Table VI (Part I) Preference Visas Issued

Fiscal Year 2001

________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD SE__

Africa

Algeria 1 0 12 12 Angola 0 0 3 3 Benin 0 0 2 2 Botswana 0 0 0 0 Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 Burundi 0 0 0 0 Cameroon 5 0 9 9 Cape Verde 31 8 48 56 Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 Chad 0 0 2 2 Comoros 0 0 0 0 Congo, Republic of the 0 0 0 0 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 3 0 0 0 Cote d’Ivoire 7 0 8 8 Djibouti 0 0 0 0 Egypt 15 0 43 43 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 Eritrea 3 4 37 41 Ethiopia 29 0 216 216 Gabon 0 0 0 0 Gambia 4 0 8 8 Ghana 130 1 109 110 Guinea 2 0 2 2 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 Kenya 7 0 18 18 Lesotho 0 0 0 0 Liberia 69 3 23 26 Libya 0 0 0 0 Madagascar 0 0 0 0 Malawi 1 0 0 0 Mali 1 0 2 2 Mauritania 0 0 0 0 Mauritius 0 0 0 0 Morocco 14 0 27 27

2 1 0 16 6 13 15 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 2 8 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6 0 8 0 8 0 0 12

84 25 35 231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 21 6 0 13 0 13 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 57 556 700 74 41 80 0 80 0 6 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 55 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6

32 7 22 306 0 0 8 4 12 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0

39 56 60 395 5 2 35 0 35 0 7 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 124 154 23 9 34 0 34 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 114 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 5 4 15 24 4 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 5 0 6 0 6 0 0 0

35 4 4 84 17 12 28 1 29 0 0 11

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

Africa−Continued

Mozambique 2 0 0 0 Namibia 0 0 0 0 Niger 0 0 0 0 Nigeria 137 10 182 192 Rwanda 0 0 1 1 Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 Senegal 7 0 14 14 Seychelles 0 0 0 0 Sierra Leone 80 0 15 15 Somalia 1 0 2 2 South Africa 13 0 3 3 Sudan 9 0 17 17 Swaziland 0 0 0 0 Tanzania 2 0 3 3 Togo 2 0 3 3 Tunisia 0 0 0 0 Uganda 4 0 1 1 Zambia 1 0 2 2 Zimbabwe 2 0 1 1

1 0 2 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

37 50 96 512 27 40 251 3 254 0 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 24 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 23 136 2 0 10 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 24 55 100 216 32 401 0 401 0 17 0 1 0 2 29 1 18 4 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 49 55 13 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 9 53 67 13 7 23 0 23 0 0 0 2 4 26 35 8 1 10 2 12 0 1 0 3 1 6 13 9 4 27 1 28 0 2 0

Region Total for Africa 582 26 813 839 296 265 1,171 3,153 452 206 1,017 11 1,028 0 48 204

Asia

Afghanistan 51 4 23 27 32 Bahrain 0 0 2 2 0 Bangladesh 45 9 563 572 159 Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 Brunei 1 0 0 0 0 Burma 18 0 23 23 30 Cambodia 61 0 25 25 15 China−mainland born 412 15 913 928 779 −Taiwan born 122 10 94 104 127

37 24 171 1 0 45 0 45 0 3 0 3 15 20 4 2 10 0 10 0 0 0

94 778 1,648 26 44 146 14 160 0 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

46 349 466 5 0 12 2 14 0 7 1 32 111 244 2 1 1 2 3 0 4 1

1,304 4,248 7,671 767 440 1,304 252 1,556 0 3 2 274 2,519 3,146 270 551 570 5 575 0 12 1

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

Asia−Continued

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 117 10 71 81 138 130 2,197 2,663

