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K-1 fiance visas for Iran: 489 in FY2024

At 489 K-1 visas in FY2024, Iran ranks 20th among the State Department nationality rows.

Data and content checked: 2026-11-11

The yearly record

Source nationality label Iran. Small counts and their derived shares are withheld.
Fiscal yearK-1K-2RankWorld K-1 shareRank movement, positive is up
199730917tenth2.56%Unavailable
19982512013th1.94%-3
1999259Withheld15th1.52%-2
20002811215th1.31%0
20013621613th1.45%2
20023642115th1.28%-2
20032721720th1.07%-5
20043472418th1.17%2
20054962715th1.46%3
20063161121st1.03%-6
20073662420th1.10%1
20083502422nd1.16%-2
20093992722nd1.44%0
20104483019th1.45%3
20113622418th1.47%1
20124072518th1.47%0
20133611518th1.37%0
20145153217th1.43%1
20153571419th1.15%-2
20163561925th0.93%-6
20173362222nd0.97%3
201843Withheld74th0.17%-52
201960Withheld81st0.17%-7
20202451417th1.45%64
2021132Withheld41st0.69%-24
20221881426th0.88%15
20232151522nd1.08%4
20244892120th1.03%2
2025Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained
2026Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained

Iran moved from 22nd in FY2023 to 20th in FY2024. K-1 issuances for Iran rose from 215 to 489.

Across FY2020 to FY2024, Iran received 1,269 K-1 visas, or 1.02% of the worldwide period total. For Iran, the annual entries include 245 in the opening year and 188 in FY2022.

Highs, lows and annual changes

The annual range for Iran runs from 43 in FY2018 to 515 in FY2014, among publishable K-1 entries. The history for Iran begins in FY1997 with 309 visas. The latest count for Iran is 489 in FY2024.

Iran gained 274 visas in its biggest consecutive-year increase, rising from 215 in FY2023 to 489 in FY2024. The steepest count decline for Iran was 293, from 336 to 43 over FY2017 to FY2018.

Rank, volume and worldwide share

Iran reached tenth at its highest visible annual position, in FY1997, with 309 K-1 visas and 2.56% of worldwide issuances. At the other end of the rank range, Iran was 81st in FY2019, when it received 60 visas, a 0.17% worldwide share. The latest rank is 20th.

Iran recorded 60 K-1 visas in FY2019 and 489 in FY2024, an endpoint change of 715.00%. Its FY2014 total was 515, giving an endpoint change of -5.05% through the latest year. The preceding annual Iran total was 215 in FY2023.

Iran reached its maximum visible world share in FY1997, at 2.56%, with 309 of 12,088 K-1 visas worldwide. The volume maximum for Iran is 515 in FY2014. In FY2024, Iran received 489 of the worldwide 47,579, leaving its share at 1.03%.

Of the 1,269 recent K-1 visas for Iran, 38.53% were issued in FY2024. The opening FY2020 count of 245 contributes 19.31% to the same FY2020 to FY2024 country total. The intervening Iran entries include 188 in FY2022 and 215 in FY2023.

The recent-period world share for Iran is 1.02%, alongside 1.03% for FY2024 alone. Subtracting the period share from the latest share gives 0.01 percentage points for Iran. Earlier share observations include 2.56% in FY1997, with 309 visas, and 1.08% in FY2023.

Iran began its publishable record with 309 K-1 and 17 K-2 visas in FY1997, rank tenth with 2.56% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 251 K-1 and 20 K-2 visas in FY1998, rank 13th with 1.94% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 259 K-1 and a withheld K-2 cell in FY1999, rank 15th with 1.52% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 281 K-1 and 12 K-2 visas in FY2000, rank 15th with 1.31% of worldwide K-1 issuances.

Children and the latest comparison

For the K-2 child category, Iran has 21 visas in FY2024. The child-series high for Iran of 32 came in FY2014. The K-1 volume for Iran that year was 515, giving 6.2 child visas per 100 K-1 visas.

Venezuela is next to Iran in the recent-volume ordering. Its 1,243 K-1 visas compare with 1,269 for Iran over FY2020 to FY2024. In FY2024, Venezuela has 367 against 489 for Iran.