J1 Visa Statistics
| FY 2008 | FY 2007 | FY 2006 | |||
| Russia | 31,597 | Russia | 28,906 | Russia | 28,580 |
| Germany | 25,149 | Germany | 24,657 | Germany | 23,207 |
| Brazil | 21,125 | Brazil | 18,085 | Brazil | 17,247 |
| China - mainland born | 20,578 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16,999 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16,110 |
| Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 17,568 | China - mainland born | 15,482 | Poland | 15,972 |
| Turkey | 13,038 | Poland | 12,844 | China - mainland born | 11,425 |
| France | 12,343 | Thailand | 12,754 | France | 10,998 |
| Thailand | 11,725 | France | 11,623 | Korea, South | 10,154 |
| Ukraine | 11,644 | Korea, South | 10,671 | Bulgaria | 9,521 |
| Korea, South | 10,581 | Bulgaria | 9,897 | Thailand | 9,185 |
| Ireland | 9,210 | Turkey | 9,420 | Ireland | 7,680 |
| Peru | 8,864 | Ukraine | 9,234 | Japan | 6,887 |
| Bulgaria | 7,322 | Ireland | 8,167 | Turkey | 6,807 |
| India | 6,914 | Peru | 7,398 | Romania | 6,799 |
| Colombia | 6,680 | Japan | 6,913 | Ukraine | 6,622 |
| Japan | 6,586 | Romania | 6,275 | Slovakia | 6,207 |
| Poland | 6,297 | Colombia | 5,891 | Australia | 5,235 |
| Moldova | 6,099 | India | 5,844 | Mexico | 5,143 |
| Mexico | 6,082 | Mexico | 5,834 | Peru | 5,009 |
| Kazakhstan | 5,196 | Moldova | 5,763 | Colombia | 4,837 |
| China - Taiwan born | 4,937 | Slovakia | 5,091 | Italy | 4,699 |
| Spain | 4,926 | Australia | 4,989 | India | 4,367 |
| Italy | 4,905 | Argentina | 4,746 | Spain | 4,325 |
| Australia | 4,855 | Kazakhstan | 4,686 | Argentina | 3,933 |
| Argentina | 4,603 | Italy | 4,650 | Czech Republic | 3,545 |
| Chile | 4,211 | Spain | 4,545 | Israel | 3,488 |
| Romania | 4,003 | Israel | 3,940 | Kazakhstan | 3,408 |
| Jamaica | 3,940 | China - Taiwan born | 3,869 | Netherlands | 3,067 |
| Israel | 3,599 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,673 | Sweden | 3,029 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3,323 | Chile | 3,649 | China - Taiwan born | 2,839 |
| Czech Republic | 3,115 | Czech Republic | 3,404 | South Africa | 2,785 |
| Netherlands | 3,088 | Sweden | 3,152 | Chile | 2,551 |
| Sweden | 3,038 | Netherlands | 3,051 | Dominican Republic | 2,195 |
| Slovakia | 2,994 | Jamaica | 2,763 | Moldova | 2,162 |
| Ecuador | 2,673 | Ecuador | 2,752 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2,126 |
| South Africa | 2,549 | South Africa | 2,546 | Ecuador | 2,113 |
| Norway | 2,106 | Dominican Republic | 2,148 | Lithuania | 1,995 |
| Belarus | 2,035 | Denmark | 1,915 | Belarus | 1,909 |
| Austria | 1,961 | Austria | 1,818 | Denmark | 1,858 |
| Hungary | 1,947 | Egypt | 1,803 | Jamaica | 1,799 |
| Egypt | 1,925 | Belarus | 1,746 | Austria | 1,798 |
| Philippines | 1,796 | Philippines | 1,733 | New Zealand | 1,638 |
| Denmark | 1,794 | Norway | 1,697 | Norway | 1,613 |
| Macedonia | 1,664 | Lithuania | 1,662 | Philippines | 1,564 |
| New Zealand | 1,598 | Hungary | 1,626 | Egypt | 1,558 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,529 | New Zealand | 1,606 | Switzerland | 1,453 |
| Switzerland | 1,490 | Hong Kong S.A.R. | 1,482 | Hungary | 1,413 |
