The Adjusted Refusal Rate is based on the refusal rate of B visa applications. B visas are adjudicated based on applicant interviews; the interviews generally last between 60 and 90 seconds. Due to time constraints, adjudicators profile applicants. Certain demographics, such as young adults, those who are single and/or unemployed, almost never receive visas.
Adjudicators are evaluated on how fast they carry out interviews, not the quality of adjudication decisions. The validity of B visa decisions is not evaluated.
To qualify for the Visa Waiver Program, a country must have had a non-immigrant visa refusal rate of less than 3% for the previous year or an average of no more than 2% over the past two fiscal years with neither year going above 2.5%. In addition, the country must provide visa-free access to United States citizens and has to be either an independent country or a dependency of a VWP country (which has barred Hong Kong and Macau) (Until 4 April 2016, Argentina charged $160 to U.S. citizens to enter.)
In the table below, eligible countries are in bold, with their flag depicted and linked to their relevant individual article on Wikipedia. The Adjusted Visa Refusal Rate for B visas were as follow
US B visa refusal rate in 2019 :
Visa exempt countries
Over 50%
Over 40%
Over 30%
Over 20%
Over 10%
Over 5%
Over 3%
Under 3%
The Adjusted Visa Refusal Rates for B visas were as follows
Country / Region
|
Fiscal Year 2017
|
Fiscal Year 2018
|
Fiscal Year 2019
|
26.32%
|
26.60%
|
26.92%
|
|
21.72%
|
22.45%
|
40.64%
|
|
60.76%
|
82.50%
|
78.45%
|
|
100.00%
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
24.06%
|
26.20%
|
23.70%
|
|
42.87%
|
74.28%
|
59.53%
|
|
36.36%
|
0.00%
|
8.33%
|
|
13.51%
|
38.30%
|
41.05%
|
|
50.29%
|
61.76%
|
68.06%
|
|
3.19%
|
4.11%
|
5.91%
|
|
5.80%
|
3.75%
|
5.56%
|
|
34.54%
|
40.97%
|
45.06%
|
|
42.38%
|
42.29%
|
51.65%
|
|
15.38%
|
34.78%
|
25.81%
|
|
40.60%
|
52.93%
|
56.26%
|
|
17.86%
|
17.49%
|
19.19%
|
|
19.53%
|
27.67%
|
24.17%
|
|
22.46%
|
19.28%
|
13.05%
|
|
32.85%
|
51.33%
|
45.85%
|
|
59.88%
|
59.61%
|
59.78%
|
|
20.15%
|
22.17%
|
23.41%
|
|
18.36%
|
19.87%
|
23.90%
|
|
51.84%
|
53.39%
|
60.97%
|
|
59.11%
|
77.31%
|
74.83%
|
|
11.44%
|
8.57%
|
7.44%
|
|
51.37%
|
59.83%
|
57.44%
|
|
26.19%
|
33.61%
|
35.12%
|
|
47.52%
|
41.29%
|
52.32%
|
|
6.44%
|
7.31%
|
6.92%
|
|
75.50%
|
90.16%
|
80.77%
|
|
16.79%
|
3.57%
|
2.20%
|
|
47.30%
|
60.56%
|
57.99%
|
|
13.14%
|
11.64%
|
10.60%
|
|
22.33%
|
25.93%
|
30.33%
|
|
56.85%
|
59.18%
|
55.88%
|
|
5.26%
|
7.47%
|
6.82%
|
|
14.81%
|
26.09%
|
34.78%
|
|
40.32%
|
26.26%
|
27.02%
|
|
20.38%
|
19.17%
|
14.55%
|
|
22.34%
|
21.90%
|
16.75%
|
|
26.66%
|
24.98%
|
21.87%
|
|
52.17%
|
44.51%
|
53.76%
|
|
11.61%
|
14.89%
|
15.19%
|
|
11.76%
|
10.44%
|
9.11%
|
|
7.48%
|
8.34%
|
10.33%
|
|
25.54%
|
27.07%
|
24.40%
|
|
25.97%
|
28.53%
|
25.39%
|
|
6.83%
|
8.02%
|
12.41%
