Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

By Fiscal Year, Quarter, and Case Status

Fiscal Year 2024 (Q1)

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Fiscal Year Total

Received1 Approved2 Denied3 Pending4 Received1 Approved2 Denied3 Pending4 Received1 Approved2 Denied3 Pending4 Received1 Approved2 Denied3 Pending4
TOTAL 55,595 38,988 4,389 72,684 55,595 38,988 4,389 72,684
First Preference (EB1) 9,696 7,609 1,273 15,148 9,696 7,609 1,273 15,148
Alien of Extraordinary Ability (E11) 4,715 2,978 1,101 8,187 4,715 2,978 1,101 8,187
Outstanding Professor or Researcher (E12) 1,402 1,236 33 1,172 1,402 1,236 33 1,172
Multi-national Executive or Manager (E13) 3,579 3,395 139 5,789 3,579 3,395 139 5,789
Second Preference (EB2) 27,590 19,033 2,776 34,531 27,590 19,033 2,776 34,531
Professionals with Advanced Degrees (E21) 13,340 10,998 336 11,659 13,340 10,998 336 11,659
National Interest Waiver (NIW) 14,250 8,035 2,440 22,872 14,250 8,035 2,440 22,872
Third Preference (EB3) 18,309 12,346 340 23,005 18,309 12,346 340 23,005
Skilled Worker (E31) 7,845 4,974 117 9,429 7,845 4,974 117 9,429
Professionals with Baccalaureate Degrees (E32) 6,618 4,980 93 5,345 6,618 4,980 93 5,345
Needed Unskilled Workers (EW3) 3,846 2,392 130 8,231 3,846 2,392 130 8,231

Table Key:
N/A Not available
- Represents zero or rounds to 0.0

References:
1
The number of new applications received and entered into a case-tracking system during the reporting period.
2
The number of applications approved during the reporting period.
3
The number of applications denied during the reporting period.
4
The number of applications awaiting a decision as of the end of the reporting period. Some actions taken on cases are not reflected in this report such as administrative closures and transfers between offices;
thus the total pending counts cannot be calculated using data from previous reporting periods.

Notes:
1) Some applications approved, denied, or pending a decision may have been received in previous reporting periods.
2) The report reflects the most up to date estimate available at the time the database is queried.
3) Counts may differ from previous periods due to system updates and post adjudicative outcomes.
4) Since petitioners are able to file more than one petition, this report includes all filed petitions; therefore, it could contain multiple petitions for a single individual.
5) For a complete list of USCIS forms and descriptions, visit: https://www.uscis.gov/forms

Source:
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Performance and Quality
CLAIMS3, ELIS and NPD, queried 02/2024, TRK 14043
Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Receipts by Beneficiary State and Employment-Based Preference
Fiscal Year 2024 (Q1)

First Preference (EB1) Second Preference (EB2) Third Preference (EB3)

