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K-1 fiance visas for the Dominican Republic: 1,969 in FY2024

The Dominican Republic accounted for 4.14% of K-1 fiance visas issued worldwide in FY2024, with 1,969 issuances.

Data and content checked: 2026-11-11

The yearly record

Source nationality label Dominican Republic. Small counts and their derived shares are withheld.
Fiscal yearK-1K-2RankWorld K-1 shareRank movement, positive is up
19971251520th1.03%Unavailable
19981401420th1.08%0
19991502221st0.88%-1
20002303921st1.07%0
20013976412th1.59%9
20024919013th1.73%-1
2003754138tenth2.98%3
20041,027214eighth3.46%2
200592026513th2.71%-5
200643415418th1.42%-5
200760520517th1.82%1
20082,161713second7.13%15
2009817269sixth2.95%-4
20101,058289fifth3.41%1
2011845226seventh3.44%-2
20121,025308fifth3.70%2
2013870282sixth3.31%-1
20141,413424fifth3.93%1
20151,222370fifth3.95%0
20161,940634second5.05%3
20171,563476fourth4.49%-2
20181,047340fourth4.24%0
20191,270351fifth3.54%-1
2020546136fourth3.24%1
2021873268third4.54%1
2022710205fourth3.33%-1
2023749220fourth3.78%0
20241,969494fourth4.14%0
2025Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained
2026Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained

For FY2024, the Dominican Republic ranks fourth with 1,969 K-1 issuances. A year earlier it ranked fourth, with 749 visas. The latest share for the Dominican Republic is 4.14% of the 47,579 K-1 visas issued worldwide.

The FY2020 to FY2024 sum is 4,847 for the Dominican Republic. The worldwide share for the Dominican Republic over that period is 3.88%. Within the recent window for the Dominican Republic, FY2020 recorded 546 and FY2022 recorded 710.

Highs, lows and annual changes

The Dominican Republic has a visible low of 125 K-1 visas in FY1997, compared with a high of 2,161 in FY2008. The first publishable row for the Dominican Republic, FY1997, lists 125, and the latest lists 1,969.

The sharpest increase for the Dominican Republic was 1,556 K-1 visas, from 605 in FY2007 to 2,161 in FY2008. The sharpest decline for the Dominican Republic ran from 2,161 in FY2008 to 817 in FY2009, a loss of 1,344.

Rank, volume and worldwide share

The Dominican Republic first attained its best publishable position of second in FY2008, with 2,161 K-1 issuances and a 7.13% world share. Its lowest position is 21st in FY1999, when 150 issuances gave it 0.88% worldwide. The FY2024 position is fourth.

The Dominican Republic has a 55.04% K-1 change between FY2019 and FY2024, moving from 1,270 to 1,969 issuances. Its FY2014 count of 1,413 gives a 39.35% endpoint change through FY2024. The annual row immediately before the latest has 749 visas in FY2023.

The Dominican Republic holds its highest visible worldwide share at 7.13% in FY2008, receiving 2,161 of 30,288 K-1 visas. The volume peak is 2,161 in FY2008. For FY2024, the Dominican Republic figures are 1,969 of 47,579 worldwide, a 4.14% share.

The Dominican Republic received 4,847 K-1 visas across FY2020 to FY2024, with 40.62% arriving in the latest year. Its FY2020 count of 546 accounts for 11.26% of the period sum. The Dominican Republic annual path also includes 710 in FY2022 and 749 in FY2023.

The combined recent K-1 world share for the Dominican Republic is 3.88%. Its latest 4.14% leaves a difference of 0.26 percentage points after subtracting the period share. Other the Dominican Republic share checkpoints are 1.03% in FY1997, when there were 125 K-1 visas, and 3.78% in FY2023.

The first published observations for the Dominican Republic include 125 K-1 and 15 K-2 visas in FY1997, rank 20th with 1.03% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 140 K-1 and 14 K-2 visas in FY1998, rank 20th with 1.08% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 150 K-1 and 22 K-2 visas in FY1999, rank 21st with 0.88% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 230 K-1 and 39 K-2 visas in FY2000, rank 21st with 1.07% of worldwide K-1 issuances.

Children and the latest comparison

Alongside the latest K-1 total, the Dominican Republic has 494 K-2 visas in FY2024. The child-visa maximum for the Dominican Republic is 713 in FY2008. With 2,161 K-1 visas then, the child-to-principal ratio for the Dominican Republic is 33.0 per 100.

The Dominican Republic sits alongside Colombia in the selected recent-volume list. The period totals for the Dominican Republic and Colombia are 4,847 and 4,685, respectively, for FY2020 to FY2024. In FY2024, the peer received 1,863 K-1 visas while the Dominican Republic received 1,969.