Visa refusals
Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2015. 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 | 9,397,240 | 7,199,807 | 2,197,433 | 77% |
| BBBCC | 1,543,866 | 1,166,668 | 377,198 | 76% |
| F1 | 856,251 | 644,233 | 212,018 | 75% |
| J1 | 376,642 | 332,540 | 44,102 | 88% |
| C1/D | 300,102 | 280,664 | 19,438 | 94% |
| H1B | 192,194 | 172,748 | 19,446 | 90% |
| B2 | 140,626 | 63,387 | 77,239 | 45% |
| H4 | 134,732 | 124,484 | 10,248 | 92% |
| H2A | 120,552 | 108,144 | 12,408 | 90% |
| A2 | 112,582 | 100,563 | 12,019 | 89% |
| L2 | 96,912 | 86,067 | 10,845 | 89% |
| L1 | 92,399 | 78,537 | 13,862 | 85% |
| H2B | 78,872 | 69,684 | 9,188 | 88% |
| B1 | 58,491 | 43,421 | 15,070 | 74% |
| E2 | 52,132 | 41,162 | 10,970 | 79% |
| J2 | 50,576 | 42,289 | 8,287 | 84% |
| F2 | 44,705 | 33,632 | 11,073 | 75% |
| BBBCV | 41,766 | 37,208 | 4,558 | 89% |
| P1 | 28,726 | 24,262 | 4,464 | 84% |
| G4 | 23,786 | 21,792 | 1,994 | 92% |
| G2 | 18,833 | 16,313 | 2,520 | 87% |
| O1 | 16,735 | 13,865 | 2,870 | 83% |
| I | 16,463 | 14,447 | 2,016 | 88% |
| TN | 14,982 | 13,093 | 1,889 | 87% |
| M1 | 14,660 | 11,058 | 3,602 | 75% |
| C1 | 14,541 | 11,736 | 2,805 | 81% |
| A1 | 13,038 | 10,909 | 2,129 | 84% |
| P3 | 11,375 | 8,426 | 2,949 | 74% |
| C3 | 10,206 | 9,786 | 420 | 96% |
| E1 | 9,600 | 7,425 | 2,175 | 77% |
| TD | 9,561 | 8,515 | 1,046 | 89% |
| D | 7,156 | 6,339 | 817 | 89% |
| G1 | 6,710 | 5,407 | 1,303 | 81% |
| O2 | 6,704 | 5,792 | 912 | 86% |
| E3 | 6,349 | 5,527 | 822 | 87% |
| R1 | 5,713 | 4,572 | 1,141 | 80% |
| NATO2 | 5,641 | 5,445 | 196 | 97% |
| O3 | 4,765 | 4,023 | 742 | 84% |
| CW1 | 4,727 | 3,103 | 1,624 | 66% |
| K2 | 4,442 | 4,391 | 51 | 99% |
| E3D | 4,140 | 3,656 | 484 | 88% |
| R2 | 2,232 | 1,684 | 548 | 75% |
| Q1 | 2,163 | 1,901 | 262 | 88% |
| U3 | 2,005 | 1,419 | 586 | 71% |
| H3 | 1,983 | 1,669 | 314 | 84% |
| A3 | 1,689 | 1,113 | 576 | 66% |
| E3R | 1,482 | 1,324 | 158 | 89% |
| P4 | 1,428 | 1,193 | 235 | 84% |
| H1B1 | 1,167 | 1,051 | 116 | 90% |
| G5 | 1,002 | 711 | 291 | 71% |
| CW2 | 996 | 634 | 362 | 64% |
| M2 | 566 | 404 | 162 | 71% |
| NATO6 | 508 | 498 | 10 | 98% |
| T3 | 489 | 376 | 113 | 77% |
| G3 | 484 | 393 | 91 | 81% |
| U1 | 385 | 121 | 264 | 31% |
| NATO4 | 261 | 248 | 13 | 95% |
| U2 | 250 | 126 | 124 | 50% |
| E2C | 216 | 127 | 89 | 59% |
| K3 | 209 | 182 | 27 | 87% |
| T2 | 149 | 111 | 38 | 74% |
| U4 | 131 | 42 | 89 | 32% |
| P2 | 118 | 97 | 21 | 82% |
| F3 | 75 | 63 | 12 | 84% |
| U5 | 67 | 39 | 28 | 58% |
| K4 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 85% |
| N8 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 41% |
| C2 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 55% |
| NATO5 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 91% |
| T4 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34% |
| NATO1 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 96% |
| T5 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 48% |
| N9 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% |
| S7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| T6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| H1C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| NATO3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| M3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| NATO7 | 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).