This is an automatically generated report on immigration from Bolivia to the United States of America using data from the US State Department and the US Department of Homeland Security.

Visa Statistics from the US State Department

Nonimmigrant Visas

For Fiscal Year 2021 there were 11,730 nonimmigrant visas issued for Bolivia, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a 1% change from the previous fiscal year.

Most common nonimmigrant visas:

Visa FY 2021 FY2020 % Change FY2016 2021-2016 % Change
Business visitor or tourist (B1/B2) 10,317 10,592 -2.6% 26,534 -61.1%
Student (F1) 600 300 100% 529 13.4%
Exchange Visitor (J1) 220 178 23.6% 328 -32.9%
Employee of a designated international organization or NATO (G4) 140 129 8.5% 216 -35.2%
Transiting the United States (C1/D) 89 56 58.9% 59 50.8%
Diplomat or foreign government official (A2) 72 44 63.6% 73 -1.4%
Diplomat or foreign government official (A1) 51 46 10.9% 49 4.1%
Fiancé(e) to marry U.S. Citizen & live in U.S. (K1) 40 33 21.2% 62 -35.5%
Employee of a designated international organization or NATO (G1) 26 21 23.8% 23 13%
Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge (H1B) 25 20 25% 60 -58.3%

Immigrant Visas

From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 1,045 immigrant visas issued for Bolivia compared to a global average of 2,409 immigrant visas per country over the same time period.

Most common immigrant visas:

Visa Total Visas Issued
Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) 201
Parents of US Citizen (IR5) 192
Unmarried children of IR1 Visa Holders (IR2) 123
Unmarried sons and daughters of US Citizens and their children (F1) 118
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) 116
Siblings of US citizens and/or their children and spouses (F4) 82
Married children of US citizens and their spouses and their children (F3) 56
Certain Family Members of Lawful Permanent Residents (F2B) 54
Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) 32
Professionals and Other Workers (EW) 27

Immigration Statistics from the US Department of Homeland Security

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Moving on the refugees and asylees (asylum seekers), in FY 2020 there were new refugee arrivals and NA new asylees. The primary difference between refugees and asylees is that refugees are not currently in the US while asylees are either already in the US or at a point of entry. Among asylees, - were affirmative asylees, who had proactively applied for asylum, and D were defensive asylees, meaning they are currently in removal proceedings in an immigration court.

Sometimes immigrants, legal or otherwise, must be removed from their host country. In FY 2020, 68 people from Bolivia were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further 80 were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which 15 were removed for non-criminal charges and 61 were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.