Alien of Extraordinary Outstanding Professor or Multi-national Executive or Professionals with National Interest Professionals with Baccalaureate Needed Unskilled
Beneficiary State Ability (E11) Researcher (E12) Manager (E13) Advanced Degrees (E21) Waiver (NIW) Skilled Worker (E31) Degrees (E32) Workers (EW3) Total
Total 4,715 1,402 3,579 13,340 14,250 7,845 6,618 3,846 55,595
California 1,066 377 554 3,009 1,804 551 1,160 223 8,744
Texas 443 195 592 2,777 1,190 785 1,282 288 7,552
Florida 392 47 220 295 1,531 1,074 401 329 4,289
New York 383 91 354 715 1,772 462 390 74 4,241
Unknown 702 3 15 24 2,047 592 24 355 3,762
Virginia 102 58 129 1,173 213 382 653 66 2,776
Georgia 76 17 121 300 221 558 126 678 2,097
New Jersey 151 46 302 777 319 172 244 79 2,090
Illinois 107 27 222 642 357 212 226 184 1,977
Massachusetts 199 101 127 427 518 217 174 75 1,838
Washington 226 37 141 483 339 55 507 9 1,797
Michigan 34 19 99 293 692 103 127 55 1,422
North Carolina 70 9 100 193 211 428 80 201 1,292
Ohio 28 26 60 123 227 648 67 76 1,255
Arizona 97 60 40 338 358 16 275 13 1,197
Pennsylvania 124 40 76 252 302 199 146 55 1,194
Maryland 94 13 42 254 274 227 58 41 1,003
Tennessee 34 19 45 105 132 276 26 62 699
Missouri 26 17 21 89 99 233 42 56 583
Minnesota 24 38 42 130 95 105 34 76 544
Colorado 29 15 27 67 81 83 47 66 415
Indiana 20 16 16 61 145 39 36 50 383
Connecticut 40 10 43 84 119 14 33 10 353
South Carolina 21 6 25 48 79 18 41 105 343
Wisconsin 9 5 20 98 77 26 27 70 332
Oregon 10 12 14 97 58 13 70 3 277
Utah 12 5 11 32 93 48 30 32 263
Louisiana 8 7 6 29 49 29 16 80 224
Arkansas 15 4 16 67 38 19 27 25 211
Alabama 18 12 6 39 71 14 27 15 202
Iowa 5 5 2 32 56 18 19 62 199
District of Columbia 18 8 14 20 108 8 15 5 196
Nevada 32 2 12 16 67 34 16 7 186
Kansas 11 3 6 13 45 20 13 45 156
Nebraska 5 10 1 20 47 3 28 38 152
New Mexico 16 3 2 7 61 5 8 49 151
Kentucky 7 2 12 38 40 17 25 6 147
Delaware 7 6 4 43 39 3 10 11 123
North Dakota 1 1 4 1 24 68 4 13 116
Mississippi 8 3 - 5 37 1 7 55 116
Oklahoma 8 7 7 11 44 9 7 21 114
South Dakota 1 1 2 27 18 26 14 12 101
Rhode Island 4 4 2 49 19 3 16 3 100
New Hampshire 8 3 8 9 19 2 3 10 62
Idaho 2 2 4 2 25 2 2 14 53
Hawaii 6 1 3 5 11 2 12 9 49
Maine 2 3 - 7 16 5 - 13 46
West Virginia 7 1 - 6 20 - 2 - 36
Montana 4 - 2 1 12 5 1 3 28
Guam - - 1 1 3 4 7 11 27
Northern Mariana Islands - - 1 - 2 4 10 4 21
Wyoming 2 1 - 2 9 4 - - 18
Puerto Rico 1 1 4 - 8 2 1 - 17
Vermont - 2 - 4 6 - 1 - 13
Alaska - 1 2 - 3 1 1 4 12
Virgin Islands - - - - - 1 - - 1
Notes:
1) Petitions received in one reporting period may be approved or denied in subsequent reporting periods.
2) This report reflects the most up to date data available at the time the database is queried.
3) Counts may differ from previous periods due to system updates and post-adjudicative outcomes.
4) Since petitioners are able to file more than one petition, this report includes all filed petitions; therefore, it could contain multiple petitions for a single individual.
5) For a complete list of USCIS forms and descriptions, visit: https://www.uscis.gov/forms
Source:
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Performance and Quality
CLAIM3 and ELIS, queried 02/2024, TRK 14043
Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Receipts by Beneficiary Country of Birth and Employment-Based Preference
Fiscal Year 2024 (Q1)

First Preference (EB1) Second Preference (EB2) Third Preference (EB3)