India 264 43 824 867 372 990 11,816 14,309 Indonesia 2 0 10 10 9 6 108 135 Iran 172 32 133 165 228 138 1,130 1,833 Iraq 49 1 16 17 62 101 89 318 Israel 15 3 10 13 2 28 71 129 Japan 10 1 32 33 7 10 20 80 Jordan 59 39 126 165 113 202 687 1,226 Korea, North 1 0 2 2 0 0 14 17 Korea, South 101 6 85 91 97 186 1,169 1,644 Kuwait 23 1 18 19 54 36 84 216 Laos 18 3 7 10 6 18 21 73 Lebanon 126 3 103 106 183 146 656 1,217 Malaysia 3 1 5 6 18 0 123 150 Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nepal 4 0 17 17 1 2 17 41 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 Pakistan 254 87 596 683 281 457 3,153 4,828 Philippines 1,362 92 2,197 2,289 2,135 2,947 4,017 12,750 Qatar 1 0 6 6 1 0 7 15 Saudi Arabia 3 0 13 13 1 6 68 91 Singapore 0 0 2 2 3 5 28 38 Sri Lanka 5 0 3 3 3 16 160 187 Syria 55 1 47 48 89 79 542 813 Thailand 70 1 19 20 33 16 199 338 United Arab Emirates 2 6 2 8 4 3 131 148 Vietnam 993 47 684 731 294 834 6,595 9,447 Yemen 83 0 23 23 3 71 20 200

79 59 248 9 257 0 8 6 536 3,455 1,773 25 1,798 0 72 37

28 15 58 0 58 0 4 19 67 53 741 5 746 0 2 0

7 5 59 0 59 0 7 0 255 34 147 1 148 0 0 2

1,007 62 753 0 753 0 9 7 21 5 67 1 68 0 3 6 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 1

116 69 719 256 975 0 115 53 7 12 61 0 61 0 0 5 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0

24 29 190 2 192 0 8 19 29 22 114 1 115 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

16 8 101 6 107 0 0 7 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0

85 126 667 12 679 0 8 84 45 41 3,925 174 4,099 0 45 117 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 16 2 18 0 0 0

50 21 64 0 64 0 2 0 24 10 107 19 126 0 2 23 20 33 222 5 227 0 9 6 9 21 95 3 98 0 0 7 3 1 42 0 42 0 0 0

23 13 69 0 69 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0

Region Total for Asia 4,502 415 6,694 7,109 5,279 8,218 41,177 66,285 3,537 5,151 12,339 799 13,138 0 331 425

Table VI (Part I) Preference Visas Issued (Continued)

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

Europe

Albania 21 0 16 16 Andorra 0 0 0 0 Armenia 2 0 0 0 Austria 1 0 0 0 Azerbaijan 5 0 1 1 Belarus 1 0 9 9 Belgium 0 0 0 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 2 2 Bulgaria 8 0 4 4 Croatia 4 0 2 2 Cyprus 0 0 1 1 Czech Republic 4 0 2 2 Denmark 0 0 1 1

Greenland 0 0 0 0 Estonia 0 0 0 0 Finland 0 0 4 4 France 14 6 11 17

French Guiana 0 0 0 0 French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 French Southern and

Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 Guadeloupe 6 0 1 1 Martinique 1 0 0 0 New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 Reunion 0 0 0 0 St. Pierre & Miquelon 0 0 0 0

Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 1 1 Germany 15 4 17 21 Great Britain and

Northern Ireland 64 2 26 28 Anguilla 0 0 2 2 Bermuda 0 0 0 0 British Virgin Islands 1 0 1 1

0 112 0 149 3 3 19 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 21 1 53 0 53 0 5 0 0 2 14 17 36 9 32 0 32 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13 13 4 18 1 19 0 0 0 0 2 9 11 98 8 36 0 36 0 5 2 2 0 19 23 7 4 7 0 7 0 0 0 1 14 1 28 28 28 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 2 13 21 6 10 24 0 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 15 0 15 0 0 1 0 1 2 9 21 11 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 50 17 29 0 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 44 8 10 0 10 0 0 1 3 36 23 93 485 86 202 5 207 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 41 25 105 642 116 203 2 205 0 0 8

25 102 252 471 1,895 182 1,139 4 1,143 0 23 2 0 0 39 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

Europe−Continued

Cayman Islands 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montserrat 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turks and Caicos

Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 7 0 6 6 4 13 23 53 23 22 35 0 35 0 0 1 Hungary 5 0 3 3 2 1 13 24 21 11 33 0 33 0 0 0 Iceland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Ireland 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 81 11 44 0 44 0 2 0 Italy 15 0 7 7 8 12 42 84 135 31 154 1 155 0 0 0 Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 4 9 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latvia 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Lithuania 2 0 3 3 0 24 1 30 5 0 11 0 11 0 0 0 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Macedonia, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of 4 11 12 23 7 18 96 148 2 0 28 0 28 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 Moldova 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 7 6 3 13 0 13 0 0 0 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1 2 12 17 173 27 66 0 66 0 1 0

