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