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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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Green cards issued to people from

Burkina Faso

Every year with data, and the category each green card came through. See Burkina Faso visa issuances.

Showing Burkina Faso.

Green cards issued · 2018
400
People from Burkina Faso, fiscal year 2018.

By year

120200190190340320340420440430400450450400570400490530630560
05200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420

By category · 2018

Select a bar above to change the year, or a category here to look at only that one. DHS prints F2A and F2B together, so they can’t be split.

  1. Spouses of U.S. citizens (IR1, CR1)150
  2. DV · Diversity lottery100
  3. Children of U.S. citizens (IR2, CR2, IR3, IR4)60
  4. Parents of U.S. citizens (IR5)40
  5. F2 · Family of green card holders (F2A, F2B)30
  6. EB-4 · Special immigrants (such as religious workers)10
  7. EB-2 · Advanced degrees and exceptional ability10

By category and year

A dash means DHS did not publish a number (very small or withheld).

Category20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005
DV · Diversity lottery808040205011010014014010017012010090909050503020
EB-1 · Priority workers10000100000000000000010
EB-4 · Special immigrants (such as religious workers)30103030301010101001010102010101010100
EB-2 · Advanced degrees and exceptional ability0200010201020000100001000100
F2 · Family of green card holders (F2A, F2B)20608050204030303030202010101000000
Children of U.S. citizens (IR2, CR2, IR3, IR4)6010050804070606060603050503020201010200
Parents of U.S. citizens (IR5)6070505030604040301010101010101000100
Spouses of U.S. citizens (IR1, CR1)30029028026021026015015018020019022024018018020012012012090
All together560630530490400570400450450400430440420340320340190190200120

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Homeland Security Statistics, by fiscal year. Rounded to the nearest 10. Family, employment and diversity categories only. Unofficial.