Table 28 | Homeland Security

The 2015 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a “green card”), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.

Table 28. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) By Selected Category Of Admission And Region Of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2015
Region of Citizenship	Total	Tourists and Business Travelers		Students and Exchange Visitors³	Temp-orary Workers and Families⁴	Diplomats and Other Represen-tatives⁵	All Other Classes	Unknown
Region of Citizenship	Total	Visa Waiver¹	Other²	Students and Exchange Visitors³	Temp-orary Workers and Families⁴	Diplomats and Other Represen-tatives⁵	All Other Classes	Unknown
Total	76,638,236	22,419,941	46,605,955	2,567,008	3,722,543	438,477	827,452	56,860
Africa	792,026	X	653,784	56,665	28,129	41,333	11,241	874
Asia	14,025,173	5,772,628	5,689,855	1,337,011	910,611	114,821	189,149	11,098
Europe	17,340,542	14,804,108	1,225,578	415,526	633,256	151,015	106,894	4,165
North America	36,312,759	X	33,207,191	577,807	1,943,987	72,963	481,519	29,292
Oceania	1,859,507	1,679,277	57,760	24,139	75,745	15,183	6,862	541
South America	6,256,760	163,928	5,733,352	152,524	129,794	42,517	31,053	3,592
Unknown	51,469	X	38,435	3,336	1,021	645	734	7,298

