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NATURALIZATIONS
| YEAR | NUMBER | % Change |
| 2023 | 217,000 | -3 % |
| 2022 | 224,000 |
Admissions Into The U.S. 2023
| Class of admission | Total |
| Total all admissions (from PAS)1 | 60,900,000 |
| Total I-94 admissions | 30,750,195 |
| Temporary workers and families | 2,284,026 |
| Temporary workers and trainees | 1,697,411 |
| CNMI-only transitional workers (CW1) | 891 |
| Spouses and children of CW1 (CW2) | 206 |
| Temporary workers in specialty occupations (H1B) | 352,610 |
| Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement aliens (H1B1) | 1,125 |
| Registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas (H1C) | 0 |
| Agricultural workers (H2A) | 437,161 |
| Nonagricultural workers (H2B) | 73,295 |
| Returning H2B workers (H2R)2 | 19 |
| Trainees (H3) | 570 |
| Spouses and children of H1, H2, or H3 (H4) | 113,960 |
| Workers with extraordinary ability or achievement (O1) | 51,507 |
| Workers accompanying and assisting in performance of O1 workers (O2) | 23,377 |
| Spouses and children of O1 and O2 (O3) | 7,794 |
| Internationally recognized athletes or entertainers (P1) | 55,932 |
| Artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs (P2) | 5,552 |
| Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs (P3) | 5,769 |
| Spouses and children of P1, P2, or P3 (P4) | 2,553 |
| Workers in international cultural exchange programs (Q1) | 1,340 |
| Workers in religious occupations (R1) | 5,824 |
| Spouses and children of R1 (R2) | 2,181 |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) professional workers (TN) | 495,396 |
| Spouses and children of TN (TD) | 60,349 |
| Intracompany transferees | 334,131 |
| Intracompany transferees (L1) | 228,395 |
| Spouses and Children of L1 (L2)3 | 247 |
| Spouses of L1 (L2S)3 | 65,707 |
| Children of L1 (L2Y)3 | 39,782 |
| Treaty traders and investors | 238,265 |
| Treaty traders (E1) | 32,402 |
| Spouses of treaty traders (E1S)4 | 445 |
| Children of treaty traders (E1Y)4 | 284 |
| Treaty investors (E2) | 179,330 |
| Spouses of treaty investors (E2S)4 | 3,491 |
| Children of treaty investors (E2Y)4 | 1,645 |
| Treaty investors and their spouses and children (CNMI only) (E2C) | 35 |
| Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3) | 19,827 |
| Spouses of Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3S)4 | 730 |
| Children of Australian Free Trade Agreement principals (E3Y)4 | 76 |
| Representatives of foreign information media | 14,219 |
| Representatives of foreign information media and spouses and children (I1) | 14,219 |
| Students | 737,264 |
| Academic students (F1) | 705,253 |
| Spouses and children of F1 (F2) | 26,215 |
| Vocational students (M1) | 5,357 |
| Spouses and children of M1 (M2) | 439 |
| Exchange visitors | 193,302 |
| Exchange visitors (J1) | 167,945 |
| Spouses and children of J1 (J2) | 25,357 |
| Diplomats and other representatives | 197,901 |
| Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomatic or consular officers and their families (A1) | 18,117 |
| Other foreign government officials or employees and their families (A2) | 77,876 |
| Attendants, servants, or personal employees of A1 and A2 and their families (A3) | 308 |
| Principals of recognized foreign governments (G1) | 6,880 |
| Other representatives of recognized foreign governments (G2) | 8,655 |
| Representatives of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign governments (G3) | 541 |
| International organization officers or employees (G4) | 56,927 |
| Attendants, servants, or personal employees of representatives (G5) | 157 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, spouses, and children (N1 to N7) | 28,440 |
| Temporary visitors for pleasure | 23,637,152 |
| Temporary visitors for pleasure (B2) | 16,797,614 |
| Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure (WT) | 6,582,615 |
| Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam (GT) | 0 |
| Guam – Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMT) | 256,923 |
| Temporary visitors for business | 3,326,377 |
| Temporary visitors for business (B1) | 2,327,204 |
| Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business (WB) | 998,779 |
| Guam Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business to Guam (GB) | 0 |
| Guam – Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business to Guam or Northern Mariana Islands (GMB) | 394 |
| Transit aliens | 347,152 |
| Aliens in continuous and immediate transit through the United States (C1) | 342,745 |
| Aliens in transit to the United Nations (C2) | 300 |
| Foreign government officials, their spouses, children, and attendants in transit (C3) | 4,107 |
| Transit without visa (C4) | 0 |
| Commuter students | 461 |
| Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students (F3) | 461 |
| Canadian or Mexican national vocational commuter students (M3) | 0 |
| Alien Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens and children | 8,841 |
| Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens (K1) | 7,525 |
| Children of K1 (K2) | 1,316 |
| Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act | 6 |
| Spouses of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K3) | 6 |
| Children of U.S. citizens, visa pending (K4) | 0 |
| Spouses of permanent residents, visa pending (V1) | 0 |
| Children of permanent residents, visa pending (V2) | 0 |
| Dependents of V1 or V2, visa pending (V3) | 0 |
| Other | 25 |
| Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program aliens | 0 |
| Spouses and children of Q2 | 0 |
| Parents of international organization special immigrants | 25 |
| Children of N8 or international organization special immigrants | 0 |
| Victims of a severe form of trafficking and spouses, children, parents, and siblings | 0 |
| Aliens suffering physical or mental abuse as victims of criminal activity and spouses, children, and parents | 0 |
| Unknown | 17,688 |
Charts and graphs on this page are based on data from USCIS at https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/special-reports/legal-immigration