Visa refusals
Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2018. 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 | 8,443,492 | 5,708,278 | 2,735,214 | 68% |
| BBBCC | 1,367,021 | 962,888 | 404,133 | 70% |
| F1 | 558,116 | 362,929 | 195,187 | 65% |
| J1 | 405,872 | 342,639 | 63,233 | 84% |
| C1/D | 318,081 | 288,957 | 29,124 | 91% |
| H1B | 231,033 | 179,660 | 51,373 | 78% |
| H2A | 219,671 | 196,409 | 23,262 | 89% |
| H4 | 154,176 | 130,814 | 23,362 | 85% |
| A2 | 119,335 | 103,134 | 16,201 | 86% |
| H2B | 93,992 | 83,774 | 10,218 | 89% |
| L1 | 90,724 | 74,388 | 16,336 | 82% |
| L2 | 90,392 | 78,711 | 11,681 | 87% |
| BBBCV | 80,288 | 69,579 | 10,709 | 87% |
| E2 | 54,670 | 41,181 | 13,489 | 75% |
| B1 | 53,700 | 38,705 | 14,995 | 72% |
| J2 | 50,111 | 39,580 | 10,531 | 79% |
| B2 | 46,021 | 32,428 | 13,593 | 70% |
| K1 | 43,280 | 24,675 | 18,605 | 57% |
| F2 | 42,048 | 26,650 | 15,398 | 63% |
| P1 | 28,311 | 24,320 | 3,991 | 86% |
| G4 | 26,823 | 23,617 | 3,206 | 88% |
| TN | 21,386 | 17,950 | 3,436 | 84% |
| O1 | 20,830 | 16,904 | 3,926 | 81% |
| G2 | 19,943 | 16,340 | 3,603 | 82% |
| I | 14,230 | 11,874 | 2,356 | 83% |
| M1 | 13,621 | 9,317 | 4,304 | 68% |
| C1 | 13,443 | 9,563 | 3,880 | 71% |
| P3 | 13,056 | 10,225 | 2,831 | 78% |
| A1 | 12,658 | 9,856 | 2,802 | 78% |
| TD | 11,617 | 10,239 | 1,378 | 88% |
| O2 | 10,078 | 8,432 | 1,646 | 84% |
| E1 | 8,666 | 6,542 | 2,124 | 75% |
| D | 7,580 | 6,689 | 891 | 88% |
| G1 | 7,396 | 5,328 | 2,068 | 72% |
| NATO2 | 6,791 | 6,593 | 198 | 97% |
| C3 | 6,413 | 6,085 | 328 | 95% |
| R1 | 6,295 | 4,607 | 1,688 | 73% |
| E3 | 6,058 | 5,394 | 664 | 89% |
| O3 | 6,033 | 4,923 | 1,110 | 82% |
| K2 | 5,890 | 3,981 | 1,909 | 68% |
| E3D | 4,778 | 4,341 | 437 | 91% |
| CW1 | 4,469 | 3,002 | 1,467 | 67% |
| E3R | 3,191 | 2,941 | 250 | 92% |
| R2 | 2,702 | 1,700 | 1,002 | 63% |
| Q1 | 2,228 | 1,997 | 231 | 90% |
| U3 | 2,191 | 1,521 | 670 | 69% |
| H1B1 | 1,713 | 1,498 | 215 | 87% |
| P4 | 1,692 | 1,386 | 306 | 82% |
| A3 | 1,495 | 830 | 665 | 56% |
| H3 | 1,377 | 1,036 | 341 | 75% |
| G5 | 871 | 541 | 330 | 62% |
| CW2 | 843 | 548 | 295 | 65% |
| NATO6 | 592 | 569 | 23 | 96% |
| M2 | 583 | 366 | 217 | 63% |
| G3 | 455 | 343 | 112 | 75% |
| T3 | 412 | 296 | 116 | 72% |
| U1 | 371 | 128 | 243 | 35% |
| U2 | 336 | 174 | 162 | 52% |
| NATO4 | 206 | 202 | 4 | 98% |
| P2 | 159 | 144 | 15 | 91% |
| U4 | 101 | 36 | 65 | 36% |
| T2 | 92 | 66 | 26 | 72% |
| E2C | 66 | 39 | 27 | 59% |
| T5 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 77% |
| U5 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 60% |
| T4 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 70% |
| N8 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 46% |
| K3 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 18% |
| NATO5 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 97% |
| T6 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 50% |
| C2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| N9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| S7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| NATO1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| NATO7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| H1C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| S6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| K4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| NATO3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| S5 | 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).