Table 28. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) By Selected Category Of Admission And Country Of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2015
Country of Citizenship	Total	Tourists and Business Travelers		Students and Exchange Visitors³	Temp-orary Workers and Families⁴	Diplomats and Other Represen-tatives⁵	All other classes	Unknown
Country of Citizenship	Total	Visa Waiver¹	Other²	Students and Exchange Visitors³	Temp-orary Workers and Families⁴	Diplomats and Other Represen-tatives⁵	All other classes	Unknown
Total	76,638,236	22,419,941	46,605,955	2,567,008	3,722,543	438,477	827,452	56,860
Afghanistan	4,334	X	2,494	681	38	911	192	18
Albania	9,992	X	7,530	1,108	588	494	153	119
Algeria	13,623	X	11,607	623	465	816	73	39
Andorra	1,344	1,117	51	49	93	34	-	-
Angola	13,787	X	10,064	2,179	693	794	41	16
Antigua and Barbuda	15,022	X	14,122	386	91	308	103	12
Argentina	806,698	X	765,576	9,821	22,218	5,890	2,522	671
Armenia	8,654	X	6,612	554	597	689	179	23
Australia⁶	1,499,354	1,371,960	27,655	17,851	67,995	10,478	3,192	223
Austria	235,601	214,185	4,855	6,221	7,774	2,008	512	46
Azerbaijan	8,419	X	6,374	978	361	643	59	4
Bahamas	249,276	X	237,566	7,060	740	1,487	1,948	475
Bahrain	9,313	X	7,653	1,191	86	375	5	3
Bangladesh	43,938	X	33,513	6,384	1,360	2,039	614	28
Barbados	62,214	X	59,811	735	491	744	379	54
Belarus	17,486	X	14,186	1,158	1,265	313	556	8
Belgium	327,654	301,206	4,684	6,038	11,975	3,159	570	22
Belize	28,160	X	25,689	591	345	625	889	21
Benin	3,473	X	2,318	480	58	595	18	4
Bhutan	1,215	X	687	255	18	232	23	-
Bolivia	65,089	X	59,771	2,321	1,234	1,238	467	58
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,699	X	7,240	972	240	447	790	10
Botswana	2,914	X	2,131	330	58	338	D	D
Brazil	2,505,525	X	2,383,822	59,078	44,013	9,497	8,058	1,057
Brunei	1,880	1,130	116	180	22	413	15	4
Bulgaria	43,247	X	28,344	7,929	2,516	1,074	3,352	32
Burkina Faso	6,432	X	4,842	861	95	565	64	5
Burma	7,583	X	4,747	1,456	159	381	837	3
Burundi	1,772	X	1,126	186	38	400	22	-
Cambodia	3,756	X	2,369	647	77	443	206	14
Cameroon	13,070	X	9,833	1,228	568	1,223	191	27
Canada	13,408,292	X	11,671,122	253,052	1,122,523	16,695	334,369	10,531
Cape Verde	4,451	X	3,978	132	30	134	149	28
Central African Republic	342	X	172	34	4	115	6	11
Chad	1,176	X	698	68	D	396	9	D
Chile	354,366	163,928	165,115	9,980	8,635	3,988	2,658	62
China^7,8	2,935,175	2,824	2,306,830	521,330	76,173	9,255	12,305	6,458
Colombia	990,683	X	928,424	27,127	19,385	9,982	5,247	518
Comoros	197	X	96	D	D	90	-	-
Congo (Brazzaville)⁹	1,969	X	1,410	230	32	283	3	11
Congo (Kinshasa)¹⁰	7,321	X	5,538	786	88	834	71	4
Costa Rica	241,739	X	231,629	3,317	3,750	1,605	1,398	40
Cote d'Ivoire	8,276	X	6,092	1,120	150	806	82	26
Croatia	32,189	X	23,391	2,065	1,493	643	4,583	14
Cuba	52,215	X	50,205	114	492	764	318	322
Cyprus	10,282	X	8,736	906	378	204	55	3
Czech Republic	116,177	93,076	11,498	6,193	3,661	1,369	371	9
Denmark¹¹	364,769	335,515	6,070	7,357	11,018	4,174	595	40
Djibouti	546	X	328	21	D	190	D	3
Dominica	7,087	X	6,239	282	77	164	321	4
Dominican Republic	338,009	X	318,332	6,080	7,602	1,863	3,644	488
East Timor	232	X	67	32	6	127	-	-
Ecuador	384,373	X	368,874	8,395	2,945	2,024	1,816	319
Egypt	104,049	X	87,946	7,555	4,054	3,934	511	49
El Salvador	173,145	X	163,945	2,688	2,345	1,842	1,865	460
Equatorial Guinea	1,687	X	1,027	326	27	303	D	D
Eritrea	3,094	X	2,790	181	D	53	63	D
Estonia	24,103	19,040	2,397	965	736	732	229	4
Ethiopia	18,967	X	15,364	1,524	607	1,148	309	15
Fiji	13,442	X	11,812	164	70	399	971	26
Finland	171,655	156,160	2,621	3,709	6,538	2,358	234	35
France¹²	2,075,668	1,890,609	24,116	49,538	92,198	13,637	5,021	549
Gabon	3,079	X	2,005	500	33	529	D	D
Gambia	2,310	X	1,695	153	30	380	41	11
Georgia	11,110	X	8,003	1,298	357	891	550	11
Germany	2,381,765	2,165,844	42,301	58,366	88,717	19,971	6,161	405
Ghana	27,965	X	22,662	2,514	879	1,558	325	27
Greece	88,012	56,848	16,919	5,791	4,381	1,469	2,568	36
Grenada	12,484	X	10,967	252	173	335	749	8
Guatemala	256,875	X	242,961	3,241	6,968	1,990	1,284	431
Guinea	3,223	X	2,603	139	87	318	65	11
Guinea-Bissau	295	X	141	17	6	128	-	3
Guyana	56,719	X	54,182	355	103	493	1,537	49
Haiti	136,804	X	131,315	1,306	655	1,091	2,272	165
Holy See	144	X	D	D	-	119	-	D
Honduras	183,851	X	170,163	4,066	3,059	1,325	4,895	343
Hungary	92,587	73,132	8,918	4,386	4,058	1,136	932	25
Iceland	56,149	50,305	2,510	1,309	1,275	411	D	D
India	1,898,327	X	1,175,153	179,581	493,426	8,594	40,437	1,136
Indonesia	137,940	X	97,218	13,224	2,417	3,510	21,512	59
Iran	35,266	X	25,950	7,937	499	351	450	79
Iraq	21,381	X	18,257	1,930	122	919	114	39
Ireland	524,500	472,906	9,436	17,132	22,157	1,984	826	59
Israel	458,225	X	415,198	13,704	20,487	7,889	745	202
Italy	1,319,429	1,204,574	24,541	27,694	47,221	9,229	6,030	140
Jamaica	304,611	X	267,670	10,242	16,387	1,427	8,717	168
Japan	4,021,857	3,733,997	16,670	66,385	184,581	14,762	4,619	843
Jordan	53,559	X	41,030	5,494	1,084	5,462	423	66
Kazakhstan	29,519	X	20,551	6,881	1,087	910	79	11
Kenya	29,008	X	20,652	2,840	1,265	3,571	642	38
