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K-1 fiance visas for Russia: 479 in FY2024

At 479 K-1 visas in FY2024, Russia ranks 21st among the State Department nationality rows.

Data and content checked: 2026-11-11

The yearly record

Source nationality label Russia. Small counts and their derived shares are withheld.
Fiscal yearK-1K-2RankWorld K-1 shareRank movement, positive is up
1997747265third6.18%Unavailable
1998816318third6.29%0
19991,189494third6.98%0
20001,666701third7.76%0
20011,844745fourth7.38%-1
20021,488591fourth5.25%0
20031,559544fourth6.16%0
20041,687616third5.69%1
20051,477499fourth4.36%-1
20061,420485fourth4.64%0
20071,340367fifth4.04%-1
2008945244seventh3.12%-2
2009775190ninth2.80%-2
2010778227tenth2.51%-1
201163016011th2.56%-1
201259614013th2.15%-2
2013741151ninth2.82%4
201470512312th1.96%-3
201557710513th1.86%-1
201664111814th1.67%-1
20175759915th1.65%-1
20183877815th1.57%0
201981514711th2.27%4
20202775315th1.64%-4
20212464820th1.28%-5
20224158011th1.94%9
20232866417th1.44%-6
20244798821st1.01%-4
2025Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained
2026Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained

Russia moved from 17th in FY2023 to 21st in FY2024. K-1 issuances for Russia rose from 286 to 479.

Across FY2020 to FY2024, Russia received 1,703 K-1 visas, or 1.36% of the worldwide period total. For Russia, the annual entries include 277 in the opening year and 415 in FY2022.

Highs, lows and annual changes

The annual range for Russia runs from 246 in FY2021 to 1,844 in FY2001, among publishable K-1 entries. The history for Russia begins in FY1997 with 747 visas. The latest count for Russia is 479 in FY2024.

Russia gained 477 visas in its biggest consecutive-year increase, rising from 1,189 in FY1999 to 1,666 in FY2000. The steepest count decline for Russia was 538, from 815 to 277 over FY2019 to FY2020.

Rank, volume and worldwide share

Russia reached third at its highest visible annual position, in FY1997, with 747 K-1 visas and 6.18% of worldwide issuances. At the other end of the rank range, Russia was 21st in FY2024, when it received 479 visas, a 1.01% worldwide share. The latest rank is 21st.

Russia recorded 815 K-1 visas in FY2019 and 479 in FY2024, an endpoint change of -41.23%. Its FY2014 total was 705, giving an endpoint change of -32.06% through the latest year. The preceding annual Russia total was 286 in FY2023.

Russia reached its maximum visible world share in FY2000, at 7.76%, with 1,666 of 21,471 K-1 visas worldwide. The volume maximum for Russia is 1,844 in FY2001. In FY2024, Russia received 479 of the worldwide 47,579, leaving its share at 1.01%.

Of the 1,703 recent K-1 visas for Russia, 28.13% were issued in FY2024. The opening FY2020 count of 277 contributes 16.27% to the same FY2020 to FY2024 country total. The intervening Russia entries include 415 in FY2022 and 286 in FY2023.

The recent-period world share for Russia is 1.36%, alongside 1.01% for FY2024 alone. Subtracting the period share from the latest share gives -0.36 percentage points for Russia. Earlier share observations include 6.18% in FY1997, with 747 visas, and 1.44% in FY2023.

Russia began its publishable record with 747 K-1 and 265 K-2 visas in FY1997, rank third with 6.18% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 816 K-1 and 318 K-2 visas in FY1998, rank third with 6.29% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 1,189 K-1 and 494 K-2 visas in FY1999, rank third with 6.98% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 1,666 K-1 and 701 K-2 visas in FY2000, rank third with 7.76% of worldwide K-1 issuances.

Children and the latest comparison

For the K-2 child category, Russia has 88 visas in FY2024. The child-series high for Russia of 745 came in FY2001. The K-1 volume for Russia that year was 1,844, giving 40.4 child visas per 100 K-1 visas.

Ethiopia is next to Russia in the recent-volume ordering. Its 1,643 K-1 visas compare with 1,703 for Russia over FY2020 to FY2024. In FY2024, Ethiopia has 780 against 479 for Russia.