Aruba 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands Antilles 5 0 0 0 0 5 12 22 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 0

Norway 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 29 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 Poland 243 35 506 541 73 1,724 481 3,062 50 34 327 15 342 0 2 1 Portugal Macau 1

2 9

4 1

12 2

16 3

4 3

9 2

212 74

243 91

14 1

3 3

56 12

5 0

61 12

0 0

0 0

0 0

Romania 19 0 25 25 5 72 100 221 44 29 101 3 104 0 17 2 Russia 19 0 26 26 0 12 2 59 174 64 128 1 129 0 0 0 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

Europe−Continued

Slovakia 3 0 8 8 Slovenia 1 0 0 0 Spain 4 0 2 2

Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 Sweden 8 0 1 1 Switzerland 2 0 3 3 Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 Turkey 17 2 34 36 Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 Ukraine 22 0 24 24 Uzbekistan 4 0 1 1 Vatican City 0 0 0 0 Yugoslavia 2 11 0 14 14

0 10 0 21 4 5 12 5 17 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 14 76 14 40 3 43 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 14 165 21 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 5 8 18 142 16 43 1 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 65 132 64 46 235 5 240 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 67 60 19 77 0 77 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 18 7 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 23 80 137 17 9 50 0 50 0 0 0

Region Total for Europe 567 65 801 866 162 2,282 1,689 5,566 4,705 877 3,443 58 3,501 0 83 25

North America

Antigua and Barbuda 42 0 3 3 34 8 65 152 Bahamas 10 6 0 6 1 0 0 17 Barbados 42 0 10 10 18 11 37 118 Belize 42 1 16 17 26 31 50 166 Canada 85 2 19 21 27 120 222 475 Costa Rica 12 2 4 6 4 7 38 67 Cuba 625 2 592 594 20 935 31 2,205 Dominica 131 11 11 22 54 48 74 329 Dominican Republic 695 886 3,153 4,039 2,960 231 1,128 9,053 El Salvador 384 248 706 954 653 81 561 2,633 Grenada 49 2 2 4 15 5 77 150 Guatemala 157 83 221 304 180 77 195 913 Haiti 2,099 851 1,519 2,370 3,599 395 535 8,998 Honduras 311 72 209 281 325 122 182 1,221 Jamaica 2,016 53 495 548 977 396 895 4,832

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 7 0 1 0 5 2 6 9 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1

2,126 310 1,037 2 1,039 0 19 0 3 2 7 2 9 0 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 39 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 12 2 14 0 9 0 3 4 469 179 648 0 3 16 3 0 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 8 87 35 122 0 7 1 0 0 10 9 19 0 20 17 0 0 89 14 103 0 1 2

21 6 118 34 152 0 10 16

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

North America−Continued

Mexico 669 17,717 0 17,717 796 3,077 3,199 25,458 396 19 459 31 490 0 36 11 Nicaragua 75 14 65 79 100 39 64 357 0 0 12 11 23 0 0 0 Panama 48 2 15 17 33 45 112 255 2 0 3 0 3 0 17 83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 111 2 0 2 22 3 64 202 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Saint Lucia 57 4 19 23 46 19 103 248 1 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines 63 0 2 2 10 10 54 139 0 0 3 10 13 0 5 0 Trinidad and Tobago 338 12 71 83 73 193 789 1,476 30 4 79 64 143 0 8 6

Region Total for North America 8,061 19,970 7,132 27,102 9,973 5,853 8,475 59,464 2,598 357 2,411 407 2,818 0 183 157

Oceania

Australia 7 1 6 7 3 14 16 47 232 29 189 0 189 0 10 0 Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cocos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fiji 15 0 15 15 16 43 302 391 3 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Micronesia, Federated

States of 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 4 0 1 1 0 9 13 27 44 5 78 0 78 0 0 0

Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Samoa 4 0 1 1 1 3 6 15 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tonga 1 1 10 11 15 11 13 51 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table VI (Part I) Preference Visas Issued (Continued)

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________________________________Family Preferences______________________________ ______________________Employment Preferences______________________ ⏐ Family ⏐ ⏐ 3rd

2A 2A 2A Preference Other 3rd ________4th_________ Foreign State 1st _ Exempt _ Subject _ Total 2B 3rd 4th Total 1st _ 2nd _ 3rd _ Workers _ Total BC _ SD _ SE__