Kiribati	953	X	244	40	15	160	483	11
Korea, North¹³	99	X	45	17	7	25	D	D
Korea, South¹⁴	1,946,887	1,561,508	180,914	140,437	51,021	7,859	4,549	599
Kosovo	5,663	X	4,335	770	87	358	109	4
Kuwait	73,943	X	50,695	21,805	129	1,255	18	41
Kyrgyzstan	3,609	X	2,390	692	125	325	73	4
Laos	2,294	X	1,386	194	37	308	363	6
Latvia	23,963	17,799	2,688	854	811	608	1,193	10
Lebanon	51,894	X	44,881	3,417	1,933	1,363	232	68
Lesotho	593	X	305	77	16	177	18	-
Liberia	5,360	X	4,532	263	24	405	131	5
Libya	2,879	X	1,280	1,286	85	217	8	3
Liechtenstein	2,350	2,088	107	60	42	53	-	-
Lithuania	32,932	25,622	3,081	2,144	902	679	491	13
Luxembourg	15,748	14,408	328	327	295	365	D	D
Macedonia	10,321	X	6,887	1,791	307	430	895	11
Madagascar	1,750	X	1,034	187	30	401	95	3
Malawi	3,219	X	2,099	333	93	623	D	D
Malaysia	105,570	211	86,965	10,197	5,407	1,968	779	43
Maldives	564	X	251	119	12	142	40	-
Mali	4,219	X	3,109	435	122	517	26	10
Malta	6,434	5,341	622	79	176	171	D	D
Marshall Islands	200	X	51	D	D	90	37	15
Mauritania	2,083	X	1,409	178	40	444	8	4
Mauritius	6,825	X	4,927	353	204	297	1,034	10
Mexico	20,378,001	X	19,175,345	273,537	771,598	36,156	105,857	15,508
Micronesia, Federated States	159	X	44	D	-	83	D	27
Moldova	12,600	X	9,116	2,414	574	334	151	11
Monaco	1,311	1,076	52	62	D	73	-	D
Mongolia	14,808	X	10,713	3,028	364	594	102	7
Morocco¹⁵	37,058	X	30,680	2,988	849	1,990	449	102
Mozambique	2,807	X	1,975	209	81	475	D	D
Namibia	2,565	X	1,848	165	69	438	42	3
Nauru	115	11	30	D	D	64	5	D
Nepal	30,019	X	19,650	6,756	1,913	853	817	30
Netherlands¹⁶	801,610	737,861	11,965	11,542	26,027	10,668	3,285	262
New Zealand¹⁷	336,645	307,124	11,133	5,706	7,498	3,180	1,778	226
Nicaragua	69,935	X	62,328	1,035	1,291	739	4,463	79
Niger	1,759	X	963	200	45	543	D	D
Nigeria	214,519	X	194,955	11,766	3,813	3,031	854	100
Norway	336,555	305,752	7,120	10,067	7,502	5,259	834	21
Oman	11,419	X	5,186	4,988	145	1,084	D	D
Pakistan	119,644	X	100,083	10,000	5,663	2,945	772	181
Palau	160	X	78	-	D	77	D	D
Panama	162,027	X	150,901	5,535	1,440	1,574	2,504	73
Papua New Guinea	1,939	182	1,326	155	D	187	77	D
Paraguay	32,942	X	29,588	1,707	447	1,003	175	22
Peru	320,007	X	291,953	11,174	5,567	4,295	6,741	277
Philippines	420,917	X	300,893	10,596	17,419	5,266	86,256	487
Poland	217,453	X	188,589	9,992	8,144	2,925	7,614	189
Portugal	190,056	172,895	3,983	3,895	6,164	1,457	1,615	47
Qatar	20,194	X	14,916	3,755	24	1,487	9	3
Romania	96,349	X	73,242	8,034	4,589	1,527	8,874	83
Russia	323,435	X	278,959	15,866	15,262	4,867	8,283	198
Rwanda	5,065	X	2,788	1,306	90	748	128	5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	12,950	X	12,004	475	137	253	67	14
Saint Lucia	17,859	X	15,265	386	112	461	1,629	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12,562	X	10,275	149	73	187	1,871	7
Samoa	2,413	X	2,024	57	D	127	156	D
San Marino	912	834	D	14	4	57	D	-
Sao Tome and Principe	106	X	41	6	D	55	-	D
Saudi Arabia	306,182	X	150,123	143,519	1,720	10,696	50	74
Senegal	10,796	X	8,407	753	232	1,328	58	18
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	40,528	X	27,905	6,369	1,571	901	3,745	37
Seychelles	508	X	340	26	D	121	16	D
Sierra Leone	3,288	X	2,568	142	35	459	78	6
Singapore	163,668	137,229	1,684	11,282	7,280	5,410	751	32
Slovakia	55,113	42,337	5,010	5,018	1,773	737	231	7
Slovenia	27,977	24,119	1,345	937	1,067	355	150	4
Solomon Islands	307	X	175	D	D	67	46	-
Somalia	359	X	231	42	D	41	38	D
South Africa	153,290	X	130,373	5,316	10,789	2,697	3,980	135
South Sudan	541	X	272	105	D	137	20	D
Spain	1,052,251	934,205	19,764	36,255	50,419	8,520	2,800	288
Sri Lanka	27,954	X	20,894	3,176	1,513	785	1,531	55
Sudan	4,792	X	3,787	502	42	431	22	8
Suriname	14,971	X	14,029	229	66	368	274	5
Swaziland	1,145	X	677	183	37	182	13	53
Sweden	623,935	578,672	7,015	14,526	18,128	4,591	931	72
Switzerland	484,475	445,366	13,551	10,755	10,812	3,258	688	45
Syria	16,010	X	14,477	987	207	104	193	42
Taiwan	487,570	335,729	88,723	44,120	17,459	44	1,362	133
Tajikistan	1,999	X	1,207	463	32	282	15	-
Tanzania	9,677	X	6,632	1,132	268	1,472	166	7
Thailand	116,992	X	88,760	19,954	2,937	2,271	3,006	64
Togo	2,671	X	2,026	232	51	309	49	4
Tonga	3,417	X	3,006	120	90	151	45	5
Trinidad and Tobago	189,641	X	179,337	3,278	3,638	1,328	1,977	83
Tunisia	13,523	X	10,218	1,599	348	989	339	30
Turkey	226,665	X	177,911	31,645	9,145	5,365	2,525	74
Turkmenistan	1,691	X	1,004	434	81	167	D	D
Tuvalu	167	X	51	4	-	61	51	-
Uganda	11,222	X	7,682	1,033	687	1,720	96	4
Ukraine	118,352	X	87,623	10,363	6,052	1,107	12,938	269
United Arab Emirates	40,507	X	30,990	6,912	142	2,429	10	24
United Kingdom¹⁸	4,968,049	4,461,216	230,658	55,411	164,597	36,954	18,178	1,035
Uruguay	81,603	X	76,604	1,246	1,468	1,838	335	112
Uzbekistan	11,988	X	9,578	1,382	330	587	105	6
Vanuatu	236	X	131	D	14	59	18	D
Venezuela	643,784	X	595,414	21,091	23,713	1,901	1,223	442
Vietnam	114,572	X	83,621	24,657	2,181	1,884	2,126	103
Yemen	5,549	X	3,687	1,451	50	323	26	12
Zambia	5,627	X	3,917	528	163	920	96	3
Zimbabwe	10,754	X	7,591	1,284	624	665	584	6
Unknown	51,469	X	38,435	3,336	1,021	645	734	7,298

