Steve M

Also, the need for a visa for nationals of WVP countries is not limited to just those with criminal records. Anyone that's overstayed a previous visa by even one day becomes ineligible for the WVP. Anyone that's been denied entry under the WVP program in the past, even if they've done nothing wrong and just didn't strike the Immigration officer as being admittable must apply for a visa from that point forward.

I would think that people with prior Immigration law problems might have a tougher time at obtaining a visa than even those with minor criminal records.

nebratu

Incomplete apps probably go both ways, depending on who the adjudicator for the application is. An incomplete app could get rejected or sent back for a request for evidence.

B747-437B

An incomplete application is usually denied as a 221(g) refusal for failure to provide specific documents or information. A 221(g) refusal counts as an actual refusal only if not followed up upon, but in most cases the applicant simply provides the additional documents/information and the case is then adjudicated for issuance or denial under another section. Most applications denied are done as 214(b) (insufficient ties) or 212(a) (statutory inadmissability).

bocastephen

Are these by nationality? I'd imagine lots of people who are not Canadian citizens, but residing in Canada, need to apply for a US visitor visa, hence the refusals.

Canadians seeking employment in the US (specific careers) can just write their own TN visa and move/live/work here, while retirees can spend 6 months without documentation and only need to leave for 24h and return for another 6 months. As long as they don't work and have sufficient resources to support themselves, no one cares.

Rejuvenated

Yes the list is according to nationality.

Bob'sYourUncle

Why is this so surprising? Undocumented workers don't apply for visas. Those Mexicans who do apply, i.e. the middle class and up, have a low rate of denial because they fulfill all the requirements (and travel to the US to shop, pumping ridiculous amounts of $ (pesos) into the US economy, especially in border areas). Also, Mexico is not really known for producing or harboring terrorists...

Getting a US visa is an expensive PITA, so that if you do it, you better have a good chance of getting it. Otherwise skip the ordeal and just go to Europe.

Also, the US issues plenty of one-visit-only visas for Mexicans.

B747-437B

Just to be a bit pedantic, it is actually according to citizenship (which is sometimes different to nationality).

adamak

And 20% for Sweden. I'd think they get approved easily.

CPRich

I for one am glad to see that my tax dollars are hard at work, effectively keeping those radical Andorrans out of our country.

The African countries certainly seem to have the highest reject rate. A quick scan for countries at 50% and higher shows mostly African.

chi1k

I find the lowest non-zero numbers interesting:

Cyprus 1.7%
Taiwan 2.2%
Greece 2.6%
Argentina 3.1%
Qatar 3.2%
Switzerland 3.3%
Brunei 3.5%
Kuwait 3.6%

B747-437B

These numbers are a vast improvement on what it used to be as well. I remember when a friend of mine worked consular at the US Embassy in Accra in the early-mid 2000s, he told me that the rejection rate for B1/B2s was 80%+ and that for first time applicants above 90%.

jaymar01

Here is a sort by refusal rate.........

