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