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The Visa Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs collects
statistical information on immigrant and nonimmigrant visa issuance
at consular offices around the world for each fiscal year. The report,
called Report of the Visa Office, includes this information:
- visa issuance
by visa category;
- visa issuance
by consular office;
- visa refusal
by ground of ineligibility; and
- multiyear visa
issuance information.
The information
comes from two sources:
- workload reports
from consular offices abroad, and
- records of
the Visa Office on the use of immigrant visa numbers for people
who adjust status (get a green card) in the United States in the
family preference, employment-based and diversity immigrant visa
categories.
The Report of
the Visa Office does not contain information on these categories:
- refugees entering
from abroad or asylum-seekers in the United States, or
- visa categories
for people in the United States who are adjusting status (getting
a green card or becoming a permanent resident) through the Bureau
of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland
Security (BCIS).
For information
about immigrant visa numbers go to How Do
I Get an Immigrant Visa Number?
For statistical information
on people who adjust status with the Bureau of Citizenship and Naturalization
Services (BCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security in the United
States, go to the Immigration
Statistics page, at: http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/index.htm
The 2000 edition
is the most recent Report of the Visa Office. To request a copy
of the report, send a letter to:
Visa Office
Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division
2401 E. St. NW, Room 703A
Washington, DC 20520
The Visa Office
has a limited supply of older reports. You may ask about the availability
of these from the Visa Office.
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