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2022 0708 Plcy Legal Immigration Adjustment of Status Report Fy2022q2 Final D Version 0
2022 0708 Plcy Legal Immigration Adjustment of Status Report Fy2022q2 Final D Version 0
PERSONS OBTAINING LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY TYPE OF ADMISSION AND REGION AND COUNT
Total
Region and country of nationality Total Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3
REGION
Total 449,502 228,839 220,663 -
Africa 36,961 18,943 18,018 -
Asia 156,017 81,690 74,327 -
Europe 36,225 18,520 17,705 -
North America 164,112 81,804 82,308 -
Oceania 2,810 1,433 1,377 -
South America 46,539 22,966 23,573 -
Unknown 6,838 3,483 3,355 -
COUNTRY
Total 449,502 228,839 220,663 -
Afghanistan 2,950 1,700 1,250 -
Albania 2,774 1,411 1,363 -
Algeria 1,271 880 391 -
Angola 105 49 56 -
Antigua and Barbuda 200 133 67 -
Argentina 2,032 985 1,047 -
Armenia 1,140 635 505 -
Australia 1,676 843 833 -
Austria 180 105 75 -
Azerbaijan 313 168 145 -
Bahamas 386 205 181 -
Bahrain 23 12 11 -
Bangladesh 4,199 2,176 2,023 -
Barbados 193 126 67 -
Belarus 955 544 411 -
Belgium 281 155 126 -
Belize 349 184 165 -
Benin 331 179 152 -
Bhutan 54 26 28 -
Bolivia 917 588 329 -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 218 125 93 -
Botswana 18 9 9 -
Brazil 10,926 5,240 5,686 -
Bulgaria 536 315 221 -
Burkina Faso 375 157 218 -
Burma 1,057 410 647 -
Burundi 115 52 63 -
Cabo Verde 480 276 204 -
Cambodia 1,639 865 774 -
Cameroon 2,621 1,613 1,008 -
Canada 8,868 4,375 4,493 -
Central African Republic 28 12 16 -
Chad 58 33 25 -
Chile 825 422 403 -
China, People's Republic 33,334 18,788 14,546 -
Colombia 10,930 5,362 5,568 -
Congo, Democratic Republic 1,818 736 1,082 -
Congo, Republic 187 83 104 -
Costa Rica 1,130 506 624 -
Cote d'Ivoire 738 413 325 -
Croatia 113 72 41 -
Cuba 10,508 4,254 6,254 -
Cyprus 31 10 21 -
Czechia 245 124 121 -
Denmark 190 95 95 -
Djibouti 37 18 19 -
Dominica 248 142 106 -
Dominican Republic 18,724 10,577 8,147 -
Ecuador 6,644 3,626 3,018 -
Egypt 3,175 1,376 1,799 -
El Salvador 16,176 7,652 8,524 -
Equatorial Guinea 28 16 12 -
Eritrea 556 210 346 -
Estonia 61 35 26 -
Ethiopia 1,880 1,135 745 -
Fiji 544 296 248 -
Finland 153 67 86 -
France 2,123 1,089 1,034 -
Gabon 41 18 23 -
Gambia 480 206 274 -
Georgia 805 469 336 -
Germany 1,889 1,005 884 -
Ghana 2,554 1,220 1,334 -
Greece 452 246 206 -
Grenada 274 176 98 -
Guatemala 9,168 4,564 4,604 -
Guinea 501 217 284 -
Guyana 2,053 1,266 787 -
Haiti 4,966 2,619 2,347 -
Honduras 8,339 4,055 4,284 -
Hungary 385 177 208 -
Iceland 32 13 19 -
India 40,664 21,834 18,830 -
Indonesia 839 454 385 -
Iran 3,097 1,596 1,501 -
Iraq 954 366 588 -
Ireland 777 392 385 -
