Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Pakistan 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	9,803	23,632	22,468	19,206	95.9	−14.5
Family-related visas	7,944	18,041	18,972	17,264	117.3	−9.0
Family preferences	5,460	8,931	7,035	7,539	38.1	7.2
First	39	658	448	170	335.9	−62.1
Second	2,815	5,777	2,368	2,661	−5.5	12.4
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	217	503	1,207	895	312.4	−25.9
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	2,389	1,993	3,012	3,813	59.6	26.6
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	2,484	9,110	11,937	9,725	291.5	−18.5
Spouses	1,569	3,928	6,244	5,581	255.7	−10.6
Children	245	3,633	3,702	1,427	482.5	−61.5
Parents	670	1,549	1,991	2,717	305.5	36.5
Employment preferences	806	1,639	1,710	948	17.6	−44.6
First	-	445	188	91	-	−51.6
Second	-	164	295	285	-	−3.4
Third	-	715	997	311	-	−68.8
Skilled workers	-	676	971	306	-	−68.5
Needed unskilled workers	-	39	26	5	-	−80.8
Fourth	-	315	209	252	-	20.6
Fifth	-	-	-	9	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	311	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	495	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	678	3,117	241	-	-	-
Refugees/Asylees	101	280	1,388	880	771.3	−36.6
Other	274	555	135	114	−58.4	−15.6