 5 134 430
China - mainland born 28 91 1,442 3 1,564 13,203 20,682
- PRC nationals adjusting under CSPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Taiwan born 0 6 90 0 96 2,853 3,286
Hong Kong S.A.R. 1 6 16 0 23 512 997
India 9 70 533 1 613 24,154 30,337
Indonesia 0 1 2 0 3 377 474
Iran 3 11 54 0 68 3,227 5,293
Iraq 0 0 2 0 2 97 228
Israel 4 2 7 0 13 2,027 2,100
Japan 0 0 20 0 20 1,772 1,850
Jordan 0 0 11 0 11 380 1,036
Korea, North 0 0 0 0 0 27 30
Korea, South 0 4 148 0 152 10,521 11,310
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Kuwait 0 0 1 0 1 236 315
Laos 0 0 0 0 0 14 59
Lebanon 0 0 3 0 3 407 901
Malaysia 0 0 3 0 3 617 691
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 161 196
Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 1,794 2,437
Oman 0 0 1 0 1 85 89
Pakistan 0 4 15 0 19 2,576 5,582
Philippines 0 1 8 0 9 5,006 9,262
Qatar 0 0 8 0 8 88 110
Saudi Arabia 0 0 2 0 2 519 656
Singapore 0 0 6 0 6 483 502
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 667 789
Syria 8 0 11 0 19 297 1,209
Thailand 0 0 11 0 11 614 737
Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates 0 2 28 0 30 653 776
Vietnam 4 3 444 5 456 1,896 16,977
Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 90 2,137
Region Total For Asia 57 201 2,871 9 3,138 77,115 127,227
Europe
Albania 0 0 0 0 0 180 1,065
Andorra 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 179 434
Austria 0 0 0 0 0 178 183
Azerbaijan 0 4 4 0 8 78 97
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 376 441
Belgium 0 0 5 0 5 378 387
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 74 161
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 197 273
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 68 74
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 35 42
Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 178 183
Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 239 244
Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 239 244
Estonia 0 0 1 0 1 41 43
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Finland 0 0 2 0 2 205 208
France 0 0 13 0 13 2,648 2,721
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Saint Barthelemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 13 0 13 2,652 2,729
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 95 166
Germany 0 1 3 0 4 1,865 1,947
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 0 10 0 12 5,031 5,219
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 12 26
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 18 24
Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2
TOTAL 2 0 10 0 12 5,071 5,288
Greece 0 0 1 0 1 434 474
Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 293 316
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 56 57
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 814 826
Italy 0 6 2 0 8 1,703 1,750
Kazakhstan 0 0 2 0 2 189 241
Kosovo 0 0 0 0 0 69 223
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 40 79
Latvia 0 0 1 0 1 42 56
Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 89 119
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 113 164
Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 19 76
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
Netherlands 2 2 0 0 4 538 549
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Curacao 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
Sint Maarten 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
TOTAL 2 2 0 0 4 548 563
North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 53 138
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 88 95
Svalbard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 88 95
Poland 0 0 2 0 2 1,073 1,294
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 253 278
Macau 0 0 2 0 2 16 34
TOTAL 0 0 2 0 2 269 312
Romania 0 0 0 0 0 608 719
Russia 2 0 34 0 36 2,466 2,776
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 194 260
Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 127 134
Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 37 40
Spain 0 1 5 0 6 1,388 1,437
Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 408 421
Switzerland 0 0 3 0 3 315 323
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 42 59
Turkey 3 0 8 0 11 1,784 1,919
Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 60 76
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 1,512 1,983
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 158 358
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Europe 9 14 99 0 122 27,109 31,282
North America
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 15 57
Bahamas, The 0 0 0 0 0 94 130
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 45 93
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 40 92
Canada 0 8 26 0 34 5,774 5,986
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 341 437
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 8 2,244
Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 21 86
Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 358 11,228
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 1,119 3,725
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 23 66
Guatemala 0 0 4 0 4 812 1,636
Haiti 0 0 3 0 3 245 3,485
Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 740 1,539
Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 677 2,433
Mexico 0 0 42 5 47 7,775 20,756
Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 127 617
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 93 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 9 43
Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 34 106
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 18 49
Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 168 420
Region Total For North America 0 8 75 5 88 18,536 55,392
Oceania
Australia 0 2 0 0 2 1,209 1,233
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 0 2 0 0 2 1,209 1,233
Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 25 113
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
New Zealand 0 0 5 0 5 244 251
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 0 5 0 5 244 251
Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 5 15
Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Region Total For Oceania 0 2 5 0 7 1,491 1,624
FY 2020 data are preliminary and subject to change.
Foreign State
5th
Employ.
Creation
5th Target
Employ.
Areas
5th
Regional
Target
Areas
5th
Regional
Pilot
Program 5th Total
Employ.
Preference
Total Grand Total
Immigrant Visas Issued and Adjustments of Status
Table V (Part 3)
Subject to Numerical Limitations
Fiscal Year 2020*
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, posts were instructed to suspend routine visa services and provide only mission critical and emergency
services in late March 2020. This had a significant impact on the provision of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa-related services. Posts
were only able to resume limited services on a post-by-post basis beginning in July, as local conditions allowed.
Employment Preferences
South America
Argentina 0 0 11 0 11 1,309 1,393
Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 130 260
Brazil 0 6 88 0 94 7,362 7,834
Chile 0 0 0 0 0 542 596
Colombia 0 0 10 0 10 1,537 2,448
Ecuador 0 0 4 0 4 732 1,832
Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 55 1,337
Paraguay 0 0 1 0 1 45 55
Peru 0 1 3 0 4 485 1,547
Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 10 42
Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 121 131
Venezuela 0 5 45 0 50 3,118 3,604
Region Total For South America 0 12 162 0 174 15,446 21,079
Grand Totals 72 240 3,270 14 3,596 147,153 250,872