Oceania−Continued

Region Total for Oceania 31 2 33 35 35 81 350 532 280 35 274 8 282 0 10 0

South America

Argentina 13 5 7 12 3 40 77 145 Bolivia 15 3 43 46 16 19 71 167 Brazil 31 7 14 21 17 25 79 173 Chile 14 2 4 6 7 12 108 147 Colombia 249 45 131 176 350 217 848 1,840 Ecuador 227 51 373 424 393 286 694 2,024 Guyana 1,309 40 239 279 598 1,429 1,031 4,646 Paraguay 1 1 2 3 0 2 19 25 Peru 217 23 139 162 406 164 776 1,725 Suriname 8 0 9 9 6 27 17 67 Uruguay 4 0 7 7 2 3 47 63 Venezuela 40 6 23 29 16 49 48 182

136 24 145 7 152 0 5 4 10 0 140 15 155 0 0 1

236 17 220 13 233 0 6 3 56 0 19 0 19 0 1 0 86 14 111 14 125 0 9 20 8 3 219 20 239 0 0 0 6 2 26 17 43 0 13 0 3 0 17 3 20 0 4 1

14 13 223 34 257 0 0 3 1 0 6 2 8 0 0 4 8 0 3 0 3 0 0 2

72 17 97 0 97 0 0 0

Region Total for South America 2,128 183 991 1,174 1,814 2,273 3,815 11,204 636 90 1,226 125 1,351 0 38 38

Grand Totals 15,871 20,661 16,464 37,125 17,559 18,972 56,677 146,204 12,208 6,716 20,710 1,408 22,118 0 693 849

Table VI (Part II) Preference Visas Issued

Fiscal Year 2001

__________________________________________________________________Employment Preferences________________________________________________________ 5th 5th ⏐ 5th 5th Regional Regional Employment

_________________________________4th______________________________ 4th Employment Target Pilot Target 5th Preference Grand Foreign State SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR Total Creation Employment Program Areas Total Total Total_

Africa

Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burundi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Congo, Republic of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cote d’Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Djibouti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kenya 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mauritania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 26 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 75 0 0 0 0 0 270 970 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 62 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 31 337 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 62 457 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 4 49 0 0 0 0 0 115 269 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 17 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 70 154

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__________________________________________________________________Employment Preferences________________________________________________________ 5th 5th ⏐ 5th 5th Regional Regional Employment

_____________ ____4th_ 4th Employment Target Pilot Target 5th Preference Grand Foreign State SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR Total Creation Employment Program Areas Total Total Total_

Africa−Continued

Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 340 852 Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 Sao Tome and Principe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 33 Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 152 Somalia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 667 767 Sudan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 31 60 Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 77 Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 20 Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 110 Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 57 Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 47 60

Region Total for Africa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 283 0 0 0 0 0 1,969 5,122

Asia

Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 2 0 0 0 2 55 226 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 36 Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 254 1,902 Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Burma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 27 493 Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 17 261 China−mainland born 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 1 0 0 8 2,777 10,448 −Taiwan born 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 16 11 0 0 27 1,443 4,589

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Table VI (Part II) Preference Visas Issued (Continued)

Fiscal Year 2001

__________________________________________________________________Employment Preferences________________________________________________________ 5th 5th ⏐ 5th 5th Regional Regional Employment

_____________ ____4th_ 4th Employment Target Pilot Target 5th Preference Grand Foreign State SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR Total Creation Employment Program Areas Total Total Total_

Asia−Continued

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 1 410 3,073

India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 155 0 3 0 0 3 5,947 20,256 Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 124 259 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 868 2,701 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 0 5 83 401 Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 19 0 0 0 0 0 456 585 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 1,842 1,922 Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 103 1,329 Korea, North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 11 28 Korea, South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 212 0 0 0 0 0 1,372 3,016 Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 85 301 Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 80 Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 276 1,493 Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 167 317 Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 138 179 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 19 115 4 0 0 0 4 1,009 5,837 Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 187 0 0 0 0 0 4,372 17,122 Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 124 Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 138 176 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 186 373 Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 24 0 0 0 0 0 304 1,117 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 135 473 United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 194 Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 115 9,562 Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 205

Region Total for Asia 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 201 962 31 20 0 0 51 22,839 89,124

