Visa refusal rate

Mauritania

How often applications from Mauritania were refused or approved, fiscal year by fiscal year.

Source: U.S. Department of State, visa statistics · Unofficial

Visa category

Fiscal year

Nationality

B visas (visitors) · FY2025

67.6% refused

About 32% approved · #19 of 198 nationalities, where #1 has the highest refusal rate. A group figure, not a prediction for any one person.

Refusal rate by year

Choose a year

56.5%59.1%51%54.1%49.7%61.5%54.7%50%52.2%61.5%71.5%67.3%61.6%

Every year

The State Department's adjusted refusal rate. Approved is what is left after the refusals.

Fiscal year	Refused	Approved
FY2025	67.6%	about 32%
FY2024	70.1%	about 30%
FY2023	76.4%	about 24%
FY2022	89.7%	about 10%
FY2021	83.1%	about 17%
FY2020	80.2%	about 20%
FY2019	67.8%	about 32%
FY2018	61.6%	about 38%
FY2017	67.3%	about 33%
FY2016	71.5%	about 29%
FY2015	61.5%	about 39%
FY2014	52.2%	about 48%
FY2013	50%	about 50%
FY2012	54.7%	about 45%
FY2011	61.5%	about 39%
FY2010	49.7%	about 50%
FY2009	54.1%	about 46%
FY2008	51%	about 49%
FY2007	59.1%	about 41%
FY2006	56.5%	about 44%

A fiscal year runs from October to September (FY2025 is October 2024 to September 2025). This is for visitor (B) visas only.

In plain words

Refusal rate: Out of 100 people who applied, how many were told no. A 20% refusal rate means about 20 in 100 were refused.
Adjusted: The State Department leaves out people who were refused for paperwork reasons and later got the visa, so the number is fairer.
Approved: The visa was issued. We show it as what is left after the refusals.
Applications (workload): Everyone the embassies decided on in the year: visas issued plus visas refused.
Fiscal year (FY): The U.S. government year, October to September. FY2025 is October 2024 to September 2025.

Mauritania in short

What is the U.S. visa refusal rate for Mauritania?

For b visas (visitors), the adjusted refusal rate for people from Mauritania was 67.6% in FY2025, which means about 32% of applications were approved. It is a group figure for one fiscal year, not a prediction for any one person.

Visa Status is an unofficial site and does not give immigration advice. A refusal rate describes all applications from a country in one year. It does not predict what will happen to any one applicant.