Alien of Extraordinary Outstanding Professor or Multi-national Executive or Professionals with National Interest Professionals with Baccalaureate Needed Unskilled
Beneficiary Country of Birth Ability (E11) Researcher (E12) Manager (E13) Advanced Degrees (E21) Waiver (NIW) Skilled Worker (E31) Degrees (E32) Workers (EW3) Total
Total 4,715 1,402 3,579 13,340 14,250 7,845 6,618 3,846 55,595
INDIA 828 447 1,548 9,504 1,071 647 2,305 9 16,359
CHINA 1,744 565 243 2,068 2,004 229 2,224 73 9,150
PHILIPPINES 15 1 29 27 40 3,406 285 385 4,188
BRAZIL 218 30 192 93 2,199 162 84 329 3,307
NIGERIA 135 6 16 46 1,032 394 28 28 1,685
MEXICO 40 12 163 132 268 108 228 497 1,448
IRAN 95 13 3 44 1,030 108 24 24 1,341
KOREA, SOUTH 69 36 105 116 470 217 187 140 1,340
COLOMBIA 84 13 53 20 912 31 55 159 1,327
PAKISTAN 35 6 51 82 793 70 61 71 1,169
VIETNAM 14 5 9 27 97 38 43 837 1,070
VENEZUELA 81 1 24 34 593 34 73 66 906
NEPAL 23 3 1 58 136 298 73 155 747
BANGLADESH 19 3 4 26 471 18 22 149 712
KENYA 8 2 3 4 44 484 10 41 596
CANADA 75 31 112 83 98 58 77 4 538
GHANA 12 2 5 13 149 316 12 23 532
TAIWAN 28 14 18 132 191 43 58 12 496
RUSSIA 186 9 39 38 157 18 34 14 495
UNITED KINGDOM 89 10 142 57 74 42 30 7 451
TURKEY 48 8 27 36 178 31 65 28 421
ARGENTINA 53 1 43 28 103 20 19 16 283
FRANCE 44 11 56 35 71 21 25 2 265
ITALY 35 15 39 45 68 22 22 3 249
GERMANY 43 22 49 31 59 24 14 1 243
JAPAN 25 8 39 25 63 30 28 3 221
EGYPT 21 7 20 27 101 16 17 12 221
PERU 9 1 15 14 134 9 9 29 220
ECUADOR 4 1 4 10 150 5 7 27 208
SOUTH AFRICA 17 4 63 14 25 39 10 34 206
SPAIN 18 9 47 22 61 15 20 4 196
UKRAINE 40 5 19 19 50 13 15 18 179
THAILAND 8 - 1 8 21 81 16 43 178
JORDAN 5 2 3 15 41 97 6 9 178
JAMAICA 8 - 4 4 12 109 25 6 168
ISRAEL 27 8 44 16 32 13 14 1 155
POLAND 10 4 14 16 21 24 10 43 142
SAUDI ARABIA 8 2 6 18 46 33 18 4 135
CHILE 12 2 15 6 73 7 18 2 135
SRI LANKA 8 1 5 20 54 30 7 2 127
ZIMBABWE 4 1 3 4 13 80 5 15 125
KAZAKHSTAN 33 - 3 3 67 1 9 7 123
CAMBODIA - - - - - - 1 118 119
LEBANON 11 5 12 18 30 26 11 5 118
AUSTRALIA 26 2 26 10 12 19 13 3 111
ETHIOPIA 16 1 1 16 46 5 14 7 106
UZBEKISTAN 42 - 2 4 45 1 3 8 105
EL SALVADOR 2 1 6 3 15 5 4 62 98
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3 - 6 3 49 5 6 25 97
MONGOLIA 4 - 2 7 17 5 5 52 92
SOVIET UNION 52 2 2 - 25 4 - - 85
MALAYSIA 3 1 11 12 23 9 22 - 81
ROMANIA 6 1 11 13 12 14 7 8 72
HONDURAS 2 - 4 3 30 3 6 20 68
BELARUS 17 - 5 13 15 5 7 3 65
HONG KONG 5 2 3 11 12 6 23 - 62
GREECE 5 11 3 13 16 2 6 5 61
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 - 6 8 20 13 11 1 60
