Visa refusals
Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2017. 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 | 8,845,755 | 6,276,851 | 2,568,904 | 71% |
| BBBCC | 1,403,501 | 1,030,460 | 373,041 | 73% |
| F1 | 608,631 | 393,573 | 215,058 | 65% |
| J1 | 398,985 | 343,811 | 55,174 | 86% |
| C1/D | 316,096 | 293,285 | 22,811 | 93% |
| H1B | 215,303 | 179,049 | 36,254 | 83% |
| H2A | 175,831 | 161,583 | 14,248 | 92% |
| H4 | 153,128 | 136,393 | 16,735 | 89% |
| A2 | 112,988 | 98,849 | 14,139 | 87% |
| B2 | 99,995 | 42,037 | 57,958 | 42% |
| L2 | 97,455 | 85,254 | 12,201 | 87% |
| L1 | 94,801 | 78,178 | 16,623 | 82% |
| H2B | 93,515 | 83,600 | 9,915 | 89% |
| E2 | 57,753 | 43,673 | 14,080 | 76% |
| K1 | 55,359 | 34,797 | 20,562 | 63% |
| B1 | 54,964 | 39,712 | 15,252 | 72% |
| J2 | 49,220 | 39,354 | 9,866 | 80% |
| BBBCV | 47,374 | 43,455 | 3,919 | 92% |
| F2 | 42,408 | 27,435 | 14,973 | 65% |
| P1 | 28,929 | 24,932 | 3,997 | 86% |
| G4 | 26,467 | 23,930 | 2,537 | 90% |
| O1 | 20,993 | 17,011 | 3,982 | 81% |
| TN | 19,067 | 16,119 | 2,948 | 85% |
| G2 | 18,210 | 15,380 | 2,830 | 84% |
| I | 16,599 | 14,126 | 2,473 | 85% |
| C1 | 14,746 | 11,061 | 3,685 | 75% |
| M1 | 13,025 | 9,587 | 3,438 | 74% |
| P3 | 12,675 | 9,745 | 2,930 | 77% |
| A1 | 12,521 | 10,033 | 2,488 | 80% |
| TD | 10,678 | 9,612 | 1,066 | 90% |
| O2 | 9,295 | 8,053 | 1,242 | 87% |
| E1 | 9,022 | 7,063 | 1,959 | 78% |
| CW1 | 8,677 | 6,198 | 2,479 | 71% |
| C3 | 8,612 | 8,262 | 350 | 96% |
| D | 8,122 | 7,202 | 920 | 89% |
| K2 | 7,792 | 5,388 | 2,404 | 69% |
| G1 | 7,030 | 5,131 | 1,899 | 73% |
| R1 | 6,642 | 4,942 | 1,700 | 74% |
| E3 | 6,325 | 5,657 | 668 | 89% |
| O3 | 6,054 | 4,974 | 1,080 | 82% |
| NATO2 | 6,036 | 5,797 | 239 | 96% |
| E3D | 4,576 | 4,169 | 407 | 91% |
| R2 | 3,109 | 1,889 | 1,220 | 61% |
| E3R | 2,482 | 2,306 | 176 | 93% |
| Q1 | 2,229 | 1,935 | 294 | 87% |
| A3 | 1,841 | 1,031 | 810 | 56% |
| U3 | 1,828 | 1,226 | 602 | 67% |
| P4 | 1,738 | 1,399 | 339 | 80% |
| H3 | 1,570 | 1,232 | 338 | 78% |
| H1B1 | 1,544 | 1,391 | 153 | 90% |
| CW2 | 1,039 | 648 | 391 | 62% |
| G5 | 946 | 583 | 363 | 62% |
| M2 | 604 | 395 | 209 | 65% |
| NATO6 | 566 | 547 | 19 | 97% |
| T3 | 411 | 339 | 72 | 82% |
| G3 | 401 | 292 | 109 | 73% |
| U1 | 387 | 129 | 258 | 33% |
| U2 | 255 | 122 | 133 | 48% |
| NATO4 | 225 | 214 | 11 | 95% |
| E2C | 173 | 106 | 67 | 61% |
| P2 | 131 | 120 | 11 | 92% |
| U4 | 104 | 40 | 64 | 38% |
| T2 | 91 | 76 | 15 | 84% |
| K3 | 84 | 15 | 69 | 18% |
| U5 | 73 | 40 | 33 | 55% |
| T5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 66% |
| C2 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 38% |
| N8 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32% |
| K4 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 30% |
| T4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 65% |
| T6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 72% |
| NATO5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 91% |
| N9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| NATO1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| NATO7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| H1C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| NATO3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| S5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| S6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| S7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| T1 | 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).