X Not applicable.

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.

- Represents zero.

¹ Includes GB, GMB, GT, GMT, WB, and WT admissions.

² Includes B1, B2 and a limited number of Border Crossing Card (BCC) admissions.

³ Includes principals, spouses, and children (F1, F2, J1, J2, M1, and M2 admissions).

⁴ Includes principals, spouses, and children (CW1, CW2, E1 to E3, H1B, H1B1, H1C, H2A, H2B, H2R, H3, H4, I1, L1, L2, O1 to O3, P1 to P4, Q1, R1, R2, TD and TN admissions).

⁵ Includes principals, spouses, and children (A1 to A3, G1 to G5, and N1 to N7 admissions).

⁶ Australia includes Australia, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and Cocos (Keeling) Island.

⁷ China includes the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

⁸ Admissions in the Visa Waiver category include only residents of Hong Kong admitted under the Guam and Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Visa Waiver Program.

⁹ Congo (Brazzaville) refers to the Republic of the Congo.

¹⁰ Congo (Kinshasa) refers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

¹¹ Denmark includes Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland.

¹² France includes France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna.

¹³ North Korea refers to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

¹⁴ South Korea refers to the Republic of Korea.

¹⁵ Morocco includes Morocco and Western Sahara.

¹⁶ Netherlands includes the Netherlands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.

¹⁷ New Zealand includes New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tokelau, and Niue.

¹⁸ United Kingdom includes the United Kingdom, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Notes:

Admissions represent counts of events, i.e., arrivals, not unique individuals; multiple entries of an individual on the same day are counted as one admission.

The majority of short-term admissions from Canada and Mexico are excluded.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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