Official statistics on US “category B” visa refusals include all types of visas for short stays: tourist, visitor, business, medical. But for simplicity, in our note, it is simply called the «B1/B2» visa.
Official rejection statistics for 2023 have not yet been published.
In the first column tables – a list of countries of the world. To the right of them — Columns with percentage of abandonment by year.
| Country/Year | 2022 (%) | 2021 (%) | 2020 (%) | 2019 (%) | 2018 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11.69 | 24.82 | 12.69 | 9.30 | 7.40 |
| Georgia | 42.01 | 63.04 | 66.91 | 63.85 | 62.35 |
| Russia | 26.18 | 29.42 | 17.79 | 15.19 | 14.89 |
| Israel | 2.27 | 4.92 | 6.52 | 5.33 | 5.10 |
| Indonesia | 12.23 | 5.83 | 12.19 | 12.46 | 12.81 |
| Spain | 10.75 | 18.29 | 20.17 | 16.53 | 14.04 |
| Italy | 9.75 | 15.86 | 20.82 | 15.03 | 14.83 |
| Kazakhstan | 44.02 | 43.29 | 47.34 | 42.58 | 39.38 |
| Cyprus | 6.22 | 15.09 | 6.21 | 2.78 | 2.38 |
| Latvia | 9.95 | 15.91 | 23.01 | 18.98 | 15.24 |
| Lithuania | 14.81 | 15.91 | 21.96 | 18.67 | 17.29 |
| Poland | 14.74 | 18.48 | 8.91 | 2.76 | 3.99 |
| Tajikistan | 57.93 | 57.24 | 59.55 | 60.97 | 53.39 |
| Uzbekistan | 47.04 | 45.98 | 74.14 | 68.06 | 61.76 |
| Ukraine | 41.27 | 15.15 | 43.14 | 45.06 | 40.97 |
| Finland | 13.07 | 16.51 | 14.03 | 11.00 | 15.05 |
| France | 12.55 | 22.21 | 21.58 | 13.67 | 10.11 |
| Czech Republic | 8.50 | 16.24 | 26.82 | 12.41 | 10.37 |
| Turkey | 19.96 | 13.70 | 17.46 | 19.19 | 17.49 |
| Moldova | 43.57 | 66.37 | 51.00 | 58.03 | 61.10 |
| Montenegro | 34.03 | 9.30 | 58.53 | 39.10 | 35.35 |
| Serbia | 19.45 | 13.27 | 25.01 | 30.33 | 25.93 |
| China | 30.39 | 79.09 | 22.12 | 18.22 | 17.00 |
| UAE | 10.06 | 8.93 | 8.44 | 5.56 | 3.75 |
| UK | 15.55 | 11.97 | 23.58 | 21.05 | 20.29 |
| Brazil | 14.48 | 14.25 | 23.16 | 18.48 | 12.73 |
| Japan | 5.79 | 4.69 | 10.43 | 10.48 | 9.76 |
| Korea (South) | 17.38 | 18.03 | 8.46 | 7.69 | 7.96 |
| Malaysia | 9.41 | 7.21 | 6.97 | 4.91 | 4.94 |
| Switzerland | 3.05 | 18.92 | 10.92 | 7.20 | 5.50 |
| Taiwan | 4.56 | 12.65 | 5.02 | 4.62 | 6.80 |
| Thailand | 24.36 | 31.82 | 24.44 | 23.41 | 22.17 |
| Vietnam | 14.98 | 11.32 | 18.78 | 23.70 | 26.2 |
| Tanzania | 29.37 | 7.27 | 31.04 | 23.90 | 19.87 |
| Mauritius | 7.77 | 9.92 | 6.22 | 6.59 | 6.49 |
| Greece | 14.95 | 10.86 | 18.58 | 14.99 | 16.93 |
| Armenia | 37.87 | 37.07 | 56.47 | 51.65 | 53.83 |
| Azerbaijan | 23.54 | 12.27 | 26.41 | 25.43 | 28.45 |
| Argentina | 3.66 | 2.31 | 2.79 | 2.07 | 1.73 |
