Admissions

Sources for immigration admission statistics:

• Department of Homeland Security Office of Immigration Statistics

Here you will find immigration statistics from the Department of Homeland Security. It includes reports on particular populations, the annual Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, and some archived data.

Following is a list of additional resources about immigration admissions and the immigration admissions process.

2010

The ABC’s of U.S. Immigration

June 29, 2010 - National Immigration Forum

A one-page summary explanation of the U.S. immigration system.

Diversity Visas

June 29, 2010 - National Immigration Forum

Fact sheet on Diversity Immigrant Visas.

Employment-Based Immigration

June 29, 2010 - National Immigration Forum

Fact Sheet on the employment-based immigration system.

Family-Sponsored Immigration

June 29, 2010 - National Immigration Forum

Fact Sheet on the family-based immigration system.

U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2009

April 12, 2010 - Randall Monger, DHS Office of Immigration Statistics

This Report presents information obtained from applications for LPR status on the number and characteristics of persons who became LPRs in the United States during 2009.

2009

Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2007

March 05, 2009 - Pew Hispanic Center

This statistical profile of the foreign-born population is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau's 2007 American Community Survey.

2008

2007 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics

December 31, 2008 - Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics

Official U.S. immigration statistics for the government's Fiscal Year 2007.

U.S. Employers Need Global Talent: The EB Cap & Per Country Limits

December 15, 2008 - American Council on International Personnel

If the U.S. is to remain an attractive destination for the best foreign national talent in key industry sectors, Congress must address long-term permanent visa (“green card”) reform to help retain critical science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent, by supplying more employment-based (EB) green cards.

2007

Shortage of Green Cards Hurts U.S. Competitiveness: 2007

February 26, 2007 - CompeteAmerica

A brief fact sheet on the shortage of Employment-based visas, and how the shortage is causing U.S. employers to loose talented professionals to companies abroad.

Immigration Backlogs are Separating American Families

January 12, 2007 - National Immigration Forum

This issue brief describes the category limits and per-country limits for the family immigration system, describes the backlogs that have developed in the family-based system, and urges reform to reduce those backlogs.

2005

Rise, Peak and Decline: Trends in U.S. Immigration 1992 – 2004

September 27, 2005 - Pew Hispanic Center

The United States experienced a sharp spike in immigration flows over the past decade that had a distinct beginning, middle and end. The pattern corresponds with a similar pattern in the activity of the U.S. economy.

No Way In: U.S. Immigration Policy Leaves Few Legal Options for Mexican Workers

July 13, 2005 - Immigration Policy Center

The current U.S. immigration system provides very few legal avenues for the admission of workers needed by the U.S. economy to fill less-skilled jobs, thereby creating incentives for undocumented immigration, primarily from Mexico, in response to actual labor demand.