Visa refusals
Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2014. Approved means the visa was issued. These are group figures, not a prediction for any one person.
Source: U.S. Department of State, NIV workload by visa category · Unofficial
Visa types with at least 100 applications
| Visa type | Applications | Approved | Refused | Approved % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | 7,944,862 | 6,276,997 | 1,667,865 | 79% |
| BBBCC | 1,490,943 | 1,200,413 | 290,530 | 81% |
| F1 | 768,631 | 595,569 | 173,062 | 77% |
| J1 | 373,860 | 331,068 | 42,792 | 89% |
| C1/D | 286,778 | 267,998 | 18,780 | 93% |
| B2 | 230,776 | 126,539 | 104,237 | 55% |
| H1B | 179,408 | 161,369 | 18,039 | 90% |
| H4 | 118,179 | 109,147 | 9,032 | 92% |
| A2 | 117,329 | 101,436 | 15,893 | 86% |
| H2A | 98,982 | 89,274 | 9,708 | 90% |
| L2 | 88,255 | 78,108 | 10,147 | 89% |
| L1 | 85,297 | 71,513 | 13,784 | 84% |
| H2B | 78,635 | 68,102 | 10,533 | 87% |
| B1 | 60,436 | 44,880 | 15,556 | 74% |
| J2 | 50,615 | 42,108 | 8,507 | 83% |
| E2 | 46,607 | 36,825 | 9,782 | 79% |
| F2 | 43,677 | 31,732 | 11,945 | 73% |
| BBBCV | 37,854 | 32,471 | 5,383 | 86% |
| P1 | 27,209 | 23,335 | 3,874 | 86% |
| G4 | 24,340 | 22,158 | 2,182 | 91% |
| C1 | 16,548 | 13,606 | 2,942 | 82% |
| G2 | 16,472 | 14,491 | 1,981 | 88% |
| I | 15,821 | 13,674 | 2,147 | 86% |
| M1 | 15,386 | 11,706 | 3,680 | 76% |
| O1 | 15,164 | 12,706 | 2,458 | 84% |
| A1 | 13,001 | 10,612 | 2,389 | 82% |
| TN | 12,633 | 11,207 | 1,426 | 89% |
| C3 | 11,837 | 11,554 | 283 | 98% |
| P3 | 11,043 | 8,238 | 2,805 | 75% |
| E1 | 9,331 | 7,330 | 2,001 | 79% |
| TD | 8,054 | 7,371 | 683 | 92% |
| D | 7,101 | 6,236 | 865 | 88% |
| O2 | 7,054 | 6,251 | 803 | 89% |
| G1 | 6,862 | 5,369 | 1,493 | 78% |
| NATO2 | 5,925 | 5,729 | 196 | 97% |
| R1 | 5,632 | 4,599 | 1,033 | 82% |
| K2 | 5,188 | 5,100 | 88 | 98% |
| E3 | 5,032 | 4,492 | 540 | 89% |
| O3 | 4,063 | 3,473 | 590 | 85% |
| E3D | 3,411 | 3,083 | 328 | 90% |
| CW1 | 3,308 | 2,112 | 1,196 | 64% |
| H3 | 2,691 | 2,239 | 452 | 83% |
| U3 | 2,464 | 1,756 | 708 | 71% |
| Q1 | 2,270 | 2,036 | 234 | 90% |
| R2 | 2,071 | 1,524 | 547 | 74% |
| A3 | 2,013 | 1,203 | 810 | 60% |
| E3R | 1,349 | 1,259 | 90 | 93% |
| P4 | 1,214 | 1,004 | 210 | 83% |
| H1B1 | 957 | 870 | 87 | 91% |
| CW2 | 952 | 557 | 395 | 59% |
| G5 | 916 | 643 | 273 | 70% |
| M2 | 663 | 504 | 159 | 76% |
| T3 | 501 | 370 | 131 | 74% |
| NATO6 | 475 | 426 | 49 | 90% |
| F3 | 427 | 403 | 24 | 94% |
| K3 | 420 | 392 | 28 | 93% |
| U1 | 361 | 149 | 212 | 41% |
| G3 | 314 | 247 | 67 | 79% |
| U2 | 254 | 147 | 107 | 58% |
| NATO4 | 214 | 211 | 3 | 99% |
| P2 | 169 | 148 | 21 | 88% |
| T2 | 158 | 115 | 43 | 73% |
| E2C | 110 | 65 | 45 | 59% |
| U4 | 97 | 44 | 53 | 45% |
| U5 | 96 | 63 | 33 | 66% |
| K4 | 76 | 71 | 5 | 93% |
| NATO5 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 91% |
| T4 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 50% |
| N8 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 42% |
| T5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% |
| NATO1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 100% |
| C2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| N9 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% |
| S7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| NATO3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| NATO7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| T1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| H1C | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| M3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| S5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| S6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Visa types with at least 100 applications
The State Department counts refused applications that were still refused at the end of the fiscal year (October to September).