UNKNOWN 6 4 2 3 25 6 2 8 56
INDONESIA 3 1 4 9 13 1 21 4 56
NETHERLANDS 6 8 16 4 13 2 6 - 55
CAMEROON 4 1 1 3 24 13 3 6 55
ARMENIA 26 1 4 5 9 4 2 4 55
ALBANIA 2 - 1 5 5 7 8 27 55
KYRGYZSTAN 15 - - 2 31 - 2 1 51
BOLIVIA 5 - 1 - 27 5 2 11 51
IRELAND 7 1 21 4 6 5 5 1 50
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 1 5 6 9 24 1 1 48
UGANDA 3 1 - 4 17 12 7 3 47
SINGAPORE 5 2 3 9 14 3 9 1 46
COSTA RICA 4 1 8 3 15 4 6 5 46
MOROCCO 3 2 7 6 18 - 5 1 42
GUATEMALA 3 2 3 5 5 5 6 13 42
SYRIA - - 1 6 15 6 3 2 33
HUNGARY 9 1 4 4 9 3 1 2 33
NEW ZEALAND 10 - 7 1 3 7 4 - 32
BELGIUM 5 3 9 2 9 2 2 - 32
PORTUGAL 5 2 9 3 9 1 1 1 31
HAITI 2 - 1 2 6 18 - 2 31
KUWAIT 2 - 6 4 8 7 3 - 30
NORTH MACEDONIA - - 1 2 3 4 1 18 29
BULGARIA 2 1 3 5 8 1 3 5 28
SWEDEN 4 2 7 3 6 2 3 - 27
ZAMBIA 2 - - - 1 18 1 4 26
SERBIA 5 2 5 3 6 2 3 - 26
FINLAND 5 2 9 3 4 3 - - 26
IRAQ 1 2 1 2 17 1 1 - 25
GEORGIA 10 - - 1 8 1 3 1 24
AZERBAIJAN 6 1 2 3 8 - 2 2 24
URUGUAY 3 - 2 4 6 3 2 3 23
SWITZERLAND 4 2 3 4 6 2 1 1 23
SUDAN 3 - - 1 14 2 3 - 23
PANAMA - - - 1 13 2 3 3 22
BAHAMAS, THE 1 - - 2 5 13 1 - 22
LIBYA - - - 3 10 5 3 - 21
BURMA 1 - 2 - 4 4 6 4 21
TANZANIA - - - 2 10 4 3 1 20
GUYANA - - 2 - 5 11 1 1 20
TURKMENISTAN 4 - - 1 5 1 2 6 19
AUSTRIA 4 2 2 2 6 1 2 - 19
CZECHIA 2 1 2 4 4 1 2 2 18
NICARAGUA 3 - 3 - 4 1 1 4 16
DENMARK 3 2 6 1 4 - - - 16
TAJIKISTAN 3 - - 1 9 - - 2 15
CONGO (KINSHASA) 2 - - - 4 3 2 4 15
TUNISIA 2 - 1 2 7 1 - 1 14
SLOVAKIA 1 - 7 1 1 1 1 1 13
RWANDA - - - 1 8 1 3 - 13
MOLDOVA 3 - - 3 3 - 3 1 13
LITHUANIA 5 - 3 1 2 1 1 - 13
LIBERIA - - - - 2 1 - 10 13
AFGHANISTAN 3 1 - 1 4 1 - 2 12
YEMEN 1 - - - 10 - - - 11
ALGERIA 1 1 - 1 7 - - 1 11
SAINT LUCIA - - - - 1 8 1 - 10
QATAR - - 2 3 3 1 1 - 10
NORWAY 3 - 2 2 1 2 - - 10
KOSOVO 1 - 2 - 2 1 - 4 10
NIGER 3 - 1 - 2 3 - - 9
MALAWI - - - - 1 5 3 - 9
CÔTE D'IVOIRE 1 - 2 - 5 - 1 - 9
CUBA - - 1 - 8 - - - 9
CROATIA 2 - 1 - 2 2 2 - 9
SIERRA LEONE - - 1 - 4 1 - 2 8
MAURITIUS 1 - - 1 4 1 1 - 8
ESTONIA 2 - - 2 2 1 1 - 8
DOMINICA 1 - - 1 3 3 - - 8
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 1 1 1 2 - - 3 8
SENEGAL - 1 2 - 3 - - 1 7
PARAGUAY 1 - - - 3 - 1 2 7
OMAN 1 1 - 1 1 1 2 - 7
MONTENEGRO 2 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 7
CYPRUS 1 - - 1 4 - 1 - 7
BELIZE - - - - 2 3 - 2 7
BAHRAIN 1 - - 5 1 - - - 7
ANGOLA - - - 1 4 - 1 1 7
SLOVENIA - 1 1 - 2 1 1 - 6
MACAU - - 1 1 1 - 2 1 6
LATVIA 1 - 1 2 2 - - - 6
GAMBIA, THE - - - - 1 1 1 3 6
BOTSWANA - - - 1 2 2 1 - 6
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1 - - - 2 1 1 - 5
