Table 28. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and Region and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2018

The 2018 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 2018
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	81,279,692	24,007,315	49,779,763	2,569,225	3,919,567	457,599	502,298	43,925
Africa	838,490	X	691,773	60,308	30,323	41,701	13,307	1,078
Asia	15,279,660	6,385,584	6,106,626	1,395,309	1,048,962	119,109	214,203	9,867
Europe	18,297,426	15,548,234	1,374,887	421,962	692,773	163,913	89,570	6,087
North America	37,987,067	X	35,364,834	482,505	1,901,216	71,097	152,492	14,923
Oceania	1,962,796	1,757,794	63,087	25,535	93,996	16,812	4,890	682
South America	6,828,559	315,703	6,113,518	176,216	148,485	43,229	24,628	6,780
Unknown	85,694	X	65,038	7,390	3,812	1,738	3,208	4,508

Table 28. Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 Only) by Selected Category of Admission and Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Year 2018
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	81,279,692	24,007,315	49,779,763	2,569,225	3,919,567	457,599	502,298	43,925
Afghanistan	3,379	X	1,961	544	48	685	100	41
Albania	20,713	X	17,595	1,812	466	519	295	26
Algeria	15,224	X	13,279	764	342	712	89	38
Andorra	1,949	1,692	56	77	70	D	D	-
Angola	8,864	X	6,400	1,366	272	750	43	33
Antigua and Barbuda	16,873	X	15,846	408	151	338	54	76
Argentina	1,146,405	X	1,102,041	12,515	22,961	5,808	1,410	1,670
Armenia	14,272	X	12,066	696	678	649	175	8
Australia⁶	1,563,991	1,412,605	32,782	18,412	86,076	12,086	1,839	191
Austria	233,473	206,643	8,911	6,372	8,870	2,229	418	30
Azerbaijan	9,007	X	6,879	1,209	266	588	60	5
Bahamas	295,093	X	283,979	7,601	696	1,340	948	529
Bahrain	8,614	X	7,061	1,006	89	447	11	-
Bangladesh	45,351	X	33,710	7,655	895	2,442	587	62
Barbados	69,433	X	67,187	791	491	663	280	21
Belarus	24,229	X	20,477	1,184	1,592	361	603	12
Belgium	335,312	303,669	7,863	5,864	13,609	3,888	378	41
Belize	32,649	X	29,552	828	228	874	1,151	16
Benin	3,243	X	2,282	288	77	573	20	3
Bhutan	1,229	X	729	226	D	235	22	D
Bolivia	77,165	X	71,554	2,653	1,038	1,274	589	57
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11,315	X	8,510	1,174	279	478	857	17
Botswana	3,185	X	2,204	331	123	419	100	8
Brazil	2,529,813	X	2,376,392	73,696	61,810	10,379	5,524	2,012
Brunei	1,589	1,086	148	122	D	208	D	-
Bulgaria	45,327	X	32,800	6,200	2,345	1,094	2,840	48
Burkina Faso	5,227	X	4,062	417	86	617	37	8
Burma	11,549	X	7,815	2,159	156	323	1,083	13
Burundi	1,475	X	1,040	184	10	218	17	6
Cabo Verde	4,913	X	4,471	95	85	126	113	23
Cambodia	6,838	X	4,944	864	91	494	431	14
Cameroon	14,405	X	11,531	1,026	339	1,316	171	22
Canada	13,704,855	X	12,304,744	212,144	1,077,714	16,749	91,714	1,790
Central African Republic	438	X	249	47	13	118	D	D
Chad	918	X	521	84	11	295	4	3