Table VI (Part II) Preference Visas Issued (Continued)

Fiscal Year 2001

__________________________________________________________________Employment Preferences________________________________________________________ 5th 5th ⏐ 5th 5th Regional Regional Employment

_________________________________4th______________________________ 4th Employment Target Pilot Target 5th Preference Grand Foreign State SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR Total Creation Employment Program Areas Total Total Total_

Europe

Albania 0 0 0 0 0 Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 Austria 0 0 0 0 0 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0

Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 Finland 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 2

French Guiana 0 0 0 0 0 French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0

French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 0 0 0 0

Guadeloupe 0 0 0 0 0 Martinique 0 0 0 0 0 New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 Reunion 0 0 0 0 0 St. Pierre & Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0

Wallis and Futuna 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 0 0 1 Great Britain and

Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 8 Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 80 85 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 81 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 49 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 149 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 144 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 63 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 57 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 97 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 63 70 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 784 877 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 18 0 0 17 26 0 0 0 0 0 989 1,094

0 0 8 41 0 0 0 0 0 3,261 3,732 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

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Europe−Continued

Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montserrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Helena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turks and Caicos

Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Macedonia, The Former

Yugoslav Republic of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monaco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands Antilles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Macau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 81 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 138 151 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 322 406 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 267 284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 53

19 22 0 0 0 0 0 448 3,510 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 107

20 39 0 0 0 0 0 216 437 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 368 427 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Europe−Continued

Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 48 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 137 151

Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 232 246 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202 220 Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 363 495 Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 166 233 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 36 Vatican City Yugoslavia 2

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 76

0 213

Region Total for Europe 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 75 196 0 0 0 0 0 9,279 14,845

North America

Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 156 Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 27 Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 143 Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 175 Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 34 0 0 0 0 0 3,509 3,984 Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 86 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 0 0 0 0 0 48 2,253 Dominica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 334 Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 28 9,081 El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 674 3,307 Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 161 Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 141 1,054 Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 48 0 0 0 0 0 67 9,065 Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 108 1,329 Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 49 0 0 0 0 0 228 5,060

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_____________ ____4th_ 4th Employment Target Pilot Target 5th Preference Grand Foreign State SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR Total Creation Employment Program Areas Total Total Total_

North America−Continued

Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 70 0 0 0 0 0 975 26,433 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 26 383 Panama 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 113 0 0 0 0 0 118 373 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 205 Saint Lucia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 255 Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 18 157 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 25 0 0 0 0 0 202 1,678

Region Total for North America 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 111 462 0 0 0 0 0 6,235 65,699

Oceania

Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 464 511 Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cocos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 400 Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Micronesia, Federated

States of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 154

Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Palau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 59 Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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__________________________________________________________________Employment Preferences________________________________________________________ 5th 5th ⏐ 5th 5th Regional Regional Employment

_____________ ____4th_ 4th Employment Target Pilot Target 5th Preference Grand Foreign State SF SG SH SJ SK SL SN SR Total Creation Employment Program Areas Total Total Total_

Oceania−Continued

Region Total for Oceania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 611 1,143

South America

Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 329 474 Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 166 333 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 505 678 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 76 223 Colombia 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 258 2,098 Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 256 2,280 Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 26 0 0 0 0 0 77 4,723 Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 28 53 Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 288 2,013 Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 80 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 76 Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 187 369

Region Total for South America 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 41 119 0 0 0 0 0 2,196 13,400

Grand Totals 3 8 0 0 22 0 0 461 2,036 31 20 0 0 51 43,129 189,333

Note: See Appendices A and E for explanation of the immigrant visa categories used in this table.

In addition to the 189,333 immigrant visas issued in the preference categories, 7 visas were issued during FY−2001 in the "SM" special immigrant category (certain U.S. armed forces personnel and their families); the foreign state breakdown of such issuances is: Japan 1, Philippines 6.

1 Effective December 20, 1999, Macau was returned to Chinese administration and was designated as the Special Administrative Region of Macau. Title II (United States-Macau Policy Act of 2000) of Pub. L. 106−570 (Assistance for International Malaria Control Act) enacted December 27, 2000 provides that, notwithstanding any change in the exercise of sovereignty over Macau, the laws of the United States shall continue to apply with respect to Macau in the same manner as before December 20, 1999.

2 On November 17, 2000, the United States Government established diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, recognizing it as an independent state. The former practice of using Serbia and Montenegro for the name of this entity was discontinued.