IMMIGRANT VISAS ISSUED
TO ORPHANS COMING TO THE U - S - | | FY 2003 | FY 2002 | FY 2001 | | 1 | 6,859 - CHINA (mainland) | 5,053 - CHINA (mainland) | 4,681 - CHINA (mainland) | | 2 | 5,209 - RUSSIA | 4,939 - RUSSIA | 4,279 - RUSSIA | | 3 | 2,328 - GUATEMALA | 2,219 - GUATEMALA | 1,870 - S - KOREA | | 4 | 1,790 - S - KOREA | 1,779 - S - KOREA | 1,609 - GUATEMALA | | 5 | 825 - KAZAKHSTAN | 1,106 - UKRAINE | 1,246 - UKRAINE | | 6 | 702 - UKRAINE | 819 - KAZAKHSTAN | 782 - ROMANIA | | 7 | 472 - INDIA | 766 - VIETNAM | 737 - VIETNAM | | 8 | 382 - VIETNAM | 466 - NDIA | 672 - KAZAKHSTAN | | 9 | 272 - COLOMBIA | 334 - COLOMBIA | 543 - INDIA | | 10 | 250 - HAITI | 260 - BULGARIA | 407 - COLOMBIA | | 11 | 214 - PHILIPPINES | 254 - CAMBODIA | 297 - BULGARIA | | 12 | 200 - ROMANIA | 221 - PHILIPPINES | 266 - CAMBODIA | | 13 | 198 - BULGARIA | 187 - HAITI | 219 - PHILIPPINES | | 14 | 191 - BELARUS | 169 - BELARUS | 192 - HAITI | | 15 | 135 - ETHIOPIA | 168 - ROMANIA | 158 - ETHIOPIA | | 16 | 124 - CAMBODIA | 105 - ETHIOPIA | 129 - BELARUS | | 17 | 97 - POLAND | 101 - POLAND | 86 - POLAND | | 18 | 72 - THAILAND | 67 - THAILAND | 74 - THAILAND | | 19 | 62 - AZERBAIJAN | 65 - PERU | 73 - MEXICO | | 20 | 61 - MEXICO | 61 - MEXICO | 51 - JAMAICA and LIBERIA (both 51) | | | FY 2000 | FY 1999 | FY 1998 | | 1 | 5,053 - CHINA | 4,348 - RUSSIA | 4,491 - RUSSIA | | 2 | 4,269 - RUSSIA | 4,101 - CHINA | 4,206 - CHINA | | 3 | 1,794 - S - KOREA | 2,008 - S - KOREA | 1,829 - S - KOREA | | 4 | 1,518 - GUATEMALA | 1,002 - GUATEMALA | 911 - GUATEMALA | | 5 | 1,122 - ROMANIA | 895 - ROMANIA | 603 - VIETNAM | | 6 | 724 - VIETNAM | 709 - VIETNAM | 478 - INDIA | | 7 | 659 - UKRAINE | 500 - INDIA | 406 - ROMANIA | | 8 | 503 - INDIA | 323 - UKRAINE | 351 - COLOMBIA | | 9 | 402 - CAMBODIA | 248 - CAMBODIA | 249 - CAMBODIA | | 10 | 399 - KAZAKHSTAN | 231 - COLOMBIA | 200 - PHILIPPINES | | 11 | 246 - COLOMBIA | 221 - BULGARIA | 180 - UKRAINE | | 12 | 214 - BULGARIA | 195 - PHILIPPINES | 168 - MEXICO | | 13 | 173 - PHILIPPINES | | 151 - BULGARIA | | 14 | 131 - HAITI | | 140 - DOMIN REP | | 15 | 106 - MEXICO | | 121 - HAITI | | 16 | 95 - ETHIOPIA | | 103 - BRAZIL | | 17 | 88 - THAILAND | | 96 - ETHIOPIA | | 18 | 83 - POLAND | | 84 - THAILAND | | 19 | 79 - MOLDOVA | | 77 - POLAND | | 20 | 60 - BOLIVIA | | 76 - LATVIA | | | FY 1997 | FY 1996 | FY 1995 | | 1 | 3,816 - RUSSIA | 3,333 - CHINA | 2,130 - CHINA | | 2 | 3,597 - CHINA | 2,454 - RUSSIA | 1,896 - RUSSIA | | 3 | 1,654 - S - KOREA | 1,516 - KOREA | 1,666 - KOREA | | 4 | 788 - GUATEMALA | 427 - GUATEMALA | 449 - GUATEMALA | | 5 | 621 - ROMANIA | 555 - ROMANIA | 371 - INDIA | | 6 | 425 - VIETNAM | 380 - INDIA | 351 - PARAGUAY | | 7 | 352 - INDIA | 354 - VIETNAM | 350 - COLOMBIA | | 8 | 233 - COLOMBIA | 258 - PARAGUAY | 318 - VIETNAM | | 9 | 163 - PHILIPPINES | 255 - COLOMBIA | 298 - PHILIPPINES | | 10 | 152 - MEXICO | 229 - PHILIPPINES | 275 - ROMANIA | | 11 | 148 - BULGARIA | 163 - BULGARIA | 146 - BRAZIL | | 12 | 142 - HAITI | 103 - BRAZIL | 110 - BULGARIA | | 13 | 108 - LATVIA | 82 - LATVIA | 98 - LITHUANIA | | 14 | 91 - BRAZIL | 78 - LITHUANIA | 90 - CHILE | | 15 | 82 - ETHIOPIA | 77 - GEORGIA | 83 - MEXICO | | 16 | 78 - LITHUANIA | 76 - MEXICO | 67 - ECUADOR | | 17 | 78 - POLAND | 68 - HAITI | 63 - ETHIOPIA | | 18 | 77 - BOLIVIA | 64 - POLAND | 63 - JAPAN | | 19 | 72 - HUNGARY | 63 - CHILE | 59 - LATVIA | | 20 | 66 - CAMBODIA | 55 - THAILAND | 53 - THAILAND | | 21 | | 51 - ECUADOR,HUNGARY | 51 - GEORGIA | | | FY 1994 | FY 1993 | FY 1992 | | 1 | 1,795 - KOREA | 1,775 - KOREA | 1,840 - KOREA | | 2 | 1,530 - RUSSIA | 746 - RUSSIA | 418 - GUATEMALA | | 3 | 787 - CHINA | 512 - GUATEMALA | 404 - COLOMBIA | | 4 | 483 - PARAGUAY | 426 - COLOMBIA | 357 - PHILIPPINES | | 5 | 436 - GUATEMALA | 412 - PARAGUAY | 352 - INDIA | | 6 | 412 - INDIA | 360 - PHILIPPINES | 324 - RUSSIA | | 7 | 351 - COLOMBIA | 331 - INDIA | 309 - PERU | | 8 | 314 - PHILIPPINES | 330 - CHINA | 249 - HONDURAS | | 9 | 220 - VIETNAM | 273 - UKRAINE | 212 - PARAGUAY | | 10 | 199 - ROMANIA | 224 - PERU | 206 - CHINA | | 11 | 164 - UKRAINE | 179 - HONDURAS | 179 - CHILE | | 12 | 149 - BRAZIL | 161 - BRAZIL | 138 - BRAZIL | | 13 | 97 - BULGARIA | 133 - BULGARIA | 121 - ROMANIA | | 14 | 95 - LITHUANIA | 124 - BOLIVIA | 117 - EL SALVADOR | | 15 | 94 - POLAND | 110 - VIETNAM | 109 - POLAND | | 16 | 85 - MEXICO | 100 - ELSALVADOR | 91 - BULGARIA | | 17 | 79 - CHILE | 97 - ROMANIA | 91 - MEXICO | | 18 | 77 - HONDURAS | 91 - MEXICO | 86 - THAILAND | | 19 | 61 - HAITI | 70 - POLAND | 73 - BOLIVIA | | 20 | 54 - ETHIOPIA | 69 - THAILAND | 68 - JAPAN | | 21 | 49 - JAPAN | 64 - JAPAN | 64 - COSTA RICA | | | FY 1991 | FY 1990 | FY 1989 | | 1 | 2,594 - ROMANIA | 2,620 - KOREA | 3,544 - KOREA | | 2 | 1,818 - KOREA | 631 - COLOMBIA | 736 - COLOMBIA | | 3 | 705 - PERU | 440 - PERU | 648 - INDIA | | 4 | 521 - COLOMBIA | 421 - PHILIPPINES | 465 - PHILIPPINES | | 5 | 445 - INDIA | 348 - INDIA | 253 - CHILE | | 6 | 393 - PHILIPPINES | 302 - CHILE | 252 - PARAGUAY | | 7 | 329 - GUATEMALA | 282 - PARAGUAY | 222 - PERU | | 8 | 266 - CHILE | 257 - GUATEMALA | 202 - GUATEMALA | | 9 | 234 - HONDURAS | 228 - BRAZIL | 201 - CHINA | | 10 | 190 - PARAGUAY | 197 - HONDURAS | 131 - HONDURAS | | 11 | 175 - BRAZIL | 121 - ROMANIA | 175 - BRAZIL | | 12 | 131 - THAILAND | 112 - MEXICO | 138 - ROMANIA | | 13 | 123 - El SALVADOR | 105 - COSTA RICA | 109 - THAILAND | | 14 | 97 - MEXICO | 103 - EL SALVADOR | 95 - CUBA | | 15 | 92 - POLAND | 100 - THAILAND | 94 - EL SALVADOR | | 16 | 87 - JAPAN | 66 - POLAND | 91 - MEXICO | | 17 | 61 - CHINA | 66 - TAIWAN | 80 - HAITI | | 18 | 60 - CAMBODIA | 64 - HAITI | 78 - COSTA RICA | | 19 | 56 - COSTA RICA | 59 - ECUADOR | 75 - TAIWAN | | 20 | 54 - TAIWAN | 58 - DOMINICAN REP | 74 - JAPAN | | 21 | 50 - DOMINICAN REP | 57 - JAPAN | 74 - POLAND | World Total for Calendar Years 2003 - 21,616
2002 - 20,099
2001 - 19,237
2000 - 17,718
1999 - 16,363
1998 - 15,774
1997 - 12,743
1996 - 10,641
1995 - 8,987
1994 - 8,333
1993 - 7,377
1992 - 6,472
1991 - 8,481
1990 - 7,093
1989 - 8,102
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