This is an automatically generated report on immigration from Taiwan 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 15,735 nonimmigrant visas issued for Taiwan, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a NA% change from the previous fiscal year.
| Visa | FY 2021 | FY2020 | % Change | FY2016 | 2021-2016 % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student (F1) | 7,082 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Transiting the United States (C1/D) | 2,454 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Business visitor or tourist (B1/B2) | 1,856 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Exchange Visitor (J1) | 933 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Treaty trader or investor (E2) | 657 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge (H1B) | 561 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Treaty trader or investor (E1) | 514 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Intra-company transferee (L2) | 311 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Intra-company transferee (L1) | 304 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
| Dependents of F1 visa holder (F2) | 239 | NA | NA% | NA | NA% |
From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 1,936 immigrant visas issued for Taiwan compared to a global average of 2,409 immigrant visas per country over the same time period.
| Visa | Total Visas Issued |
|---|---|
| Siblings of US citizens and/or their children and spouses (F4) | 392 |
| Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) | 265 |
| Parents of US Citizen (IR5) | 169 |
| Returning Resident (SB1) | 164 |
| Employment Creation/Investors (I5) | 163 |
| Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability (E2) | 153 |
| Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) | 125 |
| Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) | 89 |
| Married children of US citizens and their spouses and their children (F3) | 88 |
| Professionals and Other Workers (E3) | 62 |
For Fiscal Year 2020, 4,759 people from Taiwan were granted permanent residence in the US, also known as a “green card”.
| Admission Class | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| Employment-based preferences | 2,679 |
| Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | 1,416 |
| Family-sponsored preferences | 518 |
| Diversity | 142 |
| Refugees and asylees | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| US State | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| California | 2,210 |
| Texas | 387 |
| New York | 375 |
| Washington | 301 |
| Massachusetts | 168 |
| New Jersey | 106 |
| Illinois | 100 |
| Oregon | 92 |
| Maryland | 84 |
| Florida | 77 |
| Metro Area | Total New Residencies Granted |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 723 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 697 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | 478 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 416 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 276 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 156 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 121 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 118 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 111 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 102 |
Moving on the refugees and asylees (asylum seekers), in FY 2020 there were new refugee arrivals and 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 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, 787 people from Taiwan were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further 19 were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which 19 were removed for non-criminal charges and 29 were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.