ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE - B-VISAS ONLY BY NATIONALITY FISCAL YEAR 2020
FY20 ADJUSTED NATIONALITY REFUSAL RATE AFGHANISTAN 56.05% ALBANIA 40.06% ALGERIA 49.69% ANDORRA 50.00% ANGOLA 62.15% ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 23.44% ARGENTINA 2.79% ARMENIA 56.47% AUSTRALIA 18.74% AUSTRIA 8.91% AZERBAIJAN 26.41% BAHAMAS, THE 12.59% BAHRAIN 9.04% BANGLADESH 40.34% BARBADOS 10.79% BELARUS 27.01% BELGIUM 16.47% BELIZE 23.31% BENIN 45.27% BHUTAN 53.56% BOLIVIA 20.36% BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 16.01% BOTSWANA 19.26% BRAZIL 23.16% BRUNEI 0.00% BULGARIA 12.52% BURKINA FASO 62.86% BURMA 40.68% BURUNDI 77.72% CABO VERDE 42.74% CAMBODIA 26.50% CAMEROON 57.12% CANADA 52.67% CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 48.67% CHAD 70.60% CHILE 11.54% CHINA 22.12% COLOMBIA 46.82% COMOROS 86.15% CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 59.34% CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 58.03% COSTA RICA 24.77%
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FY20 ADJUSTED NATIONALITY REFUSAL RATE COTE D`IVOIRE 40.66% CROATIA 2.69% CUBA 60.15% CYPRUS 6.21% CZECH REPUBLIC 26.82% DENMARK 17.58% DJIBOUTI 69.79% DOMINICA 30.38% DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 39.18% ECUADOR 33.44% EGYPT 35.16% EL SALVADOR 62.95% EQUATORIAL GUINEA 59.18% ERITREA 63.62% ESTONIA 32.65% ESWATINI 5.52% ETHIOPIA 39.73% FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 0.00% FIJI 44.44% FINLAND 14.03% FRANCE 21.58% GABON 37.61% GAMBIA, THE 66.84% GEORGIA 66.91% GERMANY 12.69% GHANA 57.01% GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 23.58% GREECE 18.58% GRENADA 24.76% GUATEMALA 52.36% GUINEA 63.79% GUINEA - BISSAU 66.36% GUYANA 62.20% HAITI 50.16% HONDURAS 52.10% HONG KONG S. A. R. 4.50% HUNGARY 16.36% ICELAND 18.98% INDIA 27.26% INDONESIA 12.19% IRAN 85.88% IRAQ 45.24%
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FY20 ADJUSTED NATIONALITY REFUSAL RATE IRELAND 26.07% ISRAEL 6.52% ITALY 20.82% JAMAICA 57.07% JAPAN 10.43% JORDAN 44.44% KAZAKHSTAN 47.34% KENYA 50.26% KIRIBATI 55.56% KOREA, NORTH 0.00% KOREA, SOUTH 8.46% KOSOVO 39.47% KUWAIT 5.01% KYRGYZSTAN 65.60% LAOS 70.57% LATVIA 23.01% LEBANON 28.44% LESOTHO 26.74% LIBERIA 67.62% LIBYA 80.90% LIECHTENSTEIN 0.00% LITHUANIA 21.96% LUXEMBOURG 7.41% MACAU S.A.R. 7.12% MADAGASCAR 14.36% MALAWI 42.67% MALAYSIA 6.97% MALDIVES 22.88% MALI 55.99% MALTA 28.38% MARSHALL ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE 45.45% MAURITANIA 80.15% MAURITIUS 6.22% MEXICO 23.16% MOLDOVA 51.00% MONACO 50.00% MONGOLIA 45.47% MONTENEGRO 58.53% MOROCCO 23.35% MOZAMBIQUE 18.64% NAMIBIA 5.20% NAURU 25.00%
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FY20 ADJUSTED NATIONALITY REFUSAL RATE NEPAL 48.11% NETHERLANDS 12.89% NEW ZEALAND 14.47% NICARAGUA 63.17% NIGER 53.50% NIGERIA 64.83% **NON-NATIONALITY BASED ISSUANCES 46.06% NORTH MACEDONIA 29.62% NORWAY 17.07% OMAN 6.32% PAKISTAN 45.62% PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TRAVEL DOCUMENT 58.27% PANAMA 15.33% PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.64% PARAGUAY 16.80% PERU 24.13% PHILIPPINES 32.49% POLAND 8.91% PORTUGAL 9.75% QATAR 8.28% REPUBLIC OF PALAU 40.00% ROMANIA 10.14% RUSSIA 17.79% RWANDA 63.93% SAMOA 36.87% SAN MARINO 0.00% SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 36.36% SAUDI ARABIA 10.01% SENEGAL 65.28% SERBIA 25.01% SEYCHELLES 6.38% SIERRA LEONE 59.35% SINGAPORE 10.17% SLOVAKIA 28.08% SLOVENIA 17.11% SOLOMON ISLANDS 9.09% SOMALIA 71.76% SOUTH AFRICA 7.80% SOUTH SUDAN 53.36% SPAIN 20.17% SRI LANKA 36.00% ST LUCIA 23.31%
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FY20 ADJUSTED NATIONALITY REFUSAL RATE ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 23.28% ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 21.10% SUDAN 50.25% SURINAME 10.83% SWEDEN 18.35% SWITZERLAND 10.92% SYRIA 66.68% TAIWAN 5.02% TAJIKISTAN 59.55% TANZANIA 31.04% THAILAND 24.44% TIMOR-LESTE 21.43% TOGO 62.32% TONGA 48.15% TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 14.10% TUNISIA 19.11% TURKEY 17.46% TURKMENISTAN 58.55% TUVALU 33.33% UGANDA 49.82% UKRAINE 43.14% UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8.44% URUGUAY 9.77% UZBEKISTAN 74.14% VANUATU 46.34% VATICAN CITY 0.00% VENEZUELA 52.30% VIETNAM 18.78% WESTERN SAHARA 0.00% YEMEN 76.66% ZAMBIA 44.78% ZIMBABWE 29.41% **"Non-nationality based issuances" includes individuals presenting travel documents issued by a competent authority other than their country of nationality, including, for example, stateless persons, or persons whose nationality cannot be determined.
A 0.00% refusal rate could represent one of two situations: 1) all B visa applications adjudicated ended the fiscal year in an issued status (including any that were refused but then overcame all refusals) or 2) that there were no B visa applications adjudicated for the specified nationality and fiscal year.
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