| Bahamas | 8.30 | 7.91 | 12.59 | 9.33 | 12.51 |
| Belgium | 8.73 | 16.57 | 16.47 | 8.96 | 9.77 |
| Bulgaria | 10.00 | 18.40 | 12.52 | 9.75 | 11.32 |
| Chad | 69.39 | 72.77 | 70.60 | 70.16 | 60.80 |
| Chile | 13.75 | 13.42 | 11.54 | 15.32 | 11.34 |
| Columbia | 32.86 | 27.75 | 46.82 | 41.93 | 35.11 |
| Costa Rica | 12.71 | 7.97 | 24.77 | 18.66 | 9.91 |
| Croatia | 5.56 | 4.65 | 2.69 | 4.02 | 5.92 |
| Dominican Republic | 15.75 | ||||
| Estonia | 21.43 | 9.09 | 32.65 | 24.81 | 26.73 |
| Iceland | 3.24 | 25.00 | 18.98 | 9.44 | 7.14 |
| Kuwait | 16.04 | 18.18 | 5.01 | 3.27 | 2.71 |
| Luxembourg | 7.84 | 0.00 | 7.41 | 10.22 | 5.19 |
| Madagascar | 13.24 | 21.82 | 14.36 | 7.69 | 11.77 |
| Malawi | 38.54 | 12.12 | 42.67 | 37.05 | 28.20 |
| Malta | 10.78 | 16.67 | 28.38 | 17.76 | 9.59 |
| Mauritania | 89.72 | 83.14 | 80.15 | 67.79 | 61.58 |
| Morocco | 21.90 | 20.85 | 23.35 | 28.48 | 42.88 |
| Mozambique | 20.48 | 32.75 | 18.64 | 14.24 | 10.22 |
| Netherlands | 16.97 | 25.28 | 12.89 | 11.82 | 9.56 |
| Norway | 16.53 | 8.65 | 17.07 | 17.35 | 12.40 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4.93 | 3.45 | 6.64 | 1.74 | 6.84 |
| Bahrain | 28.41 | 22.48 | 9.04 | 13.55 | 6.96 |
| Tunisia | 21.06 | 24.92 | 19.11 | 24.17 | 27.67 |
| Portugal | 9.41 | 17.86 | 9.75 | 6.52 | 7.28 |
| Qatar | 12.86 | 11.69 | 8.28 | 10.33 | 8.34 |
| South Africa | 9.68 | 17.67 | 7.80 | 6.92 | 7.31 |
| Sri Lanka | 22.13 | 25.34 | 36.00 | 35.12 | 33.61 |
| Uruguay | 5.70 | 8.82 | 9.77 | 5.91 | 4.11 |
| Albania | 27.55 | 10.78 | 40.06 | 41.45 | 41.92 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.91 | 21.84 | 16.01 | 25.27 | 23.50 |
| Ireland | 21.32 | 40.00 | 26.07 | 22.69 | 21.77 |
| Kosovo | 17.93 | 12.51 | 39.47 | 36.76 | 35.97 |
| Macedonia | 26.29 | 12.31 | 29.62 | 36.19 | 31.29 |
| Barbados | 6.55 | 12.93 | 10.79 | 6.76 | 7.07 |
| Belize | 26.45 | 25.36 | 23.31 | 28.63 | 34.55 |
| Bolivia | 17.15 | 11.30 | 20.36 | 24.17 | 22.19 |
| Guyana | 28.42 | 36.76 | 62.20 | 62.96 | 70.62 |
| Canada | 58.33 | 51.81 | 52.67 | 43.76 | 38.98 |
| Mexico | 5.91 | 4.23 | 23.16 | 26.66 | 24.93 |
| Paraguay | 17.95 | 13.33 | 16.80 | 12.41 | 8.02 |
| Peru | 27.61 | 4.11 | 24.13 | 25.39 | 28.53 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13.64 | 7.05 | 14.10 | 13.05 | 19.28 |
| Jamaica | 30.04 | 19.13 | 57.07 | 56.59 | 54.46 |
| Angola | 47.25 | 58.52 | 62.15 | 58.26 | 51.76 |
| Zambia | 33.22 | 16.54 | 44.78 | 40.64 | 22.45 |
| Cameroon | 52.22 |
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