Israel 1,805 938 867 -
Italy 1,976 1,026 950 -
Jamaica 6,756 3,199 3,557 -
Japan 1,909 984 925 -
Jordan 2,384 1,262 1,122 -
Kazakhstan 656 345 311 -
Kenya 1,913 935 978 -
Korea, South 7,178 3,393 3,785 -
Kosovo 217 101 116 -
Kuwait 60 27 33 -
Kyrgyzstan 489 279 210 -
Laos 150 66 84 -
Latvia 117 57 60 -
Lebanon 1,475 787 688 -
Liberia 1,204 578 626 -
Libya 219 105 114 -
Lithuania 273 143 130 -
Madagascar 35 19 16 -
Malawi 78 45 33 -
Malaysia 481 262 219 -
Mali 207 94 113 -
Mauritania 120 38 82 -
Mauritius 38 21 17 -
Mexico 73,576 36,794 36,782 -
Micronesia, Federated States 13 6 7 -
Moldova 455 206 249 -
Mongolia 529 338 191 -
Montenegro 120 67 53 -
Morocco 2,161 1,251 910 -
Mozambique 18 9 9 -
Namibia 30 17 13 -
Nepal 5,248 3,157 2,091 -
Netherlands 588 306 282 -
New Zealand 377 197 180 -
Nicaragua 1,917 1,004 913 -
Niger 108 60 48 -
Nigeria 6,004 2,767 3,237 -
North Macedonia 468 219 249 -
Norway 147 70 77 -
Oman 15 8 7 -
Pakistan 5,589 3,079 2,510 -
Panama 511 280 231 -
Papua New Guinea 20 8 12 -
Paraguay 205 106 99 -
Peru 3,606 1,658 1,948 -
Philippines 14,209 6,505 7,704 -
Poland 1,733 920 813 -
Portugal 543 270 273 -
Qatar 11 8 3 -
Romania 841 438 403 -
Russia 3,557 1,618 1,939 -
Rwanda 454 289 165 -
Saint Kitts and Nevis 78 50 28 -
Saint Lucia 362 213 149 -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 178 84 94 -
Samoa 73 33 40 -
Saudi Arabia 274 137 137 -
Senegal 547 253 294 -
Serbia 369 178 191 -
Sierra Leone 1,448 923 525 -
Singapore 354 178 176 -
Slovakia 152 66 86 -
Slovenia 44 25 19 -
Somalia 560 306 254 -
South Africa 1,252 652 600 -
South Sudan 50 20 30 -
Spain 2,008 999 1,009 -
Sri Lanka 1,000 560 440 -
Sudan 554 322 232 -
Suriname 51 27 24 -
Sweden 450 226 224 -
Switzerland 257 126 131 -
Syria 1,247 499 748 -
Taiwan 2,025 1,036 989 -
Tajikistan 285 169 116 -
Tanzania 267 136 131 -
Thailand 1,976 953 1,023 -
Togo 875 497 378 -
Tonga 91 41 50 -
Trinidad and Tobago 1,093 548 545 -
Tunisia 266 136 130 -
Turkey 2,716 1,259 1,457 -
Turkmenistan 367 129 238 -
Uganda 476 212 264 -
Ukraine 5,216 2,719 2,497 -
United Arab Emirates 42 26 16 -
United Kingdom 5,038 2,614 2,424 -
United States 112 64 48 -
Uruguay 382 172 210 -
Uzbekistan 1,439 610 829 -
Venezuela 7,968 3,514 4,454 -
Vietnam 7,885 3,347 4,538 -
Yemen 3,110 1,835 1,275 -
Zambia 164 89 75 -
Zimbabwe 492 250 242 -
All other countries1 72 39 33 -
Unknown 7,108 3,625 3,483 -
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1
Includes countries with fewer than 10 adjustments of status and fewer than 10 new arrivals per year.
Note: Numbers in this table may differ from previously published figures due to updating of data series.
Source: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics.
