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Visa refusals

Approvals and refusals by visa type

Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2021. 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

FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015FY2014

Most approved · FY2021

Visa types with at least 100 applications

  1. NATO299% approved
    7,031 applications
  2. E3R99% approved
    1,106 applications
  3. NATO698% approved
    505 applications
  4. H1B198% approved
    1,621 applications
  5. E3D98% approved
    1,664 applications
  6. C397% approved
    2,584 applications
  7. C1/D · Transit and crew member97% approved
    162,911 applications
  8. G4 · International organization employee97% approved
    15,488 applications
  9. E3 · Australian specialty occupation worker97% approved
    2,389 applications

Every visa type · FY2021

Visa typeApplicationsApprovedRefusedApproved %
B1/B2979,573814,957164,61683%
BBBCC489,166470,50118,66596%
F1446,422357,83988,58380%
H2A269,763257,89811,86596%
C1/D162,911158,0184,89397%
J1141,511129,66211,84992%
H2B100,96495,0535,91194%
H1B66,30761,5694,73893%
H458,05155,4442,60796%
A250,42447,0273,39793%
BBBCV46,51542,3884,12791%
E235,81233,1292,68393%
L231,65130,3541,29796%
F229,29519,8209,47568%
TN27,60724,9032,70490%
L126,40624,8631,54394%
K123,37319,2184,15582%
J220,14318,9611,18294%
G415,48815,01647297%
B115,19913,4491,75088%
TD12,36911,92044996%
A19,7649,17159394%
P19,2408,82541596%
O17,9337,29463992%
NATO27,0316,9775499%
M15,8194,5541,26578%
G15,5035,02847591%
E15,1494,85129894%
I4,8904,55034093%
C14,4483,79065885%
B24,2782,4921,78658%
G24,1413,77236991%
O23,0902,87022093%
O33,0442,83820693%
K22,8072,69910896%
D2,6262,49712995%
C32,5842,5077797%
E32,3892,3098097%
R12,2751,94233385%
E3D1,6641,6234198%
H1B11,6211,5863598%
E3R1,1061,0921499%
U31,04689415285%
R21,04483520980%
P41,0279725595%
P394074319779%
A382069612485%
NATO6505496998%
H34453826386%
CW14234002395%
M22952197674%
U12171387964%
T31871731493%
G3177171697%
U2139964369%
CW2135129696%
Q1124982679%
G5106832378%
NATO470700100%
T23432294%
T53329488%
T42928197%
U427171063%
NATO126260100%
U52620677%
E2C20200100%
T617170100%
N81510567%
P21413193%
C2104640%
NATO510100100%
K352340%
N921150%
NATO7220100%
NATO3110100%

In plain words

Refusal rate
Out of 100 people who applied, how many were told no. A 20% refusal rate means about 20 in 100 were refused.
Adjusted
The State Department leaves out people who were refused for paperwork reasons and later got the visa, so the number is fairer.
Approved
The visa was issued. We show it as what is left after the refusals.
Applications (workload)
Everyone the embassies decided on in the year: visas issued plus visas refused.
Fiscal year (FY)
The U.S. government year, October to September. FY2025 is October 2024 to September 2025.

Also see

Refusal rates by country →Visa types →Visa interview wait times →
G3
97% approved
177 applications

Most refused · FY2021

Visa types with at least 100 applications

  1. B258% approved
    4,278 applications
  2. U164% approved
    217 applications
  3. F2 · Dependent of an F-1 student68% approved
    29,295 applications
  4. U269% approved
    139 applications
  5. M274% approved
    295 applications
  6. M1 · Vocational student78% approved
    5,819 applications
  7. G578% approved
    106 applications
  8. Q179% approved
    124 applications
  9. P379% approved
    940 applications
  10. R280% approved
    1,044 applications

The State Department counts refused applications that were still refused at the end of the fiscal year (October to September).