Chile	454,757	315,703	111,319	10,386	11,384	3,919	1,980	66
China, People's Republic^7,8	3,420,805	2,983	2,625,021	657,996	108,751	8,592	11,803	5,659
Colombia	1,055,609	X	985,010	32,210	22,664	9,821	4,973	931
Comoros	180	X	83	11	-	86	-	-
Congo, Democratic Republic	9,620	X	7,606	734	132	1,057	67	24
Congo, Republic	1,761	X	1,280	141	30	284	16	10
Costa Rica	335,957	X	323,113	4,375	5,714	1,649	1,070	36
Cote d'Ivoire	9,549	X	6,991	1,243	163	1,054	88	10
Croatia	37,646	X	28,846	2,442	1,672	738	3,928	20
Cuba	77,715	X	70,760	260	970	718	271	4,736
Cyprus	12,809	X	10,982	1,097	417	247	59	7
Czechia	141,599	122,434	6,503	6,249	4,574	1,492	324	23
Denmark⁹	371,310	338,063	8,906	7,004	12,114	4,549	605	69
Djibouti	442	X	232	28	D	173	D	5
Dominica	6,293	X	5,238	453	174	162	262	4
Dominican Republic	486,495	X	463,131	10,131	7,525	1,915	3,216	577
Ecuador	466,436	X	449,285	10,277	2,784	2,334	1,363	393
Egypt	101,379	X	84,731	7,950	4,238	3,959	455	46
El Salvador	225,133	X	215,425	3,043	2,562	1,929	1,737	437
Equatorial Guinea	1,817	X	1,082	309	D	413	D	D
Eritrea	1,634	X	1,339	125	7	82	65	16
Estonia	28,019	23,878	1,191	1,043	817	856	D	D
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)	1,329	X	872	205	44	173	12	23
Ethiopia	25,986	X	21,741	2,061	480	1,199	420	85
Fiji	12,345	X	10,906	156	58	451	758	16
Finland	168,023	150,440	3,339	3,799	7,143	2,974	298	30
France¹⁰	2,236,217	2,022,153	35,911	53,480	105,368	15,724	2,996	585
Gabon	2,548	X	1,853	307	17	348	13	10
Gambia	2,311	X	1,690	147	53	354	46	21
Georgia	12,191	X	8,283	1,637	462	1,046	708	55
Germany	2,381,702	2,130,453	73,355	55,791	95,605	21,037	4,790	671
Ghana	34,295	X	27,266	3,765	997	1,883	317	67
Greece	108,897	82,453	10,627	6,633	4,831	1,694	2,621	38
Grenada	13,253	X	11,758	326	182	376	605	6
Guatemala	307,313	X	290,038	3,536	9,844	2,303	1,063	529
Guinea	3,522	X	2,939	108	54	379	33	9
Guinea-Bissau	273	X	133	22	D	111	D	3
Guyana	65,299	X	62,949	490	115	517	1,197	31
Haiti	146,325	X	140,111	1,591	725	1,629	2,099	170
Holy See	150	X	27	D	-	117	3	D
Honduras	236,927	X	221,720	4,809	3,246	1,361	5,426	365
Hungary	113,979	98,060	4,770	4,809	4,158	1,553	602	27
Iceland	76,784	68,724	4,357	1,577	1,036	438	634	18
India	2,223,163	X	1,377,406	196,357	592,797	9,159	46,407	1,037
Indonesia	153,099	X	106,157	13,690	2,127	4,375	26,677	73
Iran	9,582	X	4,186	4,870	94	291	84	57
Iraq	16,991	X	14,962	936	110	808	143	32
Ireland	630,939	576,099	11,839	13,704	26,211	2,194	681	211
Israel	503,918	X	453,620	14,897	22,947	11,548	688	218
Italy	1,456,866	1,315,270	37,829	32,776	55,269	9,984	5,440	298
Jamaica	370,408	X	330,222	14,450	17,598	1,480	6,464	194
Japan	3,809,830	3,509,759	25,432	65,143	188,630	16,202	4,336	328
Jordan	53,203	X	41,141	4,978	1,377	5,304	340	63
Kazakhstan	32,853	X	24,090	6,599	864	1,193	94	13
Kenya	39,708	X	31,084	3,673	1,057	3,098	763	33