MISSION AND REGION AND COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY: FISCAL YEAR 2022
112,684 96,440 - -
12,232 8,758 - -
37,935 30,307 - -
8,061 6,308 - -
42,000 39,832 - -
474 387 - -
9,314 8,367 - -
2,668 2,481 - -
112,684 96,440 - -
1,381 923 - -
1,160 1,095 - -
819 300 - -
10 17 - -
108 34 - -
278 247 - -
397 237 - -
121 127 - -
39 15 - -
114 59 - -
48 29 - -
5 - - -
1,719 1,334 - -
79 35 - -
395 239 - -
34 21 - -
69 63 - -
137 97 - -
14 3 - -
416 183 - -
70 43 - -
6 4 - -
1,266 1,895 - -
179 99 - -
72 41 - -
247 182 - -
38 16 - -
176 115 - -
750 635 - -
1,387 654 - -
1,218 1,081 - -
5 4 - -
22 10 - -
77 68 - -
10,393 4,699 - -
2,167 2,210 - -
624 315 - -
52 22 - -
147 224 - -
280 193 - -
18 5 - -
1,278 2,883 - -
3 9 - -
20 23 - -
24 23 - -
15 9 - -
113 68 - -
7,801 5,362 - -
2,677 1,771 - -
873 804 - -
4,168 4,854 - -
6 - - -
151 94 - -
12 6 - -
850 366 - -
284 207 - -
28 15 - -
297 215 - -
D D - -
124 147 - -
310 185 - -
370 172 - -
648 783 - -
50 33 - -
120 49 - -
2,409 2,541 - -
140 161 - -
903 470 - -
1,113 790 - -
1,973 2,056 - -
59 49 - -
D D - -
2,933 3,515 - -
197 76 - -
958 833 - -
228 326 - -
111 106 - -
264 202 - -
321 271 - -
1,024 1,444 - -
413 266 - -
812 583 - -
175 110 - -
557 541 - -
1,105 1,322 - -
50 23 - -
6 4 - -
220 116 - -
D D - -
28 28 - -
485 404 - -
180 174 - -
72 75 - -
49 58 - -
10 6 - -
13 12 - -
75 32 - -
35 38 - -
16 34 - -
D D - -
19,020 17,324 - -
- D - -
53 34 - -
209 55 - -
11 - - -
1,011 710 - -
D - - -
5 5 - -
2,380 1,162 - -
108 68 - -
61 38 - -
681 514 - -
27 11 - -
940 1,075 - -
155 160 - -
26 27 - -
D D - -
2,206 1,454 - -
137 91 - -
D - - -
26 21 - -
650 780 - -
3,449 4,745 - -
437 308 - -
77 63 - -
D - - -
178 115 - -
512 622 - -
239 76 - -
39 20 - -
148 73 - -
42 45 - -
D - - -
19 21 - -
147 170 - -
- - - -
855 471 - -
31 26 - -
14 15 - -
7 5 - -
281 156 - -
202 171 - -
14 20 - -
209 188 - -
416 239 - -
276 144 - -
7 4 - -
49 52 - -
30 39 - -
370 366 - -
428 361 - -
138 68 - -
78 51 - -
332 388 - -
458 320 - -
6 14 - -
263 252 - -
74 49 - -
541 374 - -
105 201 - -
84 101 - -
1,951 1,262 - -
D D - -
817 726 - -
D - - -
22 37 - -
484 683 - -
825 681 - -
1,824 2,895 - -
1,789 1,205 - -
44 23 - -
171 162 - -
8 7 - -
2,776 2,562 - -
Table 1B.
