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K-1 fiance visas for Vietnam: 2,208 in FY2024

Vietnam accounted for 4.64% of K-1 fiance visas issued worldwide in FY2024, with 2,208 issuances.

Data and content checked: 2026-11-11

The yearly record

Source nationality label Vietnam. Small counts and their derived shares are withheld.
Fiscal yearK-1K-2RankWorld K-1 shareRank movement, positive is up
199774563fourth6.16%Unavailable
199883055second6.40%2
19991,29687second7.61%0
20001,546114fourth7.20%-2
20013,229253first12.93%3
20023,849341first13.58%0
20033,627295first14.33%0
20044,278389first14.42%0
20053,836299second11.31%-1
20063,155272second10.32%0
20072,123166third6.40%-1
20081,674147fourth5.53%-1
200993558fourth3.38%0
20106575013th2.12%-9
201187273sixth3.55%7
2012924108sixth3.34%0
201375297seventh2.86%-1
20141,521218fourth4.23%3
20151,501196second4.85%2
20161,928267third5.02%-1
20172,003330second5.76%1
20181,502283second6.09%0
20191,782386second4.97%0
2020861192third5.11%-1
2021681138fifth3.54%-2
2022618137eighth2.89%-3
2023610108seventh3.08%1
20242,208415third4.64%4
2025Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained
2026Not obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtainedNot obtained

For FY2024, Vietnam ranks third with 2,208 K-1 issuances. A year earlier it ranked seventh, with 610 visas. The latest share for Vietnam is 4.64% of the 47,579 K-1 visas issued worldwide.

The FY2020 to FY2024 sum is 4,978 for Vietnam. The worldwide share for Vietnam over that period is 3.99%. Within the recent window for Vietnam, FY2020 recorded 861 and FY2022 recorded 618.

Highs, lows and annual changes

Vietnam has a visible low of 610 K-1 visas in FY2023, compared with a high of 4,278 in FY2004. The first publishable row for Vietnam, FY1997, lists 745, and the latest lists 2,208.

The sharpest increase for Vietnam was 1,683 K-1 visas, from 1,546 in FY2000 to 3,229 in FY2001. The sharpest decline for Vietnam ran from 3,155 in FY2006 to 2,123 in FY2007, a loss of 1,032.

Rank, volume and worldwide share

Vietnam first attained its best publishable position of first in FY2001, with 3,229 K-1 issuances and a 12.93% world share. Its lowest position is 13th in FY2010, when 657 issuances gave it 2.12% worldwide. The FY2024 position is third.

Vietnam has a 23.91% K-1 change between FY2019 and FY2024, moving from 1,782 to 2,208 issuances. Its FY2014 count of 1,521 gives a 45.17% endpoint change through FY2024. The annual row immediately before the latest has 610 visas in FY2023.

Vietnam holds its highest visible worldwide share at 14.42% in FY2004, receiving 4,278 of 29,658 K-1 visas. The volume peak is 4,278 in FY2004. For FY2024, the Vietnam figures are 2,208 of 47,579 worldwide, a 4.64% share.

Vietnam received 4,978 K-1 visas across FY2020 to FY2024, with 44.36% arriving in the latest year. Its FY2020 count of 861 accounts for 17.30% of the period sum. The Vietnam annual path also includes 618 in FY2022 and 610 in FY2023.

The combined recent K-1 world share for Vietnam is 3.99%. Its latest 4.64% leaves a difference of 0.65 percentage points after subtracting the period share. Other Vietnam share checkpoints are 6.16% in FY1997, when there were 745 K-1 visas, and 3.08% in FY2023.

The first published observations for Vietnam include 745 K-1 and 63 K-2 visas in FY1997, rank fourth with 6.16% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 830 K-1 and 55 K-2 visas in FY1998, rank second with 6.40% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 1,296 K-1 and 87 K-2 visas in FY1999, rank second with 7.61% of worldwide K-1 issuances, 1,546 K-1 and 114 K-2 visas in FY2000, rank fourth with 7.20% of worldwide K-1 issuances.

Children and the latest comparison

Alongside the latest K-1 total, Vietnam has 415 K-2 visas in FY2024. The child-visa maximum for Vietnam is 415 in FY2024. With 2,208 K-1 visas then, the child-to-principal ratio for Vietnam is 18.8 per 100.

Vietnam sits alongside the Dominican Republic in the selected recent-volume list. The period totals for Vietnam and the Dominican Republic are 4,978 and 4,847, respectively, for FY2020 to FY2024. In FY2024, the peer received 1,969 K-1 visas while Vietnam received 2,208.