This is an automatically generated report on immigration from Venezuela 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 8,369 nonimmigrant visas issued for Venezuela, compared to a global average of 13,960 nonimmigrant visas issued per country. This represents a -44% 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) 5,067 12,357 -59% 144,283 -96.5%
Student (F1) 942 354 166.1% 3,636 -74.1%
Performing athlete or artist or entertainer (P1) 632 462 36.8% 884 -28.5%
Fiancé(e) to marry U.S. Citizen & live in U.S. (K1) 212 135 57% 164 29.3%
Transiting the United States (C1/D) 206 187 10.2% 567 -63.7%
Exchange Visitor (J1) 171 129 32.6% 464 -63.1%
Employee of a designated international organization or NATO (G4) 151 73 106.8% 161 -6.2%
Intra-company transferee (L2) 128 173 -26% 1,129 -88.7%
Intra-company transferee (L1) 109 144 -24.3% 718 -84.8%
Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences-Arts-Education-Business or Athletics (O1) 92 88 4.5% 190 -51.6%

Immigrant Visas

From 2022-07-01 to 2021-08-01 there were 3,993 immigrant visas issued for Venezuela 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) 993
Parents of US Citizen (IR5) 789
Family of Lawful Permanent Resident (FX) 597
Unmarried children of IR1 Visa Holders (IR2) 331
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1) 281
Unmarried sons and daughters of US Citizens and their children (F1) 204
Siblings of US citizens and/or their children and spouses (F4) 162
Certain Family Members of Lawful Permanent Residents (F2B) 121
Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability (E2) 99
Professionals and Other Workers (E3) 97

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 17 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, 3,349 were affirmative asylees, who had proactively applied for asylum, and 890 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, 3,256 people from Venezuela were determined inadmissible, meaning they were not approved to enter the US. A further 1,639 were apprehended within the US on suspicion of being there illegally, of which 100 were removed for non-criminal charges and 706 were removed on criminal charges, with the remainder either released on still awaiting a final decision.