PERSONS OBTAINING LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY TYPE AND MAJOR CLASS OF ADMISSION: FISC
Total
Family-sponsored preferences
First: Unmarried sons/daughters of U.S. citizens and their children
Second: Spouses, children, and unmarried sons/daughters of alien residents
Third: Married sons/daughters of U.S. citizens and their spouses and children
Fourth: Brothers/sisters of U.S. citizens and their spouses and children 1
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens
Spouses
Children2
Parents1
Employment-based preferences3
First: Priority workers
Second: Professionals with advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional ability
Third: Skilled workers, professionals, and unskilled workers
Fourth: Certain special immigrants
Fifth: Employment creation (investors)
Diversity
Refugees
Asylees
Parolees
Children born abroad to alien residents
Certain Iraqis and Afghans employed by U.S. Government and their spouses and children
Cancellation of removal
Victims of human trafficking
Victims of crimes and their spouses and children
Other
1
Where the sponsoring citizen is at least 21 years of age.
2
Includes orphans and Hague adoptees.
3
Includes spouses and children.
Note: Numbers in this table may differ from previously published figures due to updating of data series.
Source: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics.
JOR CLASS OF ADMISSION: FISCAL YEAR 2022
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artinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna.
Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Class of admission
Total all admissions (from PAS)1
Total I-94 admissions
Temporary workers and families
Temporary workers and trainees
CNMI-only transitional workers (CW1)
Spouses and children of CW1 (CW2)
Temporary workers in specialty occupations (H1B)
Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement aliens (H1B1)
Registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas (H1C)
Agricultural workers (H2A)
Nonagricultural workers (H2B)
Returning H2B workers (H2R)2
Trainees (H3)
Spouses and children of H1, H2, or H3 (H4)
Workers with extraordinary ability or achievement (O1)
Workers accompanying and assisting in performance of O1 workers (O2)
Spouses and children of O1 and O2 (O3)
Internationally recognized athletes or entertainers (P1)
Artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs (P2)
Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs (P3)
Spouses and children of P1, P2, or P3 (P4)
Workers in international cultural exchange programs (Q1)
Workers in religious occupations (R1)
Spouses and children of R1 (R2)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) professional workers (TN)
Spouses and children of TN (TD)
Intracompany transferees
Intracompany transferees (L1)
Spouses and Children of L1 (L2)3
Spouses of L1 (L2S)3
Children of L1 (L2Y)3
Treaty traders and investors
Treaty traders (E1)
Spouses of treaty traders (E1S)4
Children of treaty traders (E1Y)4
Treaty investors (E2)
Spouses of treaty investors (E2S)4
Children of treaty investors (E2Y)4
Treaty investors and their spouses and children (CNMI only) (E2C)
Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3)
Spouses of Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3S)4
Children of Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3Y)4
Representatives of foreign information media
Representatives of foreign information media and spouses and children (I1)
Students
Academic students (F1)
Spouses and children of F1 (F2)
Vocational students (M1)
Spouses and children of M1 (M2)
Exchange visitors
Exchange visitors (J1)
Spouses and children of J1 (J2)
Diplomats and other representatives
Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomatic or consular officers and their families (A1)
Other foreign government officials or employees and their families (A2)
Attendants, servants, or personal employees of A1 and A2 and their families (A3)
Principals of recognized foreign governments (G1)
Other representatives of recognized foreign governments (G2)
Representatives of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign governments (G3)
International organization officers or employees (G4)
Attendants, servants, or personal employees of representatives (G5)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, spouses, and children (N1 to N7)
Temporary visitors for pleasure
Temporary visitors for pleasure (B2)
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure (WT)
Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam (GT)
Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for pleasur
Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMT)
Temporary visitors for business
Temporary visitors for business (B1)
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business (WB)
Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business to Guam (GB)
Guam - Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program - temporary visitors for busines
Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMB)
Transit aliens
Aliens in continuous and immediate transit through the United States (C1)
Aliens in transit to the United Nations (C2)
Foreign government officials, their spouses, children, and attendants in transit (C3)
Transit without visa (C4)
Commuter students
Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students (F3)
Canadian or Mexican national vocational commuter students (M3)
Alien Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens and children
Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens (K1)
Children of K1 (K2)
Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act
Spouses of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K3)
Children of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K4)
Spouses of permanent residents, visa pending (V1)
Children of permanent residents, visa pending (V2)
Dependents of V1 or V2, visa pending (V3)
Other
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program aliens
Spouses and children of Q2
Parents of international organization special immigrants
Children of N8 or international organization special immigrants
Victims of a severe form of trafficking and spouses, children, parents, and siblings
Aliens suffering physical or mental abuse as victims of criminal activity and spouses, children, and parents
Unknown
D Data withheld to limit disclosure.