| Ghana | 1,353 | Switzerland | 1,472 | Hong Kong S.A.R. | 1,145 |
| Indonesia | 1,332 | Macedonia | 1,336 | Indonesia | 1,135 |
| Vietnam | 1,323 | Vietnam | 1,291 | Finland | 1,096 |
| Hong Kong S.A.R. | 1,274 | Indonesia | 1,207 | Vietnam | 983 |
| Finland | 1,238 | Finland | 1,170 | Belgium | 959 |
| Lithuania | 1,145 | Belgium | 1,019 | Singapore | 895 |
| Singapore | 1,124 | Singapore | 1,010 | Pakistan | 804 |
| Belgium | 1,067 | Pakistan | 975 | Venezuela | 744 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1,038 | Venezuela | 793 | Macedonia | 679 |
| Pakistan | 1,027 | Jordan | 793 | Uzbekistan | 663 |
| Jordan | 946 | Kyrgyzstan | 729 | Costa Rica | 651 |
| Malaysia | 877 | Greece | 689 | Croatia | 651 |
| Portugal | 725 | Malaysia | 678 | Greece | 648 |
| Greece | 720 | Costa Rica | 659 | Jordan | 632 |
| Nigeria | 678 | Croatia | 632 | Portugal | 613 |
| Venezuela | 670 | Portugal | 627 | Malaysia | 607 |
| Azerbaijan | 654 | Lebanon | 591 | Georgia | 596 |
| Costa Rica | 603 | Ghana | 557 | Nigeria | 467 |
| Iraq | 586 | Azerbaijan | 519 | Morocco | 464 |
| Lebanon | 572 | Nigeria | 474 | Azerbaijan | 464 |
| Croatia | 545 | Morocco | 459 | Ghana | 454 |
| Uzbekistan | 540 | Uzbekistan | 457 | Lebanon | 435 |
| Georgia | 493 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 456 | Estonia | 424 |
| Morocco | 471 | Estonia | 452 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 403 |
| Bolivia | 456 | Georgia | 439 | Armenia | 392 |
| Paraguay | 456 | Armenia | 403 | Panama | 350 |
| Kenya | 454 | Panama | 366 | Kyrgyzstan | 327 |
| Estonia | 427 | Bolivia | 366 | Mongolia | 318 |
| Afghanistan | 407 | Kenya | 347 | Kenya | 290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 395 | Iran | 344 | Uruguay | 289 |
| Iran | 388 | Afghanistan | 331 | Bolivia | 280 |
| Mongolia | 386 | Paraguay | 324 | Afghanistan | 258 |
| Tajikistan | 386 | Bangladesh | 313 | Latvia | 253 |
| Armenia | 385 | Tajikistan | 308 | Albania | 249 |
| Panama | 369 | Guatemala | 293 | Tunisia | 246 |
| Saudi Arabia | 346 | Uruguay | 253 | Guatemala | 239 |
| Nepal | 318 | Turkmenistan | 245 | Bangladesh | 232 |
| Guatemala | 316 | Albania | 241 | Iraq | 232 |
| Uruguay | 282 | Nepal | 239 | Slovenia | 229 |
| Albania | 260 | Mongolia | 239 | Uganda | 215 |
| Bangladesh | 251 | Saudi Arabia | 230 | Saudi Arabia | 211 |
| El Salvador | 247 | Iraq | 225 | Tajikistan | 209 |
| Turkmenistan | 239 | Uganda | 222 | Iran | 208 |
| Palestinian Authority Travel Document | 236 | Latvia | 221 | Turkmenistan | 207 |
| Tunisia | 203 | Cyprus | 205 | ||
| Tunisia | 235 | Nicaragua | 198 | Palestinian Authority Travel Document | 204 |
| Nicaragua | 233 | El Salvador | 190 | Nepal | 200 |
| Cyprus | 218 | Sri Lanka | 186 | Paraguay | 200 |
| Tanzania | 214 | Slovenia | 186 | Cameroon | 188 |
| Honduras | 211 | Tanzania | 181 | Iceland | 185 |
| Algeria | 210 | Palestinian Authority Travel Document | 181 | Nicaragua | 176 |
| Syria | 188 | Honduras | 176 | Syria | 175 |
| Slovenia | 188 | Cyprus | 176 | Sri Lanka | 165 |
Source: U.S. Department of State (DOS)
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