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K-1 fiance visas for Iraq: 541 in FY2024

At 541 K-1 visas in FY2024, Iraq ranks 17th among the State Department nationality rows.

Data and content checked: 2026-11-11

The yearly record

Source nationality label Iraq. Small counts and their derived shares are withheld.
Fiscal yearK-1K-2RankWorld K-1 shareRank movement, positive is up
199777Withheld29th0.64%Unavailable
199865Withheld33rd0.50%-4
199978Withheld34th0.46%-1
200091036th0.42%-2
2001124Withheld33rd0.50%3
2002161Withheld31st0.57%2
2003129Withheld33rd0.51%-2
2004123Withheld37th0.41%-4
20052141530th0.63%7
20062061329th0.67%1
20071751134th0.53%-5
2008175Withheld33rd0.58%1
2009161Withheld33rd0.58%0
2010105046th0.34%-13
2011101Withheld40th0.41%6
201289Withheld49th0.32%-9
201343077th0.16%-28
201471Withheld73rd0.20%4
2015118Withheld53rd0.38%20
2016195Withheld40th0.51%13
2017234Withheld34th0.67%6
2018137Withheld36th0.56%-2
2019331Withheld23rd0.92%13
2020117Withheld36th0.69%-13
202199048th0.52%-12
2022273Withheld20th1.28%28
2023209Withheld26th1.05%-6
2024541Withheld17th1.14%9
2025Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained
2026Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained

Iraq moved from 26th in FY2023 to 17th in FY2024. K-1 issuances for Iraq rose from 209 to 541.

Across FY2020 to FY2024, Iraq received 1,239 K-1 visas, or 0.99% of the worldwide period total. For Iraq, the annual entries include 117 in the opening year and 273 in FY2022.

Highs, lows and annual changes

The annual range for Iraq runs from 43 in FY2013 to 541 in FY2024, among publishable K-1 entries. The history for Iraq begins in FY1997 with 77 visas. The latest count for Iraq is 541 in FY2024.

Iraq gained 332 visas in its biggest consecutive-year increase, rising from 209 in FY2023 to 541 in FY2024. The steepest count decline for Iraq was 214, from 331 to 117 over FY2019 to FY2020.

Rank, volume and worldwide share

Iraq reached 17th at its highest visible annual position, in FY2024, with 541 K-1 visas and 1.14% of worldwide issuances. At the other end of the rank range, Iraq was 77th in FY2013, when it received 43 visas, a 0.16% worldwide share. The latest rank is 17th.

Iraq recorded 331 K-1 visas in FY2019 and 541 in FY2024, an endpoint change of 63.44%. Its FY2014 total was 71, giving an endpoint change of 661.97% through the latest year. The preceding annual Iraq total was 209 in FY2023.

Iraq reached its maximum visible world share in FY2022, at 1.28%, with 273 of 21,351 K-1 visas worldwide. The volume maximum for Iraq is 541 in FY2024. In FY2024, Iraq received 541 of the worldwide 47,579, leaving its share at 1.14%.

Of the 1,239 recent K-1 visas for Iraq, 43.66% were issued in FY2024. The opening FY2020 count of 117 contributes 9.44% to the same FY2020 to FY2024 country total. The intervening Iraq entries include 273 in FY2022 and 209 in FY2023.

The recent-period world share for Iraq is 0.99%, alongside 1.14% for FY2024 alone. Subtracting the period share from the latest share gives 0.14 percentage points for Iraq. Earlier share observations include 0.64% in FY1997, with 77 visas, and 1.05% in FY2023.

Iraq began its publishable record with 77 K-1 and a withheld K-2 cell in FY1997, rank 29th with 0.64% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 65 K-1 and a withheld K-2 cell in FY1998, rank 33rd with 0.50% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 78 K-1 and a withheld K-2 cell in FY1999, rank 34th with 0.46% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 91 K-1 and 0 K-2 visas in FY2000, rank 36th with 0.42% of worldwide K-1 issuances.

Children and the latest comparison

The latest K-2 child-visa cell for Iraq is withheld under the publication floor. The largest visible child-category count is 15 in FY2005, beside 214 K-1 visas, or 7.0 per 100 K-1 issuances.

Pakistan is next to Iraq in the recent-volume ordering. Its 1,202 K-1 visas compare with 1,239 for Iraq over FY2020 to FY2024. In FY2024, Pakistan has 422 against 541 for Iraq.