Kiribati	886	X	185	50	19	147	478	7
Korea, North	77	X	D	16	D	47	-	D
Korea, South	2,541,826	2,290,705	68,110	124,047	48,228	7,917	2,496	323
Kosovo	5,085	X	3,554	844	113	476	D	D
Kuwait	60,044	X	39,371	18,892	226	1,549	D	D
Kyrgyzstan	4,955	X	3,595	782	65	354	121	38
Laos	2,463	X	1,643	247	27	274	266	6
Latvia	27,227	21,544	1,763	1,014	864	783	1,253	6
Lebanon	48,455	X	40,950	3,893	2,019	1,374	174	45
Lesotho	723	X	381	92	12	200	38	-
Liberia	4,368	X	3,343	303	59	546	90	27
Libya	915	X	286	297	57	267	D	D
Liechtenstein	2,108	1,890	48	43	70	57	-	-
Lithuania	45,709	37,734	1,997	2,936	1,243	977	455	367
Luxembourg	15,694	14,196	388	341	354	390	D	D
Macedonia	12,307	X	8,550	2,091	329	525	802	10
Madagascar	2,131	X	1,317	191	D	438	160	D
Malawi	3,377	X	2,199	370	D	654	104	D
Malaysia	108,370	416	89,896	10,037	5,598	1,543	824	56
Maldives	490	X	241	62	D	161	D	-
Mali	4,787	X	3,658	357	158	560	37	17
Malta	8,136	6,999	466	142	222	279	28	-
Marshall Islands	194	X	55	D	D	80	42	12
Mauritania	1,120	X	645	110	22	339	D	D
Mauritius	7,637	X	5,091	551	206	295	1,480	14
Mexico	21,182,686	X	20,144,745	206,469	766,649	33,396	26,296	5,131
Micronesia, Federated States	370	X	106	D	-	141	D	120
Moldova	10,340	X	8,117	1,014	426	572	201	10
Monaco	1,157	888	D	64	62	81	D	-
Mongolia	16,202	X	12,191	2,829	385	666	123	8
Morocco¹¹	35,248	X	29,084	2,674	872	2,252	290	76
Mozambique	2,803	X	1,935	227	134	464	34	9
Namibia	2,749	X	2,039	198	61	344	100	7
Nauru	153	28	40	D	-	79	D	-
Nepal	36,733	X	26,819	6,613	1,565	935	711	90
Netherlands¹²	890,570	812,905	22,199	13,511	28,684	10,593	2,388	290
New Zealand¹³	376,671	345,102	12,541	6,553	7,746	2,948	1,475	306
Nicaragua	80,186	X	73,513	1,163	1,603	666	3,165	76
Niger	1,909	X	1,207	191	28	468	10	5
Nigeria	221,819	X	202,333	12,014	3,377	3,151	840	104
Norway	306,062	276,912	8,033	8,466	6,520	5,489	611	31
Oman	10,866	X	4,824	4,912	110	1,000	D	D
Pakistan	129,736	X	108,969	11,922	5,421	2,734	528	162
Palau	171	X	42	-	-	104	3	22
Panama	163,848	X	151,989	6,025	1,645	1,743	2,306	140
Papua New Guinea	1,022	59	617	115	D	159	57	D
Paraguay	36,127	X	32,732	1,880	390	991	109	25
Peru	347,186	X	315,351	15,165	5,794	4,586	5,831	459
Philippines	498,980	X	359,572	15,340	14,550	5,223	103,749	546
Poland	265,052	X	234,233	11,675	9,497	3,846	5,651	150
Portugal	226,500	205,780	5,627	4,219	7,037	1,931	1,853	53
Qatar	16,779	X	12,529	2,358	29	1,843	D	D
Romania	117,798	X	93,131	9,739	4,886	2,095	7,868	79
Russia	290,901	X	246,694	16,522	15,742	4,035	7,676	232
Rwanda	6,963	X	4,133	1,838	149	778	55	10
Saint Kitts and Nevis	12,936	X	12,191	435	105	164	36	5
Saint Lucia	18,814	X	16,502	395	116	344	1,448	9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12,374	X	10,616	142	38	213	1,361	4
Samoa	2,800	X	2,438	84	D	127	121	D
