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TABLE 12.— PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES AS NONIMMIGRANTS, BY 

 CATEGORY AND REGION OF LAST PERMANENT RESIDENCE,! FISCAL YEARS 1965 »-70 



Region of last permanent residence 



North 



and All 



All Central South other 



Nonimmigrant category regions Europe Asia America America Africa areas 



1970 



Total nonimmigrants 5,365 1,498 2,308 838 451 150 120 



Exchange visitors 5,008 1,235 2,294 784 443 138 114 



Other nonimmigrants' 357 263 14 54 8 12 6 



1969 



Total nonimmigrants 4,759 1,261 2,216 684 363 119 116 



Exchange visitors 4,460 1,029 2,191 652 360 115 113 



Other nonimmigrants' 299 232 25 32 3 4 3 



1968 



Total nonimmigrants 5,997 1,424 3,286 708 370 126 83 



Exchange visitors 5/701 U76 37268 684 367 125 81 



Other nonimmigrants* 296 248 18 24 3 1 2 



1967 



Total nonimmigrants 5,631 1,509 3,079 605 208 101 129 



Exchange visitors slii 1^234 i^MT 532 204 100 127 



. Other nonimmigrants' 367 275 12 73 4 1 2 



1966 



Total nonimmigrants 4.553 1,008 2,567 588 212 («) «178 



Exchange visitors 4,370 8% 2,543 546 211 (♦) '174 



Other nonimmigrants ' 183 112 24 42 1 («) «4 



1965 ~~ 



Total nonimmigrants 4,114 994 2,171 564 182 84 119 



Exchange visitors 3,904. 849 2,154 523 181 81 116 



Othernonimmigrants' 210 145 17 41 1 3 3 



> 1 yr. or more. ^ ■_ » 



> Although data for 1965 are available only on a calendar year basis, they appear to be largely consistent with what 

 fiscal year data could be expected to show. . 



« Includes temporary workers of distinguished merit and ability, temporary workers performing services unavailable in 

 the United States, and industrial trainees. 

 * Data for Africa, not separately available, included with all other areas. 



Source: National Science Foundation, Scientists, Engineers, and Physicians From Abroad: Trends Through Fiscal 

 Year 1970," 1972, p. 12 (based on data of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice). 



The inflow of nonimmigrant scientists and engineers, the next major 

 category and to be distinguished from the immigrant, for 1970 was 

 6,100, an increase from 5,300 in 1965. (See Tables 9-12.) Of these, 

 4,000 to 4,300 yearly were exchange visitors. The remainder were tem- 

 porary workers performing services unavailable in the United States, 

 workers of distinguished merit and ability, and industrial trainees. 



