Visas issued at Taipei in January 2024
U.S. post, Taiwan. The page of the post has the wait times of Taipei.
In January 2024, the post issued 2,250 nonimmigrant visas and 148 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 875,162 nonimmigrant visas in the same month.
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Internet Archive copy of . Monthly tables through .
| Visas | Jan 2024 | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 2,250 | 2,490 | 1,839 |
| Immigrant | 148 | 162 | 132 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 897 | 39.9% | 741 | 593 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 280 | 12.4% | 368 | 299 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 227 | 10.1% | 423 | 272 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 196 | 8.7% | 194 | 178 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 195 | 8.7% | 322 | 108 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 97 | 4.3% | 144 | 80 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 92 | 4.1% | 66 | 83 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 57 | 2.5% | 35 | 51 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 44 | 2% | 37 | 25 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 27 | 1.2% | 2 | 3 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 22 | 1% | 1 | 40 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 21 | 0.9% | 19 | 13 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 20 | 0.9% | 44 | 14 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 20 | 0.9% | 22 | 20 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 16 | 0.7% | 22 | 23 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 11 | 0.5% | 13 | 3 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 8 | 0.4% | 3 | 1 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 6 | 0.3% | 4 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 4 | 0.2% | 14 | 3 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 4 | 0.2% | 4 | 9 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 3 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0 |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
Immigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 43 | 29.1% | 38 | 23 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 15 | 10.1% | 15 | 4 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 15 | 10.1% | 43 | 21 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 13 | 8.8% | 1 | 2 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 12 | 8.1% | 21 | 22 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 9 | 6.1% | 10 | 10 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 7 | 4.7% | 12 | 5 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 7 | 4.7% | 0 | 5 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 6 | 4.1% | 5 | 8 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 4 | 2.7% | 0 | 5 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 4 | 2.7% | 0 | 4 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 4 | 2.7% | 1 | 5 |
| C5 | Employment creation (EB-5) outside targeted areas, spouse and child (C51-C53) | 3 | 2% | 0 | 0 |
| IR3 | Orphan adopted abroad by U.S. citizen | 3 | 2% | 8 | 4 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 2 | 1.4% | 4 | 10 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 54 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Taipei lists every month. The page of January 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -10%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, January 2024. Report an error.