Visa refusal rate

Sao Tome And Principe

How often applications from Sao Tome And Principe 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) · FY2012

18% refused

About 82% approved · #117 of 201 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

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9.7%28.6%33.3%16.7%31.7%18%

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Every year

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

Fiscal year	Refused	Approved
FY2012	18%	about 82%
FY2011	31.7%	about 68%
FY2010	16.7%	about 83%
FY2009	33.3%	about 67%
FY2008	28.6%	about 71%
FY2007	9.7%	about 90%

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.

Sao Tome And Principe in short

What is the U.S. visa refusal rate for Sao Tome And Principe?

For b visas (visitors), the adjusted refusal rate for people from Sao Tome And Principe was 18% in FY2012, which means about 82% 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.