Visa refusals
Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2016. 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 | 9,573,530 | 6,881,797 | 2,691,733 | 72% |
| BBBCC | 1,468,041 | 1,060,390 | 407,651 | 72% |
| F1 | 718,342 | 471,728 | 246,614 | 66% |
| J1 | 389,270 | 339,712 | 49,558 | 87% |
| C1/D | 315,684 | 295,140 | 20,544 | 93% |
| H1B | 203,647 | 180,057 | 23,590 | 88% |
| H2A | 147,048 | 134,368 | 12,680 | 91% |
| H4 | 143,714 | 131,051 | 12,663 | 91% |
| A2 | 115,029 | 101,778 | 13,251 | 88% |
| B2 | 106,510 | 43,564 | 62,946 | 41% |
| L2 | 97,893 | 85,872 | 12,021 | 88% |
| H2B | 96,002 | 84,627 | 11,375 | 88% |
| L1 | 95,342 | 79,306 | 16,036 | 83% |
| K1 | 60,895 | 38,403 | 22,492 | 63% |
| E2 | 57,613 | 44,243 | 13,370 | 77% |
| B1 | 55,053 | 40,105 | 14,948 | 73% |
| BBBCV | 53,758 | 46,333 | 7,425 | 86% |
| J2 | 48,965 | 40,408 | 8,557 | 83% |
| F2 | 43,723 | 30,486 | 13,237 | 70% |
| P1 | 29,600 | 24,858 | 4,742 | 84% |
| G4 | 25,091 | 22,756 | 2,335 | 91% |
| O1 | 19,245 | 15,918 | 3,327 | 83% |
| G2 | 18,790 | 15,906 | 2,884 | 85% |
| TN | 17,159 | 14,768 | 2,391 | 86% |
| I | 16,991 | 14,536 | 2,455 | 86% |
| C1 | 15,343 | 11,992 | 3,351 | 78% |
| M1 | 14,441 | 10,305 | 4,136 | 71% |
| P3 | 13,278 | 9,580 | 3,698 | 72% |
| A1 | 12,938 | 10,754 | 2,184 | 83% |
| CW1 | 11,643 | 8,093 | 3,550 | 70% |
| TD | 10,873 | 9,762 | 1,111 | 90% |
| E1 | 10,475 | 8,085 | 2,390 | 77% |
| C3 | 9,414 | 9,073 | 341 | 96% |
| O2 | 8,424 | 7,417 | 1,007 | 88% |
| D | 7,035 | 6,322 | 713 | 90% |
| G1 | 6,855 | 5,168 | 1,687 | 75% |
| E3 | 6,346 | 5,609 | 737 | 88% |
| R1 | 5,991 | 4,764 | 1,227 | 80% |
| K2 | 5,798 | 5,727 | 71 | 99% |
| NATO2 | 5,794 | 5,588 | 206 | 96% |
| O3 | 5,763 | 4,836 | 927 | 84% |
| E3D | 4,731 | 4,299 | 432 | 91% |
| R2 | 2,596 | 1,660 | 936 | 64% |
| Q1 | 2,285 | 2,025 | 260 | 89% |
| E3R | 2,176 | 2,026 | 150 | 93% |
| H3 | 1,824 | 1,435 | 389 | 79% |
| U3 | 1,732 | 1,204 | 528 | 70% |
| A3 | 1,598 | 1,049 | 549 | 66% |
| H1B1 | 1,417 | 1,294 | 123 | 91% |
| P4 | 1,409 | 1,185 | 224 | 84% |
| CW2 | 1,359 | 879 | 480 | 65% |
| G5 | 892 | 598 | 294 | 67% |
| M2 | 563 | 389 | 174 | 69% |
| NATO6 | 538 | 525 | 13 | 98% |
| G3 | 475 | 386 | 89 | 81% |
| U1 | 445 | 146 | 299 | 33% |
| T3 | 378 | 310 | 68 | 82% |
| U2 | 226 | 113 | 113 | 50% |
| NATO4 | 170 | 168 | 2 | 99% |
| K3 | 119 | 102 | 17 | 86% |
| U4 | 111 | 40 | 71 | 36% |
| T2 | 109 | 89 | 20 | 82% |
| E2C | 97 | 67 | 30 | 69% |
| U5 | 94 | 60 | 34 | 64% |
| P2 | 90 | 72 | 18 | 80% |
| T5 | 61 | 40 | 21 | 66% |
| N8 | 45 | 16 | 29 | 36% |
| NATO5 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 100% |
| T4 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 70% |
| K4 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 80% |
| C2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 83% |
| NATO1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100% |
| T6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| N9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% |
| NATO7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| S7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| NATO3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| H1C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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).