GRENADA - - - 2 1 2 - - 5
BURKINA FASO 1 - - 1 3 - - - 5
BARBADOS 1 - 1 - 2 1 - - 5
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - - - 1 2 - 2 - 5
TOGO 2 - - - 2 - - - 4
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - 4
NAMIBIA - - - - 2 1 1 - 4
ERITREA - - - - 3 - - 1 4
BENIN - - - - 3 - 1 - 4
SOMALIA - - - 1 - 2 - - 3
MOZAMBIQUE - - 1 1 1 - - - 3
MALI - - - - 2 1 - - 3
MADAGASCAR - - - - - 1 1 1 3
LAOS - - - - - 1 - 2 3
ICELAND 1 1 - - - - - 1 3
CHAD 1 - - - 2 - - - 3
BURUNDI - - 1 1 - - 1 - 3
SURINAME - - - - 1 1 - - 2
SINT MAARTEN - - - - 1 1 - - 2
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS - - - - 2 - - - 2
PALESTINE, STATE OF - - 2 - - - - - 2
MAURITANIA - - - 2 - - - - 2
MALTA - - 1 - 1 - - - 2
LUXEMBOURG 1 - - 1 - - - - 2
GUINEA - - - - 1 - - 1 2
GUERNSEY - - - 2 - - - - 2
GABON - - - - 1 1 - - 2
FRENCH POLYNESIA - - - - 1 1 - - 2
FIJI - - - - - 2 - - 2
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 - - - - - - 1 2
YUGOSLAVIA - - - - 1 - - - 1
STATELESS - - - 1 - - - - 1
SOUTH SUDAN - - - - - 1 - - 1
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - - - - 1 - - - 1
NORTHERN IRELAND - - - - - - 1 - 1
KOREA, NORTH - - - 1 - - - - 1
GUINEA-BISSAU - - - - 1 - - - 1
GIBRALTAR - - - - 1 - - - 1
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - - - - - 1 - - 1
ESWATINI - - - - 1 - - - 1
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) - - - - - - 1 - 1
CAYMAN ISLANDS - - - 1 - - - - 1
CABO VERDE - - - - 1 - - - 1
BRUNEI - - - - 1 - - - 1
BHUTAN 1 - - - - - - - 1
ARUBA - - - - - 1 - - 1
Notes:
1) Petitions received in one reporting period may be approved or denied in subsequent reporting periods.
2) This report reflects the most up to date data available at the time the database is queried.
3) Counts may differ from previous periods due to system updates and post-adjudicative outcomes.
4) Since petitioners are able to file more than one petition, this report includes all filed petitions; therefore, it could contain multiple petitions for a single individual.
5) For a complete list of USCIS forms and descriptions, visit: https://www.uscis.gov/forms
Source:
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Performance and Quality
CLAIM3 and ELIS, queried 02/2024, TRK 14043
Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Approvals by Beneficiary State and Employment-Based Preference
Fiscal Year 2024 (Q1)
First Preference (EB1) Second Preference (EB2) Third Preference (EB3)

