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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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Green cards issued to people from

Korea, South

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

Showing Korea, South.

Green cards issued · 2012
20,800
People from Korea, South, fiscal year 2012.

By year

26.5K24.3K22.4K26.6K25.8K22.1K22.8K20.8K23.1K20.3K17.1K21.8K19.1K17.6K18.4K16.2K12.3K16.2K15.7K15K
05200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420

By category · 2012

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. EB-3 · Skilled workers and professionals5,110
  2. Spouses of U.S. citizens (IR1, CR1)5,000
  3. EB-2 · Advanced degrees and exceptional ability4,170
  4. EB-1 · Priority workers1,530
  5. Children of U.S. citizens (IR2, CR2, IR3, IR4)1,350
  6. Parents of U.S. citizens (IR5)1,170
  7. EB-4 · Special immigrants (such as religious workers)750
  8. F4 · Brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens540
  9. EB-5 · Investors440
  10. F3 · Married children of U.S. citizens330
  11. F2 · Family of green card holders (F2A, F2B)230
  12. F1 · Unmarried adult children of U.S. citizens170
  13. DV · Diversity lottery10

By category and year

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

Category20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005
DV · Diversity lottery103020010202010101010201010101010101010
EB-5 · Investors3405002904022064049018026011023034044026032090069037034080
EB-1 · Priority workers1,7101,8109909301,3901,2701,3601,1701,5001,3101,3301,4601,5301,1302,0102,2901,9401,4901,9003,290
EB-4 · Special immigrants (such as religious workers)1703402601804903505305004906806905007506901,4402,0301,1907101,7001,970
EB-2 · Advanced degrees and exceptional ability4,2203,7704,4902,1704,3404,3804,3704,8205,1204,5503,5507,0704,1705,8804,8004,9207,1603,5601,5901,360
EB-3 · Skilled workers and professionals2,0603,1504,3103,0804,3103,8503,8404,6606,1003,0006,0704,9305,1104,6503,0704,0205,1805,1805,3509,220
F1 · Unmarried adult children of U.S. citizens3030906060130170170120120180170170290320260320320350380
F4 · Brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens160110340704004104304804403405701,0305401,320950570610800820760
F2 · Family of green card holders (F2A, F2B)140250590510350410350370390260530320230320290220300340590420
F3 · Married children of U.S. citizens709016060140170230350290230280270330570800620820760650450
Children of U.S. citizens (IR2, CR2, IR3, IR4)2001903203703604705406506408108808001,3501,5801,8702,1901,8601,9602,5702,390
Parents of U.S. citizens (IR5)1,9301,8901,2701,1501,2601,6601,5501,4401,7301,3301,3801,3001,1701,3801,4901,7401,7201,8202,2201,530
Spouses of U.S. citizens (IR1, CR1)3,9903,5403,0303,7202,9004,6803,7504,3404,6804,3304,6104,8805,0004,6804,7706,0604,8405,0706,2504,680
All together15,03015,70016,16012,34016,23018,44017,63019,14021,77017,08020,31023,09020,80022,76022,14025,83026,64022,39024,34026,540

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.