Approvals and refusals worldwide

BBBCC · Border crossing card – Mexico

A combined B-1/B-2 visitor visa and border crossing card issued to citizens of Mexico. How many applications were approved and refused, every fiscal year with data.

Source: U.S. Department of State, NIV workload by visa category · Unofficial

Visa category

BBBCC visas · FY2017

73% approved

1,030,460 approved (issued) · 373,041 refused · 1,403,501 applications, worldwide.

Approved share by year

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Every year

Fiscal year	Approved	Refused	Applications	Approved %
FY2024	1,871,765	309,450	2,181,216	86%
FY2023	1,776,152	215,926	1,992,078	89%
FY2022	1,182,329	74,366	1,256,695	94%
FY2021	470,501	18,665	489,166	96%
FY2019	1,042,961	410,303	1,453,264	72%
FY2018	962,888	404,133	1,367,021	70%
FY2017	1,030,460	373,041	1,403,501	73%
FY2016	1,060,390	407,651	1,468,041	72%
FY2015	1,166,668	377,198	1,543,866	76%
FY2014	1,200,413	290,530	1,490,943	81%

A fiscal year runs from October to September. Refused counts the applications still refused at the end of the year.

The State Department publishes refusal rates by nationality for visitor (B) visas only. For BBBCC you can see the worldwide numbers above. See B visas by nationality →

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.

BBBCC in short

How many BBBCC visa applications are approved?

Worldwide in FY2017, 1,030,460 of 1,403,501 BBBCC visa applications were approved (issued), about 73%, and 373,041 were refused. This is a group figure, not a prediction for any one person.

Visa Status is an unofficial site and does not give immigration advice. These numbers describe all applications worldwide in one fiscal year. They do not predict what will happen to any one applicant.