{
  "id": "us-visa-category-workload",
  "title": "U.S. Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances & Refusals by Category",
  "description": "Worldwide nonimmigrant visa issuances, refusals, and total applications by visa category, as published by the U.S. Department of State (FY2024). The refusal share equals refused ÷ total applications for the category worldwide — a raw share of adjudications, distinct from the Visa Waiver Program 'adjusted' refusal rate, which nets out overcome refusals. Official government statistics, not predictions of individual outcomes.",
  "version": "fy2024-v1",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-24",
  "spatialCoverage": "United States (worldwide adjudications)",
  "temporalCoverage": "FY2024",
  "measurementTechnique": [
    "Official fiscal-year workload table ingestion",
    "Refusal share derivation (refused ÷ total applications)"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "U.S. Department of State — Worldwide NIV Workload by Visa Category",
      "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/nonimmigrant-visa-statistics.html",
      "license": "public-domain",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-07-24"
    }
  ],
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "visaClass",
      "label": "Visa category",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "issued",
      "label": "Issued",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "refused",
      "label": "Refused",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "totalApplications",
      "label": "Total applications",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "refusalSharePct",
      "label": "Refusal share (%)",
      "type": "percent"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
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      "visaClass": "B1/B2",
      "issued": 6498006,
      "refused": 2497104,
      "totalApplications": 8995108,
      "refusalSharePct": 27.76
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "B1/B2/BCC",
      "issued": 1871765,
      "refused": 309450,
      "totalApplications": 2181216,
      "refusalSharePct": 14.19
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "F1",
      "issued": 400737,
      "refused": 278553,
      "totalApplications": 679290,
      "refusalSharePct": 41.01
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "J1",
      "issued": 322820,
      "refused": 39747,
      "totalApplications": 362567,
      "refusalSharePct": 10.96
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "C1/D",
      "issued": 324098,
      "refused": 10606,
      "totalApplications": 334704,
      "refusalSharePct": 3.17
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "H2A",
      "issued": 315328,
      "refused": 12800,
      "totalApplications": 328128,
      "refusalSharePct": 3.9
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "H1B",
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      "refused": 6298,
      "totalApplications": 225957,
      "refusalSharePct": 2.79
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "H2B",
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      "totalApplications": 145613,
      "refusalSharePct": 4.17
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "H4",
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      "refused": 4932,
      "totalApplications": 144806,
      "refusalSharePct": 3.41
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "A2",
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      "refused": 4287,
      "totalApplications": 100980,
      "refusalSharePct": 4.25
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "L2",
      "issued": 73317,
      "refused": 1931,
      "totalApplications": 75248,
      "refusalSharePct": 2.57
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "L1",
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      "refused": 2914,
      "totalApplications": 74713,
      "refusalSharePct": 3.9
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "E2",
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      "refused": 6108,
      "totalApplications": 61432,
      "refusalSharePct": 9.94
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "K1",
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      "refused": 6130,
      "totalApplications": 53709,
      "refusalSharePct": 11.41
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "B1/B2/BCV",
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      "refused": 7364,
      "totalApplications": 47352,
      "refusalSharePct": 15.55
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "F2",
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      "refused": 22912,
      "totalApplications": 46967,
      "refusalSharePct": 48.78
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "B1",
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      "refused": 8487,
      "totalApplications": 40031,
      "refusalSharePct": 21.2
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "J2",
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      "refused": 3050,
      "totalApplications": 35562,
      "refusalSharePct": 8.58
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "TN",
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      "totalApplications": 27317,
      "refusalSharePct": 42.63
    },
    {
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      "refused": 1325,
      "totalApplications": 25819,
      "refusalSharePct": 5.13
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 2.82
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 44.05
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "O1",
      "issued": 19457,
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      "refusalSharePct": 5.86
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 8.67
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 30.19
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "O2",
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      "refusalSharePct": 5.31
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "I",
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      "refusalSharePct": 11.32
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "TD",
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      "refusalSharePct": 11.4
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 16.49
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 4.1
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "NATO2",
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      "refusalSharePct": 0.67
    },
    {
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      "refused": 2237,
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      "refusalSharePct": 26.14
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "K2",
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      "refusalSharePct": 1.95
    },
    {
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      "totalApplications": 6727,
      "refusalSharePct": 10.29
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "D",
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      "refused": 275,
      "totalApplications": 6617,
      "refusalSharePct": 4.16
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "R1",
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      "refused": 1250,
      "totalApplications": 6436,
      "refusalSharePct": 19.42
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "E1",
      "issued": 5639,
      "refused": 502,
      "totalApplications": 6141,
      "refusalSharePct": 8.17
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "G1",
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      "refused": 389,
      "totalApplications": 5175,
      "refusalSharePct": 7.52
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "E3",
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      "refused": 96,
      "totalApplications": 4029,
      "refusalSharePct": 2.38
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "C3",
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      "refused": 78,
      "totalApplications": 3824,
      "refusalSharePct": 2.04
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "E3D",
      "issued": 3574,
      "refused": 66,
      "totalApplications": 3640,
      "refusalSharePct": 1.81
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "R2",
      "issued": 2709,
      "refused": 813,
      "totalApplications": 3522,
      "refusalSharePct": 23.08
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "H1B1",
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      "refused": 218,
      "totalApplications": 3288,
      "refusalSharePct": 6.63
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "E3R",
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      "refused": 23,
      "totalApplications": 3123,
      "refusalSharePct": 0.74
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "CW1",
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      "refused": 164,
      "totalApplications": 2681,
      "refusalSharePct": 6.12
    },
    {
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      "totalApplications": 2143,
      "refusalSharePct": 83.01
    },
    {
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      "totalApplications": 2138,
      "refusalSharePct": 11.79
    },
    {
      "visaClass": "NATO6",
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      "refusalSharePct": 0.47
    },
    {
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      "refused": 101,
      "totalApplications": 1882,
      "refusalSharePct": 5.37
    },
    {
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      "totalApplications": 1151,
      "refusalSharePct": 13.21
    },
    {
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      "totalApplications": 1059,
      "refusalSharePct": 12.75
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 9.52
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    {
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      "refused": 43,
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      "refusalSharePct": 6.2
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 6.84
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 0.6
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 6.73
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    {
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      "totalApplications": 302,
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    {
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      "totalApplications": 283,
      "refusalSharePct": 40.28
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    {
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      "totalApplications": 238,
      "refusalSharePct": 34.87
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    {
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      "totalApplications": 191,
      "refusalSharePct": 22.51
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 10.23
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 10
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 0
    },
    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 15.15
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 14.29
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 15.15
    },
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      "refusalSharePct": 28.12
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    {
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      "refusalSharePct": 0
    },
    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "visaClass": "S5",
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    }
  ]
}