4,65 Moroccans received entrance visas to the US, 2,554 of which were issued through the Diversity Visa (DV) program for nations with low rates of immigration to the country, according to the US State Department’s Summary of Visas report.
More than 700 Moroccans received visas, 673 of which were given out as part of the Family Preference Program, which prioritizes issuing visas to family members.
3,585 Moroccans received visas in total in 2021.
2,060 were given as first-degree relatives of US citizens, 1,113 were given for a variety of reasons, 362 were given for family reasons, 34 were given as private immigrants, and 16 were given for professional reasons, according to data from the US State Department,
The report showed that more visas were issued to Moroccan immigrants in the US over the past ten years than there were in 2012—from about 1,500 to more than 2,000.
The number of visas issued fell from 1,100 to 1,300 between 2017 and 2018, slowing the flow of immigration from Morocco to the United States.
Global migration had a severe fall in 2020 because of travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. A little more than 900 visas were granted to citizens of Morocco in 2020.
The United States of America has generally issued fewer visas during the past ten years, going from issuing 235,616 visas in 2012 to issuing 170,604 visas in 2021.
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