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Visa refusals

Approvals and refusals by visa type

Worldwide, for every U.S. nonimmigrant visa type in FY2023. 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

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Most approved · FY2023

Visa types with at least 100 applications

  1. NATO4100% approved
    208 applications
  2. NATO6100% approved
    859 applications
  3. E3R99% approved
    2,425 applications
  4. K299% approved
    3,214 applications
  5. NATO299% approved
    7,162 applications
  6. E3D98% approved
    3,832 applications
  7. C398% approved
    4,127 applications
  8. H4 · Dependent of an H worker98% approved
    190,686 applications
  9. H1B · Specialty occupation worker98% approved
    271,532 applications
  10. E3 · Australian specialty occupation worker

Every visa type · FY2023

Visa typeApplicationsApprovedRefusedApproved %
B1/B27,745,1095,902,4261,842,68376%
BBBCC1,992,0781,776,152215,92689%
F1698,773445,418253,35564%
C1/D364,268353,16411,10497%
J1357,654316,69340,96189%
H2A320,666310,6769,99097%
H1B271,532265,7775,75598%
H4190,686186,7483,93898%
H2B138,449131,7046,74595%
A2102,63798,5504,08796%
L285,22283,2771,94598%
L179,27876,6712,60797%
E260,42754,8125,61591%
BBBCV50,69744,8785,81989%
F250,68826,84423,84453%
TN39,92132,9047,01782%
B134,97929,2865,69384%
J234,77132,0282,74392%
G426,62025,80981197%
P125,22424,1651,05996%
K123,10119,8253,27686%
C120,61915,4205,19975%
O119,89218,99489895%
TD18,43717,60083795%
G218,15116,6571,49492%
O213,97613,33564195%
B212,4428,0854,35765%
I12,24510,7961,44988%
D11,03810,0381,00091%
P310,4008,8061,59485%
A19,8929,44844496%
M18,1036,0522,05175%
NATO27,1627,05810499%
O36,9996,45354692%
R16,5565,3301,22681%
E16,2975,80649192%
G15,3154,93538093%
E34,5324,4349898%
C34,1274,0448398%
E3D3,8323,7597398%
R23,4982,67981977%
K23,2143,1783699%
H1B13,1813,03914296%
E3R2,4252,4101599%
P42,2431,99424989%
CW12,0021,84515792%
Q11,7551,6777896%
U31,4731,30616789%
H31,05388217184%
C298223974324%
NATO68598563100%
A37706809088%
CW25044644092%
G33963752195%
M237419517952%
T33593401995%
U13112258672%
G52552005578%
U22532163785%
NATO42082080100%
T210195694%
P284651977%
NATO58180199%
T46658888%
T55250296%
E2C4842688%
U42618869%
U52524196%
N8137654%
K3116555%
T611110100%
N981713%
NATO1550100%
H1C4040%
S72020%
NATO71010%

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 →
98% approved
4,532 applications

Most refused · FY2023

Visa types with at least 100 applications

  1. C224% approved
    982 applications
  2. M252% approved
    374 applications
  3. F2 · Dependent of an F-1 student53% approved
    50,688 applications
  4. F1 · Academic student64% approved
    698,773 applications
  5. B265% approved
    12,442 applications
  6. U172% approved
    311 applications
  7. M1 · Vocational student75% approved
    8,103 applications
  8. C175% approved
    20,619 applications
  9. B1/B2 · Visitor – business or tourism76% approved
    7,745,109 applications
  10. R277% approved
    3,498 applications

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