Mem of Profession w/Adv Indiv w/Adv Deg or Professionals with

Alien of Extraordinary Outstanding Professor or Multi-national Executive or Deg, or of Exceptional Exceptional Ability in the Baccalaureate Degrees Needed Unskilled Workers
Beneficiary State Ability (E11) Researcher (E12) Manager (E13) Ability (E21) National Interest (NIW) Skilled Worker (E31) (E32) (EW3) Total
Total 2,978 1,236 3,395 10,998 8,035 4,974 4,980 2,392 38,988
Texas 311 186 640 2,482 706 590 1,120 164 6,199
California 666 315 449 2,570 994 250 843 105 6,192
Unknown 423 2 42 42 1,275 639 25 614 3,062
New York 259 74 302 632 526 376 291 33 2,493
Florida 246 36 224 260 785 437 335 115 2,438
Virginia 63 33 107 840 156 315 463 55 2,032
New Jersey 106 49 337 623 206 73 201 42 1,637
Massachusetts 136 106 117 387 383 164 138 63 1,494
Illinois 48 23 147 484 223 129 190 93 1,337
Washington 143 48 168 356 243 44 321 8 1,331
Georgia 47 25 138 242 171 134 135 332 1,224
North Carolina 39 6 83 183 151 379 67 92 1,000
Pennsylvania 73 41 92 240 218 156 121 55 996
Michigan 23 16 70 244 385 82 91 37 948
Maryland 56 16 40 149 196 215 49 33 754
Ohio 17 18 48 99 116 229 55 21 603
Missouri 14 12 16 75 65 226 33 40 481
Arizona 71 27 31 134 147 9 36 7 462
Tennessee 18 18 35 75 80 101 23 36 386
Minnesota 7 21 32 122 51 100 32 8 373
Colorado 14 15 26 56 56 12 40 44 263
Connecticut 23 10 41 70 72 5 26 12 259
South Carolina 11 9 24 30 42 15 21 79 231
Indiana 7 8 19 47 91 23 27 6 228
Wisconsin 5 5 18 63 53 11 19 24 198
Oregon 9 26 21 53 41 8 29 2 189
Louisiana 6 6 4 29 48 9 16 66 184
Utah 11 4 8 21 50 36 27 13 170
Alabama 10 12 7 33 49 12 23 8 154
Arkansas 11 3 15 55 31 14 16 4 149
Iowa 4 1 6 19 34 15 12 50 141
Kentucky 9 4 14 37 32 21 15 6 138
Oklahoma 9 5 4 14 39 4 7 27 109
Kansas 9 4 5 17 21 13 13 26 108
Rhode Island 5 6 5 55 16 4 15 1 107
District of Columbia 11 7 5 17 32 7 13 5 97
Nevada 20 - 6 12 23 17 13 4 95
North Dakota 1 1 6 3 18 52 1 10 92
South Dakota 2 1 2 31 16 19 6 5 82
Nebraska 2 5 1 16 26 2 19 8 79
Delaware 3 7 12 20 26 1 5 5 79
New Mexico 6 5 1 6 42 6 6 - 72
Mississippi 3 4 3 9 18 1 6 22 66
New Hampshire 3 1 10 19 12 1 5 6 57
Idaho 2 2 2 4 15 1 4 - 30
West Virginia 6 - - 7 14 - 1 - 28
Maine 2 4 - 5 11 3 - 1 26
Hawaii 3 2 4 5 6 1 1 2 24
Vermont 1 4 - 2 5 - 3 3 18
Northern Mariana Islands - - 1 - 1 4 11 - 17
Guam - - 1 2 3 3 7 - 16
Montana 2 - 1 1 5 1 2 - 12
Puerto Rico - 1 4 1 3 1 1 - 11
Wyoming 1 1 1 - 5 1 1 - 10
Alaska 1 1 - - 2 2 - - 6
Virgin Islands - - - - - 1 - - 1
Notes:
1) Some petitions approved may have been received in previous reporting periods.
2) This report reflects the most up to date data available at the time the database is queried.
3) Counts may differ from previous periods due to system updates and post-adjudicative outcomes.
4) The counts of approved petitions represent only primary beneficiaries. Dependents are not included.
5) This report is based on the fiscal year in which the petition was approved, not the fiscal year in which the petition was submitted to USCIS.
A petition approved in a fiscal year may have been filed in an earlier year. Therefore, this report is different from other reports that are based
on the fiscal year in which the petition was filed.
6) Since petitioners are able to file more than one petition, this report includes all filed petitions; therefore, it could contain multiple petitions for a single individual.
7) For a complete list of USCIS forms and descriptions, visit: https://www.uscis.gov/forms
Source:
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Performance and Quality
CLAIM3 and ELIS, queried 02/2024, TRK 14043
Form I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Approvals by Beneficiary Country of Birth and Employment-Based Preference
Fiscal Year 2024 (Q1)

