Statistics


Immigrant Visas Issued to Orphans Coming to U.S.

Additional Immigrant Visa Statistics

TOP COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

Top 20 Orphan Issuing Countries FY-2007
COUNTRY IR3 IR4 TOTAL
China-mainland 4,981 472 5,453
Guatemala 2,812 1,916 4,728
Russia 2,305 5 2,310
Ethiopia 119 1,136 1,255
South Korea 3 936 939
Vietnam 783 45 828
Ukraine 606 0 606
Kazakhstan 540 0 540
India 44 372 416
Liberia 117 197 314
Colombia 310 0 310
Philippines 42 223 265
Haiti 112 78 190
Taiwan 127 57 184
Mexico 78 11 89
Poland 84 0 84
Thailand 12 55 67
Kyrgyzstan 32 29 61
Brazil 54 1 55
Uganda 7 47 54

 

  FY2006 FY2005
1 6,493 - CHINA (Mainland) 7,906 - CHINA (Mainland)
2 4,135 -GUATEMALA 4,639 - RUSSIA
3 3,706 - RUSSIA 3,783 - GUATEMALA
4 1,376 - S. KOREA 1,630 - S. KOREA
5 732 - ETHIOPIA 821 - UKRAINE
6 587 - KAZAKHSTAN 755 - KAZAKHSTAN
7 460 - UKRAINE 441 - ETHIOPIA
8 353 - LIBERIA 323 - INDIA
9 344 - COLOMBIA 291 - COLOMBIA
10 320 - INDIA 271 - PHILIPPINES
11 309 - HAITI 234 - HAITI
12 245 - PHILIPPINES 183 - LIBERIA
13 187 - CHINA (Taiwan Born) 141 - CHINA (Taiwan Born)
14 163 - VIETNAM 88 - MEXICO
15 70 - MEXICO 73 - POLAND
16 67 - POLAND 72 - THAILAND
17 66 - BRAZIL 66 - BRAZIL
18 66 - NEPAL 65 - NIGERIA
19 62 - NIGERIA 63 - JAMAICA
20 56 - THAILAND 62 - NEPAL


  FY 2004 FY 2003 FY 2002
1 7,044 - CHINA (mainland) 6,859 - CHINA (mainland) 6,119 - CHINA (mainland)
2 5,865 - RUSSIA 5,209 - RUSSIA 4,939 - RUSSIA
3 3,264 - GUATEMALA 2,328 - GUATEMALA 2,419 - GUATEMALA
4 1,716 - S. KOREA 1,790 - S - KOREA 1,779 - S - KOREA
5 826 - KAZAKHSTAN 825 - KAZAKHSTAN 1,106 - UKRAINE
6 723 - UKRAINE 702 - UKRAINE 819 - KAZAKHSTAN
7 406 - INDIA 472 - INDIA 766 - VIETNAM
8 356 - HAITI 382 - VIETNAM 464 - INDIA
9 289 - ETHIOPIA 272 - COLOMBIA 334 - COLOMBIA
10 287 - COLOMBIA 250 - HAITI 260 - BULGARIA
11 202 - BELARUS 214 - PHILIPPINES 285 - CAMBODIA
12 196 - PHILIPPINES 200 - ROMANIA 221 - PHILIPPINES
13 110 - BULGARIA 198 - BULGARIA 187 - HAITI
14 102 - POLAND 191 - BELARUS 169 - BELARUS
15 89 - MEXICO 135 - ETHIOPIA 168 - ROMANIA
16 86 - LIBERIA 128 - GEORGIA 105 - ETHIOPIA
17 73 - NEPAL 124 - CAMBODIA 101 - POLAND
18 71 - NIGERIA 107 - CHINA-TAIWAN 67 - THAILAND
19 69 - THAILAND and BRAZIL (both 69) 97 - POLAND 56 -GEORGIA
20 57 - ROMANIA 72 - THAILAND 61 - MEXICO


  FY 2001 FY 2000 FY 1999
1 4,681 - CHINA (mainland) 5,053 - CHINA 4,348 - RUSSIA
2 4,279 - RUSSIA 4,269 - RUSSIA 4,101 - CHINA
3 1,870 - S - KOREA 1,794 - S - KOREA 2,008 - S - KOREA
4 1,609 - GUATEMALA 1,518 - GUATEMALA 1,002 - GUATEMALA
5 1,246 - UKRAINE 1,119 - ROMANIA 895 - ROMANIA
6 782 - ROMANIA 724 - VIETNAM 709 - VIETNAM
7 737 - VIETNAM 659 - UKRAINE 499 - INDIA
8 672 - KAZAKHSTAN 503 - INDIA 323 - UKRAINE
9 543 - INDIA 402 - CAMBODIA 249 - CAMBODIA
10 407 - COLOMBIA 398 - KAZAKHSTAN 231 - COLOMBIA
11 297 - BULGARIA 246 - COLOMBIA 221 - BULGARIA
12 266 - CAMBODIA 214 - BULGARIA 195 - PHILIPPINES
13 219 - PHILIPPINES 173 - PHILIPPINES  
14 192 - HAITI 131 - HAITI  
15 158 - ETHIOPIA 106 - MEXICO  
16 129 - BELARUS 95 - ETHIOPIA  
17 86 - POLAND 88 - THAILAND  
18 74 - THAILAND 83 - POLAND  
19 73 - MEXICO 79 - MOLDOVA  
20 51 - LIBERIA 60 - BOLIVIA  


