Guatemala
Central America · U.S. visa issuance trends and, where public, enforcement data by nationality.
What this means for you
Guatemala H-1B applicants
- Guatemala accounted for 220 of 399,395 U.S. H-1B approvals in FY2024 — about 0%. Reported
- Guatemala is a smaller source of H-1B workers, so program-wide changes tend to affect it roughly in proportion to its share. Reported
Students from Guatemala
- An estimated 5,000 F-1 student visas went to Guatemala nationals in FY2025 (apportioned from the national total). Estimated
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What changed that may affect Guatemala
Documents that mention Guatemala
Guatemala appears in the text of these documents, but they do not name it when defining who they apply to. That is OUR match, not the publisher's statement of scope — read the original before relying on it.
Why so few changes are listed here
This is a statement about what we can prove, not about what has happened. Most U.S. immigration rules do not name a country or visa category when they describe who they cover — they apply by status, category, or circumstance. We only attach a change to this country when the document itself names it, because the alternative is telling someone a rule affects them when it does not.
Changes that affect Guatemala without naming it are still in the archive. The full archive of 594 changes is searchable, and these are usually the faster route:
Visa issuance by fiscal year
Estimated H-1B and F-1 issuances to nationals of Guatemala
View the 6 data points behind this chart
Estimated H-1B and F-1 issuances to nationals of Guatemala. 6 rows · FY21 to FY26 · H-1B visas, F-1 visas.
| Period | H-1B visas | F-1 visas |
|---|---|---|
| FY21 | 224 | 4,771 |
| FY22 | 243 | 5,482 |
| FY23 | 213 | 5,937 |
| FY24 | 220 | 5,347 |
| FY25 | 197 | 4,960 |
| FY26 | 220 | 2,427 |
Border encounters by nationality
Enforcement by nationality
Guatemala: common questions
How many H-1B visas go to Guatemala nationals?
An estimated 220 H-1B visas were attributed to Guatemala nationals in FY2024, apportioned from reported U.S. government totals by Guatemala's share of visa flow. Country-level splits are estimates, not official per-country counts.
How many F-1 student visas go to Guatemala?
An estimated 5,000 F-1 student visas went to Guatemala nationals in the latest complete fiscal year, apportioned from the national State Department total.
How many Guatemala nationals were removed from the U.S.?
Public data attributed about 51,200 removals and 48,000 ICE arrests to Guatemala nationals in the latest reported year. Enforcement counts describe events involving people of a nationality and are not the same individuals across datasets.
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