Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Colombia by Class of Admission
New York City, 1982 to 2021
Type and class of admission	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	80s to 10s	00s to 10s
TOTAL	26,834	22,097	22,312	15,282	−43.1	−31.5
Family-related visas	24,874	19,666	20,205	14,297	−42.5	−29.2
Family preferences	14,320	7,317	4,536	3,306	−76.9	−27.1
First	267	1,036	1,406	662	147.9	−52.9
Second	10,703	4,279	1,564	1,218	−88.6	−22.1
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	659	579	547	299	−54.6	−45.3
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	2,691	1,423	1,019	1,127	−58.1	10.6
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	10,554	12,349	15,669	10,991	4.1	−29.9
Spouses	6,994	7,157	9,765	7,039	0.6	−27.9
Children	2,043	3,266	3,535	1,756	−14.1	−50.3
Parents	1,517	1,926	2,369	2,196	44.8	−7.3
Employment preferences	1,479	1,424	1,190	655	−55.7	−45.0
First	-	52	117	107	-	−8.6
Second	-	32	147	212	-	44.2
Third	-	1,180	801	195	-	−75.7
Skilled workers	-	671	672	190	-	−71.7
Needed unskilled workers	-	509	129	5	-	−96.1
Fourth	-	156	109	141	-	29.4
Fifth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	71	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	1,408	4	-	-	-	-
Diversity	1	65	-	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	8	7	759	161	1,912.5	−78.8
Other	472	935	154	169	−64.2	9.7