Can I get a U.S. visa?
1,207,189 U.S. visas were issued to people from India in the last 12 months, mostly B1/B2 (visitor – business or tourism), H1B (specialty occupation worker), H4 (dependent of an h worker). Here are the numbers that matter before you apply.
1,207,189 in the 12 months to February 2026. Month by month for India · by fiscal year since 1997.
About 78% of visitor (B) visa applications from India were approved in FY2025. See the refusal rate page.
Visitor visa: wait about 6.5 months at Kolkata. Student visa: about Under 15 days at Chennai (Madras). All embassies in India.
These are group numbers from the U.S. Department of State. They cannot tell what will happen to one person. Unofficial; not legal advice.
Yes. 1,207,189 U.S. nonimmigrant visas were issued to people from India in the 12 months up to February 2026, most of them B1/B2 (visitor – business or tourism), H1B (specialty occupation worker), H4 (dependent of an h worker). Whether one person gets a visa depends on their own case: the officer decides at the interview.
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for visitor (B) visas for India was about 22.04% in FY2025, so about 78% were approved. This is a group figure and cannot tell what will happen to you.
At the shortest-wait U.S. embassy or consulate in India (Kolkata), the typical wait for a visitor visa interview is about 6.5 months, and for students about Under 15 days (Chennai (Madras)). The State Department updates these numbers monthly; real dates change every day.