First Preference (EB1) Second Preference (EB2) Third Preference (EB3)

Alien of Extraordinary Ability Outstanding Professor or Multi-national Executive or Professionals with Advanced National Interest Waiver Professionals with Baccalaureate Needed Unskilled Workers
Beneficiary Country of Birth (E11) Researcher (E12) Manager (E13) Degrees (E21) (NIW) Skilled Worker (E31) Degrees (E32) (EW3) Total
Total 2,978 1,236 3,395 10,998 8,035 4,974 4,980 2,392 38,988
INDIA 575 382 1,519 7,403 758 481 1,648 9 12,775
CHINA 1,070 483 183 1,932 1,389 163 1,537 55 6,812
PHILIPPINES 7 2 29 26 17 2,203 275 98 2,657
BRAZIL 114 24 182 87 952 113 67 241 1,780
IRAN 57 12 6 50 819 70 18 18 1,050
KOREA, SOUTH 44 30 85 109 342 164 153 100 1,027
NIGERIA 47 2 4 41 595 237 24 22 972
MEXICO 25 7 156 120 97 63 164 244 876
VIETNAM 7 5 3 28 66 32 42 665 848
PAKISTAN 18 7 36 78 312 52 47 65 615
COLOMBIA 54 11 54 18 295 24 33 67 556
NEPAL 11 2 1 45 109 186 74 122 550
BANGLADESH 12 2 1 23 350 12 26 110 536
CANADA 69 32 116 89 55 46 72 1 480
VENEZUELA 62 2 25 30 190 24 60 38 431
TAIWAN 19 15 16 136 120 48 59 11 424
UNITED KINGDOM 68 14 147 49 45 35 31 5 394
RUSSIA 109 7 32 34 79 13 23 9 306
TURKEY 26 10 23 27 117 32 47 23 305
KENYA 3 2 4 3 22 215 11 6 266
FRANCE 38 12 77 35 49 19 28 1 259
ARGENTINA 43 2 59 17 56 22 17 8 224
GHANA 4 2 6 12 73 100 10 16 223
GERMANY 37 25 48 19 49 14 11 2 205
ITALY 25 17 28 34 43 22 8 4 181
EGYPT 12 7 14 26 76 14 13 7 169
JAPAN 14 7 35 18 43 23 23 3 166
SPAIN 12 9 35 19 37 14 16 6 148
ISRAEL 19 5 46 21 33 10 12 2 148
THAILAND 5 2 - 6 14 66 14 29 136
SOUTH AFRICA 8 3 49 12 15 24 9 16 136
UKRAINE 32 2 15 19 31 12 19 5 135
SRI LANKA 7 - 11 21 37 21 5 4 106
SAUDI ARABIA 6 4 3 16 29 26 13 5 102
JORDAN 1 1 2 15 22 48 4 5 98
LEBANON 7 5 9 16 27 16 14 3 97
POLAND 7 4 18 13 11 18 8 14 93
PERU 6 - 11 16 38 4 6 11 92
ZIMBABWE 5 2 4 5 9 42 7 8 82
CAMBODIA - - - - 1 - 1 78 80
CHILE 11 2 16 7 23 5 13 1 78
ECUADOR 3 - 6 8 44 2 5 9 77
KAZAKHSTAN 14 - 6 4 36 1 11 3 75
AUSTRALIA 14 3 15 11 8 11 11 1 74
JAMAICA 3 1 - 3 10 29 21 4 71
ETHIOPIA 6 1 1 15 22 4 15 7 71
MONGOLIA 2 - 4 5 12 2 5 33 63
MALAYSIA 1 1 8 14 19 5 13 1 62
HONG KONG 5 2 8 8 13 4 18 2 60
GREECE 7 10 4 13 16 2 6 2 60
SOVIET UNION 33 1 1 3 18 3 - - 59
NETHERLANDS 10 7 17 5 6 2 7 1 55
ROMANIA 3 1 11 11 8 8 9 3 54
EL SALVADOR 3 - 4 3 8 6 6 24 54
IRELAND 7 2 16 4 7 5 9 - 50
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 - 3 4 15 7 3 16 50
GUATEMALA 4 1 5 4 6 3 4 17 44
COSTA RICA 3 1 15 5 5 3 9 3 44
BELARUS 10 - 7 9 7 4 6 1 44
SINGAPORE 3 2 6 9 11 1 9 1 42
INDONESIA 1 1 5 9 9 - 15 1 41
CAMEROON 1 1 - 5 15 10 3 6 41
HONDURAS 1 - 2 4 14 2 4 12 39
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 1 2 11 7 5 8 - 36
ALBANIA 3 - 1 4 2 3 7 16 36
HUNGARY 6 1 9 5 6 3 3 2 35
UZBEKISTAN 5 - 2 4 11 1 4 7 34
ARMENIA 13 1 3 5 4 - 4 4 34
PORTUGAL 3 2 12 3 6 2 3 - 31
UGANDA 1 - 1 5 10 8 4 1 30
MOROCCO 2 3 5 6 6 2 3 2 29
NEW ZEALAND 5 - 10 - 3 6 3 1 28
GEORGIA 11 1 1 1 7 2 2 3 28
SWEDEN 8 - 6 1 5 3 2 - 25
KUWAIT 1 - 3 9 6 2 3 1 25
BULGARIA 3 1 4 5 2 2 5 3 25
BELGIUM 3 3 6 1 5 3 4 - 25
IRAQ 2 1 1 2 15 2 - 1 24
FINLAND 3 4 5 3 3 2 1 - 21
SERBIA 5 1 4 4 4 - 2 - 20
BOLIVIA - - 1 - 8 2 1 8 20
UNKNOWN 2 2 2 4 6 - 2 1 19
SWITZERLAND 4 1 3 3 6 1 1 - 19
LIBYA - - - 3 11 3 2 - 19
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 - 4 6 4 1 1 - 18
DENMARK 7 1 6 1 2 1 - - 18
LIBERIA - - - - 1 1 - 15 17
SUDAN 2 - - 2 9 - 3 - 16
KYRGYZSTAN 5 - - - 10 - - 1 16
HAITI - - - 3 5 8 - - 16
CZECHIA 2 - 3 5 2 1 3 - 16
AZERBAIJAN 3 1 2 2 5 - 2 1 16
URUGUAY 3 - 2 5 2 2 1 - 15
SYRIA - - 1 4 5 2 2 1 15
NORTH MACEDONIA - - - 1 3 3 1 7 15
MOLDOVA 3 - 1 3 3 - 4 1 15
AUSTRIA 2 2 6 2 2 - 1 - 15
ZAMBIA 1 - - - 3 4 2 3 13
TANZANIA - - - 1 7 2 3 - 13
SLOVAKIA 1 - 4 2 1 2 - 2 12