  FY 1998 FY 1997 FY 1996
1 4,491 - RUSSIA 3,816 - RUSSIA 3,333 - CHINA
2 4,206 - CHINA 3,597 - CHINA 2,454 - RUSSIA
3 1,829 - S - KOREA 1,654 - S - KOREA 1,516 - KOREA
4 969 - GUATEMALA 788 - GUATEMALA 555 - ROMANIA
5 603 - VIETNAM 621 - ROMANIA 427 - GUATEMALA
6 478 - INDIA 425 - VIETNAM 380 - INDIA
7 406 - ROMANIA 349 - INDIA 354 - VIETNAM
8 249 - CAMBODIA 233 - COLOMBIA 258 - PARAGUAY
9  236 - COLOMBIA 163 - PHILIPPINES 255 - COLOMBIA
10 200 - PHILIPPINES 152 - MEXICO 229 - PHILIPPINES
11 180 - UKRAINE 148 - BULGARIA 163 - BULGARIA
12 168 - MEXICO 142 - HAITI 103 - BRAZIL
13 151 - BULGARIA 108 - LATVIA 82 - LATVIA
14 121 - HAITI 91 - BRAZIL 78 - LITHUANIA
15 96 - ETHIOPIA 82 - ETHIOPIA 77 - GEORGIA
16 90 - BRAZIL 78 - LITHUANIA 76 - MEXICO
17 84 - THAILAND 78 - POLAND 68 - HAITI
18 77 - POLAND 77 - BOLIVIA 64 - POLAND
19 76 - LATVIA 72 - HUNGARY 63 - CHILE
20 73 - BOLIVIA 66 - CAMBODIA 55 - THAILAND
21     51 - ECUADOR,HUNGARY


  FY 1995 FY 1994 FY 1993
1 2,130 - CHINA 1,795 - KOREA 1,775 - KOREA
2 1,896 - RUSSIA 1,530 - RUSSIA 746 - RUSSIA
3 1,666 - KOREA 787 - CHINA 512 - GUATEMALA
4 449 - GUATEMALA 483 - PARAGUAY 426 - COLOMBIA
5 371 - INDIA 436 - GUATEMALA 412 - PARAGUAY
6 351 - PARAGUAY 412 - INDIA 360 - PHILIPPINES
7 350 - COLOMBIA 351 - COLOMBIA 331 - INDIA
8 318 - VIETNAM 314 - PHILIPPINES 330 - CHINA
9 298 - PHILIPPINES 220 - VIETNAM 273 - UKRAINE
10 275 - ROMANIA 199 - ROMANIA 224 - PERU
11 146 - BRAZIL 164 - UKRAINE 179 - HONDURAS
12 110 - BULGARIA 149 - BRAZIL 161 - BRAZIL
13 98 - LITHUANIA 97 - BULGARIA 133 - BULGARIA
14 90 - CHILE 95 - LITHUANIA 124 - BOLIVIA
15 83 - MEXICO 94 - POLAND 110 - VIETNAM
16 67 - ECUADOR 85 - MEXICO 100 - ELSALVADOR
17 63 - ETHIOPIA 79 - CHILE 97 - ROMANIA
18 63 - JAPAN 77 - HONDURAS 91 - MEXICO
19 59 - LATVIA 61 - HAITI 70 - POLAND
20 53 - THAILAND 54 - ETHIOPIA 69 - THAILAND
21 51 - GEORGIA 49 - JAPAN 64 - JAPAN
  FY 1992 FY 1991 FY 1990
1 1,840 - KOREA 2,594 - ROMANIA 2,620 - KOREA
2 418 - GUATEMALA 1,818 - KOREA 631 - COLOMBIA
3 404 - COLOMBIA 705 - PERU 440 - PERU
4 357 - PHILIPPINES 521 - COLOMBIA 421 - PHILIPPINES
5 352 - INDIA 445 - INDIA 348 - INDIA
6 324 - RUSSIA 393 - PHILIPPINES 302 - CHILE
7 309 - PERU 329 - GUATEMALA 282 - PARAGUAY
8 249 - HONDURAS 266 - CHILE 257 - GUATEMALA
9 212 - PARAGUAY 234 - HONDURAS 228 - BRAZIL
10 206 - CHINA 190 - PARAGUAY 197 - HONDURAS
11 179 - CHILE 175 - BRAZIL 121 - ROMANIA
12 138 - BRAZIL 131 - THAILAND 112 - MEXICO
13 121 - ROMANIA 123 - El SALVADOR 105 - COSTA RICA
14 117 - EL SALVADOR 97 - MEXICO 103 - EL SALVADOR
15 109 - POLAND 92 - POLAND 100 - THAILAND
16 91 - BULGARIA 87 - JAPAN 66 - POLAND
17 91 - MEXICO 61 - CHINA 66 - TAIWAN
18 86 - THAILAND 60 - CAMBODIA 64 - HAITI
19 73 - BOLIVIA 56 - COSTA RICA 59 - ECUADOR
20 68 - JAPAN 54 - TAIWAN 58 - DOMINICAN REP
21 64 - COSTA RICA 50 - DOMINICAN REP 57 - JAPAN

World Total for Fiscal Years

2006 - 20,679
2005 - 22,728
2004 - 22,884
2003 - 21,616
2002 - 20,099
2001 - 19,237
2000 - 17,718
1999 - 16,363
1998 - 15,774
1997 - 12,743
1996 - 10,641
1995 - 8,987
1994 - 8,333
1993 - 7,377
1992 - 6,472
1991 - 8,481
1990 - 7,093