This is an automatically generated report on immigration from Kazakhstan to the United States of America using data from the US State Department and the US Department of Homeland Security.
For Fiscal Year 2021 there were 8,505 nonimmigrant visas issued for Kazakhstan, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a -6% change from the previous fiscal year.
| Visa | FY 2021 | FY2020 | % Change | FY2016 | 2021-2016 % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business visitor or tourist (B1/B2) | 5,254 | 7,555 | -30.5% | 10,894 | -51.8% |
| Student (F1) | 1,084 | 397 | 173% | 1,040 | 4.2% |
| Exchange Visitor (J1) | 1,014 | 185 | 448.1% | 2,334 | -56.6% |
| Dependents of F1 visa holder (F2) | 412 | 177 | 132.8% | 168 | 145.2% |
| Diplomat or foreign government official (A2) | 78 | 133 | -41.4% | 320 | -75.6% |
| Crewmember (D) | 71 | 76 | -6.6% | 105 | -32.4% |
| Treaty trader or investor (E2) | 70 | 24 | 191.7% | 37 | 89.2% |
| Exchange Visitor (J2) | 69 | 12 | 475% | 45 | 53.3% |
| Intra-company transferee (L2) | 54 | 46 | 17.4% | 62 | -12.9% |
| Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge (H1B) | 53 | 41 | 29.3% | 55 | -3.6% |
From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 817 immigrant visas issued for Kazakhstan compared to a global average of 2,409 immigrant visas per country over the same time period.
| Visa | Total Visas Issued |
|---|---|
| Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) | 501 |
| Parents of US Citizen (IR5) | 136 |
| Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) | 52 |
| Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) | 22 |
| Priority Workers (E1) | 19 |
| Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (CR1) | 16 |
| Married children of US citizens and their spouses and their children (F3) | 13 |
| Siblings of US citizens and/or their children and spouses (F4) | 12 |
| Employment Creation/Investors (I5) | 9 |
| Unmarried children of IR1 Visa Holders (IR2) | 8 |
For Fiscal Year 2020, 1,307 people from Kazakhstan were granted permanent residence in the US, also known as a “green card”.
| Admission Class | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | 492 |
| Diversity | 443 |
| Employment-based preferences | 189 |
| Refugees and asylees | 129 |
| Family-sponsored preferences | 54 |
| Other | 0 |
| US State | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| California | 290 |
| New York | 182 |
| Florida | 131 |
| Texas | 123 |
| Illinois | 86 |
| Pennsylvania | 65 |
| Washington | 63 |
| Virginia | 44 |
| Massachusetts | 39 |
| New Jersey | 39 |
| Metro Area | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 201 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 84 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 80 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 70 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 67 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 61 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 56 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 51 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | 45 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 38 |
Moving on the refugees and asylees (asylum seekers), in FY 2020 there were 28 new refugee arrivals and 172 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, 152 were affirmative asylees, who had proactively applied for asylum, and 20 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, 109 people from Kazakhstan were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further 56 were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which 19 were removed for non-criminal charges and 34 were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.