San Marino	807	746	D	11	7	D	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	94	X	26	D	-	56	-	D
Saudi Arabia	182,445	X	106,345	65,518	1,651	8,894	23	14
Senegal	10,438	X	8,093	701	156	1,388	83	17
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	20,031	X	15,482	2,149	570	434	1,386	10
Seychelles	498	X	321	31	5	126	15	-
Sierra Leone	3,527	X	2,730	197	24	483	85	8
Singapore	166,194	138,013	2,454	10,906	9,419	4,713	491	198
Slovakia	63,839	53,181	3,136	4,344	2,181	780	208	9
Slovenia	30,969	27,019	1,403	969	976	470	D	D
Solomon Islands	318	X	178	28	D	80	28	D
Somalia	240	X	83	35	D	88	D	17
South Africa	168,289	X	139,282	7,735	13,719	2,414	4,981	158
South Sudan	641	X	323	114	D	176	18	D
Spain	1,213,431	1,080,300	25,256	43,573	52,704	8,896	2,451	251
Sri Lanka	30,584	X	23,150	3,004	1,577	1,260	1,571	22
Sudan	4,663	X	3,633	463	67	454	28	18
Suriname	13,178	X	12,450	175	66	314	165	8
Sweden	582,603	529,534	14,997	13,039	18,685	5,403	835	110
Switzerland	445,323	403,095	15,881	10,366	11,896	3,356	658	71
Syria	6,349	X	5,662	427	65	123	57	15
Taiwan	539,788	442,622	26,659	48,328	20,239	63	1,523	354
Tajikistan	2,196	X	1,390	441	61	287	17	-
Tanzania	8,535	X	6,387	1,060	232	739	113	4
Thailand	127,783	X	96,732	22,149	2,993	3,047	2,811	51
Timor-Leste	212	X	53	34	-	121	4	-
Togo	3,129	X	2,401	196	40	420	63	9
Tonga	3,453	X	3,046	108	46	209	D	D
Trinidad and Tobago	191,501	X	182,454	3,130	3,240	1,085	1,520	72
Tunisia	14,624	X	10,898	1,520	596	1,229	349	32
Turkey	205,199	X	160,875	26,856	10,614	4,571	2,223	60
Turkmenistan	1,575	X	998	320	51	197	D	D
Tuvalu	189	X	43	7	-	109	27	3
Uganda	14,693	X	10,537	1,249	820	1,890	187	10
Ukraine	129,239	X	99,414	6,285	8,889	1,720	12,850	81
United Arab Emirates	39,231	X	31,313	5,247	56	2,585	10	20
United Kingdom¹⁴	5,162,089	4,635,480	240,735	56,614	174,787	38,720	13,599	2,154
Uruguay	90,563	X	85,708	1,242	1,572	1,553	271	217
Uzbekistan	12,628	X	9,840	1,559	321	797	101	10
Vanuatu	233	X	108	15	5	92	13	-
Venezuela	546,021	X	508,727	15,527	17,907	1,733	1,216	911
Vietnam	137,360	X	104,773	25,456	2,783	1,728	2,484	136
Yemen	1,868	X	1,071	433	68	267	13	16
Zambia	5,928	X	4,222	583	143	852	D	D
Zimbabwe	12,396	X	8,225	1,570	660	833	1,098	10
Unknown	85,694	X	65,038	7,390	3,812	1,738	3,208	4,508

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) Islands.
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 Denmark includes Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
¹⁰ 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.
¹¹ Morocco includes Morocco and Western Sahara.
¹² Netherlands includes the Netherlands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.
¹³ New Zealand includes New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tokelau, and Niue.
¹⁴ 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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