E-2 visas
25,500: Number of E-2 visas issued to investors and family members in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2010.
13.4%: Decline in the number of E-2 visas issued over the five-year period that ended in fiscal 2010.
8,578: Number of E-2 visas issued to Japanese nationals in fiscal 2010, the largest number that went to any of the 80 countries whose citizens are eligible to apply for E-2 visas.
Source: U.S. State Department
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