Presidential Determinations

Each year, the President after consulting with Congress and refugee-related agencies provides the designated nationalities and processing priorities for refugee resettlement for the upcoming year and determines annual ceilings on the total number of refugees to be admitted to the country from each region.

For more background information, please see "Refugee Admission Levels" section or History of US Resettlement Program.


Click below to find the presidential determination for each year:

Presidential Determination for Fiscal Year 2010