COUNTRY ADJUSTED REFUSAL RATE
FS Micronesia 0.00%
Monaco 0.00%
San Marino 0.00%
Cyprus 1.70%
Taiwan 2.20%
Greece 2.60%
Argentina 3.10%
Qatar 3.20%
Switzerland 3.30%
Brunei 3.50%
Kuwait 3.60%
Papua NG 3.70%
Bahrain 4.10%
South Africa 4.10%
Chile 5.00%
Hong Kong (BNO) 5.00%
Brazil 5.20%
Croatia 5.30%
Hong Kong SAR. 5.40%
Uruguay 5.60%
Liechtenstein 5.90%
Malaysia 5.90%
Mauritius 6.00%
Saudi Arabia 6.00%
Israel 6.40%
Spain 6.50%
Mozambique 6.70%
Luxembourg 7.00%
The Bahamas 8.20%
Seychelles 8.50%
Oman 8.70%
Swaziland 9.00%
Turkey 9.10%
Paraguay 9.30%
Kazakhstan 9.40%
South Korea 9.40%
Czech Republic 9.60%
Bosnia-Herze 9.70%
UAR 9.70%
Iceland 9.80%
Poland 9.80%
Russia 10.10%
Barbados 10.20%
Marshall Island 10.40%
Solomon Islands 10.70%
Mexico 11.10%
Panama 11.20%
Austria 11.50%
Slovakia 11.80%
Macau S.A.R. 12.00%
Equ. Guinea 12.20%
Maldives 12.20%
Malta 12.50%
Belgium 13.20%
China Mainland 13.30%
Timor-Leste 13.30%
Vanuatu 13.30%
Azerbaijan 13.50%
Thailand 13.50%
Botswana 13.90%
Libya 14.30%
Vatican City 14.30%
France 14.50%
Serbia 14.50%
Serbia/Monte. 14.70%
Namibia 14.90%
Japan 15.00%
Finland 15.40%
Germany 15.40%
Morocco 15.50%
Tunisia 15.60%
Madagascar 15.70%
Italy 16.10%
Indonesia 16.40%
Singapore 16.60%
Sao Tome 16.70%
Bulgaria 17.20%
Norway 17.20%
Kyrgyzstan 17.50%
Venezuela 17.60%
Costa Rica 17.70%
Portugal 17.70%
Denmark 18.30%
Suriname 18.60%
New Zealand 19.00%
Netherlands 19.20%
Antigua/Barbuda 19.70%
Belarus 19.70%
Macedonia 20.00%
Cuba 20.50%
Sweden 20.50%
Turkmenistan 20.60%
Kiribati 20.90%
Lesotho 21.10%
Angola 21.40%
Algeria 21.90%
Lebanon 22.40%
St. Kitts/Nevis 22.70%
Zambia 23.10%
North Korea 23.30%
Australia 23.70%
Bolivia 23.80%
St. Lucia 23.80%
Tanzania 24.20%
Romania 24.80%
Ireland 25.10%
Kosovo 25.40%
UK 25.50%
Peru 26.00%
India 26.80%
Malawi 26.90%
Ecuador 27.10%
St. Vincent 27.20%
Gabon 27.30%
Dominica 27.50%
Guatemala 28.00%
Zimbabwe 28.10%
Syria 28.40%
Slovenia 28.50%
Sri Lanka 28.60%
Honduras 29.20%
Estonia 29.30%
Grenada 29.60%
Colombia 30.70%
Dominican Rep 31.20%
Egypt 31.30%
Tajikistan 31.40%
Ukraine 31.80%
Lithuania 31.90%
Burma 32.00%
Trinidad/Tobago 32.00%
Sudan 32.50%
Belize 33.40%
Nigeria 33.70%
Fiji 33.80%
Nicaragua 33.80%
Latvia 33.90%
Congo (Brazzav.) 34.40%
Hungary 34.50%
Vietnam 36.10%
Palestinian Aut 36.20%
Uganda 36.30%
Bangladesh 36.40%
Burundi 36.40%
Montenegro 36.60%
Samoa 37.00%
Mongolia 37.10%
Albania 37.70%
Philippines 37.90%
Tuvalu 38.10%
Moldova 38.50%
Iran 38.90%
Benin 39.70%
Jordan 40.10%
Kenya 40.20%
Cameroon 40.50%
Congo (Kinshasa) 40.80%
Niger 41.30%
Pakistan 41.60%
Nauru 41.70%
Togo 42.10%
Iraq 42.20%
Tonga 42.80%
Cambodia 42.90%
Comoros 43.60%
Georgia 43.60%
Sierra Leone 45.70%
Burkina Faso 45.80%
Cape Verde 46.30%
Guinea - Bissau 46.60%
Uzbekistan 46.80%
Cote D`Ivoire 47.00%
El Salvador 47.40%
Jamaica 47.40%
Rwanda 48.10%
Central Af. Rep 48.30%
Haiti 49.00%
Ethiopia 49.10%
Mauritania 49.70%
Armenia 51.40%
Eritrea 52.60%
Yemen 54.30%
Rep. Palau 54.50%
Mali 55.70%
Afghanistan 56.00%
The Gambia 56.20%
Canada 57.10%
Liberia 57.60%
Ghana 58.00%
Nepal 58.30%
Chad 58.50%
Senegal 59.60%
Djibouti 60.20%
Guyana 63.50%
Bhutan 64.10%
Guinea 66.00%
Somalia 69.60%
Laos 74.40%
Andorra 100.00%

willzzz88

It doesn't show # of applicants so we don't have any stat. insight. But Andorra 100%? That's a small EU country stuck between France and Spain!

hfly

Andorra is not an EU country

998R

Also San Marino is not an EU country, but it's full of US citizens! (former imigrants)