NORWAY 1 - 5 1 2 2 1 - 12
BAHAMAS, THE - 1 - 1 1 7 2 - 12
RWANDA - - - 1 6 1 3 - 11
PANAMA 1 - 1 1 4 1 3 - 11
CROATIA 2 1 2 1 2 - 2 1 11
ALGERIA 1 1 2 1 3 - - 2 10
TUNISIA - - 2 1 4 - 1 1 9
QATAR - 1 - 3 1 2 2 - 9
NIGER 3 - - - 3 3 - - 9
GUYANA 1 - 1 - 1 6 - - 9
TURKMENISTAN 1 - - 2 1 - 1 3 8
OMAN - 1 - 1 3 1 2 - 8
ESTONIA 2 1 - 1 1 2 1 - 8
CONGO (KINSHASA) 2 - - - 3 3 - - 8
BURMA - - - - 1 - 3 4 8
BELIZE - - - - 1 1 - 6 8
AFGHANISTAN 3 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 8
YEMEN 1 - - - 6 - - - 7
LITHUANIA 3 - 1 1 1 1 - - 7
LATVIA 1 - 1 2 3 - - - 7
PARAGUAY 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 1 6
GAMBIA, THE - - - - 1 1 2 2 6
CÔTE D'IVOIRE 1 - - - 4 - 1 - 6
BAHRAIN - - - 5 1 - - - 6
NICARAGUA 2 - 1 - 1 1 - - 5
MACAU - - 1 1 - 1 1 1 5
ICELAND 1 2 - 1 1 - - - 5
SOMALIA - - - 1 1 2 - - 4
MAURITIUS - - - 1 1 1 1 - 4
KOSOVO - - 2 - - - - 2 4
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 2 - - 1 - - 1 4
BARBADOS 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 4
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - - - 2 1 - 1 - 4
ANGOLA - - 1 1 1 - 1 - 4
TAJIKISTAN 1 - - - 1 - - 1 3
SLOVENIA - 1 1 - 1 - - - 3
SIERRA LEONE - - - - 2 1 - - 3
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - - 1 - - 1 1 - 3
SAINT LUCIA - - - 1 - - 2 - 3
MOZAMBIQUE 1 - 1 1 - - - - 3
MONTENEGRO - - - 1 1 - 1 - 3
MALI - - - - 3 - - - 3
LUXEMBOURG 1 - 1 1 - - - - 3
GRENADA - - - 3 - - - - 3
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC - - - - 2 1 - - 3
CYPRUS - - - - 2 1 - - 3
CUBA - - 2 - 1 - - - 3
BURUNDI - - 1 1 - - 1 - 3
BOTSWANA - - - 1 - 1 1 - 3
MAURITANIA - - - 2 - - - - 2
MALAWI - - 1 - - 1 - - 2
MADAGASCAR - - 1 - - - 1 - 2
GUERNSEY - - - 2 - - - - 2
FRENCH POLYNESIA - - - - 1 1 - - 2
ERITREA - - - - 1 - - 1 2
DOMINICA - - - 1 - 1 - - 2
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) - - - - 1 - 1 - 2
BERMUDA - - 1 1 - - - - 2
BENIN - - - 1 1 - - - 2
ZAIRE - - - - - - 1 - 1
YUGOSLAVIA - - - - 1 - - - 1
TOGO - - - - 1 - - - 1
SURINAME - - - - - 1 - - 1
STATELESS - - - 1 - - - - 1
SOUTH SUDAN - - - - - 1 - - 1
SENEGAL - - - - 1 - - - 1
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - - - - 1 - - - 1
PALESTINE, STATE OF - - 1 - - - - - 1
NORTHERN IRELAND - - - - - - 1 - 1
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - 1 - - - - - - 1
MALTA - - 1 - - - - - 1
KOREA, NORTH - - - 1 - - - - 1
GABON 1 - - - - - - - 1
DJIBOUTI - - - 1 - - - - 1
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - - - - - 1 - - 1
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - - - - - - 1 - 1
CAYMAN ISLANDS - - - 1 - - - - 1
BURKINA FASO - - - 1 - - - - 1
Notes:
1) Some petitions approved may have been received in previous reporting periods.
2) This report reflects the most up to date data available at the time the database is queried.
3) Counts may differ from previous periods due to system updates and post-adjudicative outcomes.
4) The counts of approved petitions represent only primary beneficiaries. Dependents are not included.
5) This report is based on the fiscal year in which the petition was approved, not the fiscal year in which the petition was submitted to USCIS.
A petition approved in a fiscal year may have been filed in an earlier year. Therefore, this report is different from other reports that are based
on the fiscal year in which the petition was filed.
6) Since petitioners are able to file more than one petition, this report includes all filed petitions; therefore, it could contain multiple petitions for a single individual.
6) For a complete list of USCIS forms and descriptions, visit: https://www.uscis.gov/forms
Source:
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Performance and Quality
CLAIM3 and ELIS, queried 02/2024, TRK 14043