This is an automatically generated report on immigration from Russia 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 15,725 nonimmigrant visas issued for Russia, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a -82% change from the previous fiscal year.

Most common nonimmigrant visas:

Visa FY 2021 FY2020 % Change FY2016 2021-2016 % Change
Transiting the United States (C1/D) 5,734 8,622 -33.5% 16,872 -66%
Business visitor or tourist (B1/B2) 3,737 68,619 -94.6% 151,692 -97.5%
Student (F1) 2,491 1,291 93% 4,776 -47.8%
Exchange Visitor (J1) 882 1,466 -39.8% 5,363 -83.6%
Employee of a designated international organization or NATO (G4) 380 432 -12% 672 -43.5%
Diplomat or foreign government official (A2) 359 572 -37.2% 1,033 -65.2%
Employee of a designated international organization or NATO (G1) 273 140 95% 356 -23.3%
Fiancé(e) to marry U.S. Citizen & live in U.S. (K1) 246 277 -11.2% 641 -61.6%
Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences-Arts-Education-Business or Athletics (O1) 176 200 -12% 388 -54.6%
Intra-company transferee (L2) 173 388 -55.4% 1,280 -86.5%

Immigrant Visas

From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 3,576 immigrant visas issued for Russia 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
Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) 1,679
Parents of US Citizen (IR5) 545
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) 223
Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) 222
Priority Workers (E1) 167
Unmarried sons and daughters of US Citizens and their children (F1) 111
Unmarried children of IR1 Visa Holders (IR2) 105
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (CR1) 98
Married children of US citizens and their spouses and their children (F3) 65
Professionals and Other Workers (E3) 58

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 190 new refugee arrivals and 985 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, 741 were affirmative asylees, who had proactively applied for asylum, and 244 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, 5,917 people from Russia were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further 151 were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which 72 were removed for non-criminal charges and 122 were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.