- Represents zero.
1
Estimated admission totals rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. Excludes sea and air crew admissions (D1 and D2 visas).
2
Issuances of H2R (returning H2B workers not subject to annual numerical limits) ceased at the end of 2007.
3
On January 27, 2022 two new classes of admission were approved (L2S and L2Y) to differentiate between spouses and children of the principal applicant L1. T
4
New classes of admission were approved January 27, 2022 to differentiate spouses and children from principal applicants for classes of admission E1, E2, and
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.
Numbers in this table may differ from previously published figures due to updating of data series.
Source: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics.
Total Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
39,300,000 19,100,000 20,200,000 - -
16,936,866 8,166,528 8,770,338 - -
1,483,562 625,575 857,987 - -
1,142,798 473,306 669,492 - -
217 56 161 - -
43 15 28 - -
178,056 69,823 108,233 - -
473 147 326 - -
- - - - -
413,317 146,927 266,390 - -
62,193 28,943 33,250 - -
89 45 44 - -
476 215 261 - -
62,886 27,556 35,330 - -
33,823 14,617 19,206 - -
13,355 5,653 7,702 - -
5,449 2,392 3,057 - -
41,587 18,795 22,792 - -
3,023 1,514 1,509 - -
2,712 1,205 1,507 - -
1,786 699 1,087 - -
109 48 61 - -
3,389 1,564 1,825 - -
1,167 525 642 - -
278,845 133,467 145,378 - -
39,803 19,100 20,703 - -
186,332 79,572 106,760 - -
124,510 54,523 69,987 - -
38,927 22,457 16,470 - -
16,069 2,592 13,477 - -
6,826 - 6,826 - -
144,761 67,927 76,834 - -
19,681 9,628 10,053 - -
63 - 63 - -
35 - 35 - -
114,518 54,788 59,730 - -
476 - 476 - -
246 - 246 - -
21 12 9 - -
9,606 3,499 6,107 - -
101 - 101 - -
14 - 14 - -
9,671 4,770 4,901 - -
9,671 4,770 4,901 - -
526,258 166,994 359,264 - -
498,709 154,433 344,276 - -
22,787 10,561 12,226 - -
4,573 1,908 2,665 - -
189 92 97 - -
136,374 58,327 78,047 - -
118,551 50,246 68,305 - -
17,823 8,081 9,742 - -
127,651 63,942 63,709 - -
13,296 6,364 6,932 - -
51,863 27,038 24,825 - -
308 122 186 - -
5,409 2,564 2,845 - -
3,202 1,669 1,533 - -
399 191 208 - -
31,365 14,358 17,007 - -
124 35 89 - -
21,685 11,601 10,084 - -
12,795,635 6,415,515 6,380,120 - -
9,817,213 4,998,804 4,818,409 - -
2,973,329 1,412,532 1,560,797 - -
- - - - -
109 81 28 - -
190,862 84,834 106,028 - -
187,777 83,278 104,499 - -
56 26 30 - -
3,029 1,530 1,499 - -
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576 340 236 - -
576 340 236 - -
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13,941 7,896 6,045 - -
12,238 6,932 5,306 - -
1,703 964 739 - -
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19,401 10,294 9,107 - -
ant L1. The original L2 class has been retired. Quarter 1 shows spouses and children of principal applicants as L2, while quarter 2 shows each class of admission as L2S and L
E2, and E3. Spouses and children of principal applicants are included in visas E1, E2, and E3 in quarter 1, while quarter 2 shows each class of admission broken out.
ch class of admission as L2S and L2Y.
of admission broken out.