{
  "id": "us-interview-research",
  "title": "U.S. Visa Interview Research (applicant-reported)",
  "description": "Aggregate applicant-reported interview question themes and qualifying sample sizes by U.S. visa group.",
  "version": "2026.07.18-us-v1",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-18",
  "spatialCoverage": "United States",
  "temporalCoverage": "2024-03/2026-07",
  "measurementTechnique": [
    "Report-level aggregation",
    "Question normalization",
    "Minimum-sample privacy suppression"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Visa Interviews Research aggregate release",
      "url": "https://www.visainterviews.com/data/us",
      "license": "proprietary-aggregate"
    }
  ],
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "visaGroup",
      "label": "Visa group",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "reports",
      "label": "Qualifying reports",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "topTheme",
      "label": "Top reported theme",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "topThemePrevalence",
      "label": "Top theme prevalence (%)",
      "type": "percent"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "visaGroup": "F-1 Student Visa",
      "reports": 440,
      "topTheme": "Education questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 53
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "B-1/B-2 Visitor Visa",
      "reports": 205,
      "topTheme": "Travel purpose questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 59
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "H-1B and Employment Visas",
      "reports": 315,
      "topTheme": "Employment questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 58
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "K-1 Fiancé Visa",
      "reports": 105,
      "topTheme": "Relationship questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 59
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "CR-1/IR-1 Spouse Visa",
      "reports": 285,
      "topTheme": "Relationship questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 54
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "Green Card and Adjustment of Status",
      "reports": 3535,
      "topTheme": "Relationship questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 50
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "Naturalization (N-400)",
      "reports": 935,
      "topTheme": "Civics test question",
      "topThemePrevalence": 55
    },
    {
      "visaGroup": "Other U.S. Visa Categories",
      "reports": 620,
      "topTheme": "Relationship questions",
      "topThemePrevalence": 32
    }
  ]
}