This document presents adjusted refusal rates for B-visa applications by nationality for fiscal year 2017. It includes refusal rates for 207 different nationalities ranging from 0% for countries like Andorra and Liechtenstein to over 70% for countries such as Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, Cuba, Djibouti, Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia, and Yemen. Nationalities with the highest refusal rates tend to be in Africa and the Middle East while European countries have some of the lowest refusal rates.
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1. NATIONALITY
ADJUSTED
REFUSAL RATE
AFGHANISTAN 72.14%
ALBANIA 40.45%
ALGERIA 43.96%
ANDORRA 0%
ANGOLA 36.01%
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 20.5%
ARGENTINA 1.79%
ARMENIA 51.87%
AUSTRALIA 17.18%
AUSTRIA 5%
AZERBAIJAN 27.63%
BAHAMAS, THE 9.32%
BAHRAIN 9.53%
BANGLADESH 60.88%
BARBADOS 8.72%
BELARUS 21.69%
BELGIUM 6.96%
BELIZE 30.91%
BENIN 42.1%
BHUTAN 52.43%
BOLIVIA 18.08%
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 16.37%
BOTSWANA 17.94%
BRAZIL 12.34%
BRUNEI 3.7%
BULGARIA 14.97%
BURKINA FASO 75.74%
BURMA 17.88%
BURUNDI 75.55%
CABO VERDE 50.7%
CAMBODIA 41.05%
CAMEROON 47.29%
CANADA 41.14%
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 44.24%
CHAD 51.65%
CHILE 13.87%
CHINA 14.57%
COLOMBIA 21.93%
COMOROS 48.45%
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 49.94%
ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY
BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEAR 2017
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2. NATIONALITY
ADJUSTED
REFUSAL RATE
ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY
BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEAR 2017
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 48.47%
COSTA RICA 6.49%
COTE D`IVOIRE 33.72%
CROATIA 5.1%
CUBA 77.17%
CYPRUS 1.69%
CZECH REPUBLIC 6.81%
DENMARK 13.18%
DJIBOUTI 74.8%
DOMINICA 28.74%
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 35.78%
ECUADOR 27.95%
EGYPT 34.24%
EL SALVADOR 52.97%
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 18.21%
ERITREA 71.69%
ESTONIA 21.16%
ETHIOPIA 50.3%
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 100%
FIJI 26.59%
FINLAND 11.78%
FRANCE 7.43%
GABON 26.1%
GAMBIA, THE 70.27%
GEORGIA 61.09%
GERMANY 5.91%
GHANA 56.18%
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 20.15%
GREECE 13.14%
GRENADA 26.94%
GUATEMALA 47.14%
GUINEA 64.59%
GUINEA - BISSAU 71.61%
GUYANA 37.92%
HAITI 71.44%
HONDURAS 40.35%
HONG KONG S. A. R. 3.45%
HUNGARY 13.04%
ICELAND 7.46%
INDIA 23.29%
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3. NATIONALITY
ADJUSTED
REFUSAL RATE
ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY
BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEAR 2017
INDONESIA 10.99%
IRAN 58.66%
IRAQ 60.71%
IRELAND 17.89%
ISRAEL 4.88%
ITALY 12.54%
JAMAICA 46.78%
JAPAN 8.47%
JORDAN 40.06%
KAZAKHSTAN 32.81%
KENYA 33.17%
KIRIBATI 5.13%
KOREA, NORTH 54.55%
KOREA, SOUTH 9.05%
KOSOVO 37.92%
KUWAIT 8.32%
KYRGYZSTAN 55.58%
LAOS 63.66%
LATVIA 12.83%
LEBANON 31.75%
LESOTHO 35.97%
LIBERIA 64.98%
LIBYA 45.5%
LIECHTENSTEIN 0%
LITHUANIA 22.54%
LUXEMBOURG 5.74%
MACAU S.A.R. 5.38%
MACEDONIA 28.69%
MADAGASCAR 11%
MALAWI 26.49%
MALAYSIA 3.93%
MALDIVES 27.74%
MALI 59.43%
MALTA 4.81%
MARSHALL ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE 5.88%
MAURITANIA 67.3%
MAURITIUS 8.29%
MEXICO 22.5%
MOLDOVA 49.12%
MONACO 0%
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4. NATIONALITY
ADJUSTED
REFUSAL RATE
ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY
BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEAR 2017
MONGOLIA 53.62%
MONTENEGRO 26.41%
MOROCCO 36.99%
MOZAMBIQUE 26.18%
NAMIBIA 6.31%
NAURU 20.97%
NEPAL 46.42%
NETHERLANDS 9.65%
NEW ZEALAND 22.02%
NICARAGUA 43.28%
NIGER 30.65%
NIGERIA 44.95%
*NON-NATIONALITY BASED ISSUANCES 35.61%
NORWAY 17.36%
OMAN 3.46%
PAKISTAN 49.4%
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TRAVEL DOCUMENT 50.98%
PANAMA 11.61%
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9.34%
PARAGUAY 6.83%
PERU 25.97%
PHILIPPINES 25.54%
POLAND 5.92%
PORTUGAL 11.06%
QATAR 7.48%
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 83.33%
ROMANIA 11.76%
RUSSIA 11.61%
RWANDA 52.17%
SAMOA 40.32%
SAN MARINO 0%
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 14.81%
SAUDI ARABIA 5.26%
SENEGAL 56.85%
SERBIA 22.33%
SEYCHELLES 13.14%
SIERRA LEONE 47.3%
SINGAPORE 13.74%
SLOVAKIA 13.3%
SLOVENIA 19.22%
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5. NATIONALITY
ADJUSTED
REFUSAL RATE
ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY
BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEAR 2017
SOLOMON ISLANDS 16.79%
SOMALIA 75.5%
SOUTH AFRICA 6.44%
SOUTH SUDAN 47.52%
SPAIN 17.26%
SRI LANKA 26.19%
ST LUCIA 22.34%
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 26.66%
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 20.38%
SUDAN 51.37%
SURINAME 11.44%
SWAZILAND 12.59%
SWEDEN 13.92%
SWITZERLAND 5.89%
SYRIA 59.11%
TAIWAN 5.42%
TAJIKISTAN 51.84%
TANZANIA 18.36%
THAILAND 20.15%
TIMOR-LESTE 7.02%
TOGO 59.88%
TONGA 32.85%
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 22.46%
TUNISIA 19.53%
TURKEY 17.86%
TURKMENISTAN 40.6%
TUVALU 15.38%
UGANDA 42.38%
UKRAINE 34.54%
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 5.8%
URUGUAY 3.19%
UZBEKISTAN 50.29%
VANUATU 13.51%
VATICAN CITY 36.36%
VENEZUELA 42.87%
VIETNAM 24.06%
WESTERN SAHARA 100%
YEMEN 60.76%
ZAMBIA 21.72%
ZIMBABWE 26.32%
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6. NATIONALITY
ADJUSTED
REFUSAL RATE
ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY
BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEAR 2017
*"Non-nationality based issuances" includes individuals presenting travel documents
issued by a competent authority other than their country of nationality, including,
for example, aliens traveling on a Laissez-Passer issued by the United Nations and
refugees residing in another country.
FY 2017 Data are preliminary
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