Type and class of admission	Number				Percent Change
Immigrants Admitted from Trinidad and Tobago 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	19,342	28,393	26,006	14,076	−27.2	−45.9
Family-related visas	16,917	22,879	23,731	13,553	−19.9	−42.9
Family preferences	12,533	9,676	6,323	2,799	−77.7	−55.7
First	642	2,433	2,502	1,079	68.1	−56.9
Second	8,056	3,508	896	493	−93.9	−45.0
Third (Fourth preference prior to 1992)	1,872	2,080	1,061	416	−77.8	−60.8
Fourth (Fifth preference prior to 1992)	1,963	1,655	1,864	811	−58.7	−56.5
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens	4,384	13,203	17,408	10,754	145.3	−38.2
Spouses	2,914	7,666	11,381	6,451	121.4	−43.3
Children	742	4,190	3,867	1,224	65.0	−68.4
Parents	728	1,347	2,160	3,079	322.9	42.6
Employment preferences	1,546	4,913	1,969	290	−81.2	−85.3
First	-	28	24	8	-	−66.7
Second	-	405	25	24	-	−4.0
Third	-	3,340	1,642	188	-	−88.6
Skilled workers	-	1,106	1,145	167	-	−85.4
Needed unskilled workers	-	2,234	497	21	-	−95.8
Fourth	-	1,140	258	70	-	−72.9
Fifth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Third preference	136	-	-	-	-	-
Pre-1992 Sixth preference	1,410	-	-	-	-	-
Diversity	284	363	144	36	−87.3	−75.0
Refugees/Asylees	-	3	15	4	-	−73.3
Other	595	235	124	193	−67.6	55.7