|
|
9.34%
|
6.84%
|
1.74%
|
|
11.61%
|
11.71%
|
18.93%
|
|
50.98%
|
53.87%
|
52.92%
|
|
49.40%
|
47.89%
|
48.26%
|
|
3.46%
|
4.87%
|
5.13%
|
|
28.69%
|
31.29%
|
36.19%
|
|
54.55%
|
100.00%
|
100%
|
|
Non-nationality
based issuances
|
35.61%
|
40.27%
|
43.16%
|
44.95%
|
57.47%
|
67.20%
|
|
30.65%
|
43.33%
|
42.76%
|
|
43.28%
|
46.75%
|
63.52%
|
|
46.42%
|
51.53%
|
50.70%
|
|
20.97%
|
21.43%
|
20.83%
|
|
6.31%
|
8.40%
|
6.60%
|
|
17.88%
|
23.12%
|
30.91%
|
|
26.18%
|
10.22%
|
14.24%
|
|
36.99%
|
42.88%
|
28.48%
|
|
26.41%
|
35.35%
|
39.10%
|
|
53.62%
|
56.51%
|
54.60%
|
|
49.12%
|
61.10%
|
58.03%
|
|
22.50%
|
24.93%
|
26.66%
|
|
8.29%
|
6.49%
|
6.59%
|
|
67.30%
|
61.58%
|
67.79%
|
|
59.43%
|
50.60%
|
55.89%
|
|
27.74%
|
9.88%
|
33.65%
|
|
3.93%
|
4.94%
|
4.91%
|
|
26.49%
|
28.20%
|
37.05%
|
|
11.00%
|
11.77%
|
7.69%
|
|
45.50%
|
73.73%
|
89.05%
|
|
64.98%
|
64.36%
|
73.93%
|
|
35.97%
|
21.94%
|
28.24%
|
|
31.75%
|
25.22%
|
23.85%
|
|
63.66%
|
64.06%
|
65.60%
|
|
55.58%
|
58.9%
|
67.75%
|
|
8.32%
|
2.71%
|
3.27%
|
|
37.92%
|
35.97%
|
36.76%
|
|
5.13%
|
25.33%
|
11.69%
|
|
33.17%
|
41.59%
|
49.86%
|
|
32.81%
|
39.38%
|
42.58%
|
|
40.06%
|
42.62%
|
45.26%
|
|
46.78%
|
54.46%
|
56.59%
|
|
33.72%
|
33.81%
|
35.73%
|
|
4.88%
|
5.10%
|
5.33%
|
|
60.71%
|
56.95%
|
49.94%
|
|
58.66%
|
87.66%
|
86.58%
|
|
10.99%
|
12.81%
|
12.46%
|
|
23.29%
|
26.07%
|
27.75%
|
|
3.45%
|
4.25%
|
3.23%
|
|
40.35%
|
60.32%
|
61.71%
|
|
71.44%
|
67.59%
|
60.81%
|
|
37.92%
|
70.62%
|
62.96%
|
|
71.61%
|
76.09%
|
65.33%
|
|
64.59%
|
66.16%
|
73.29%
|
|
47.14%
|
53.62%
|
58.64%
|
|
26.94%
|
26.44%
|
19.49%
|
|
56.18%
|
49.35%
|
55.60%
|
|
61.09%
|
62.35%
|
63.85%
|
|
70.27%
|
64.22%
|
72.30%
|
|
26.10%
|
40.00%
|
45.41%
|
|
26.59%
|
41.74%
|
38.96%
|
|
50.30%
|
41.74%
|
45.46%
|
|
12.59%
|
8.49%
|
5.73%
|
|
71.69%
|
69.54%
|
65.39%
|
|
18.21%
|
21.29%
|
27.79%
|
|
52.97%
|
51.49%
|
58.18%
|
|
34.24%
|
32.15%
|
31.83%
|
|
27.95%
|
31.38%
|
34.05%
|
|
7.02%
|
8.16%
|
4.23%
|
|
35.78%
|
49.54%
|
53.21%
|
|
28.74%
|
37.13%
|
26.83%
|
|
74.80%
|
82.96%
|
85.35%
|
|
49.94%
|
50.56%
|
53.80%
|
|
1.69%
|
2.38%
|
2.78%
|
|
77.17%
|
50.97%
|
53.40%
|
|
5.10%
|
5.92%
|
4.02%
|
|
6.49%
|
9.91%
|
18.66%
|
|
48.47%
|
52.23%
|
60.49%
|
|
48.45%
|
69.46%
|
53.02%
|
|
21.93%
|
35.11%
|
41.93%
|
|
14.57%
|
17.00%
|
18.22%
|
|
51.65%
|
60.80%
|
70.16%
|
|
44.24%
|
36.03%
|
37.45%
|
|
50.70%
|
52.27%
|
52.66%
|
|
47.29%
|
32.63%
|
57.97%
|
|
41.05%
|
54.22%
|
33.65%
|
|
75.55%
|
74.39%
|
73.16%
|
|
75.74%
|
71.16%
|
62.32%
|
|
14.97%
|
11.32%
|
9.75%
|
|
12.34%
|
12.73%
|
18.48%
|
|
17.94%
|
18.67%
|
17.54%
|
|
16.37%
|
23.50%
|
25.27%
|
|
18.08%
|
22.19%
|
24.17%
|
|
52.43%
|
59.63%
|
57.13%
|
|
42.10%
|
47.74%
|
48.48%
|
|
30.91%
|
34.55%
|
28.63%
|
|
21.69%
|
23.26%
|
21.93%
|
|
8.72%
|
7.07%
|
6.76%
|
|
60.88%
|
40.05%
|
39.78%
|
|
9.53%
|
6.96%
|
13.55%
|
|
27.63%
|
28.45%
|
25.43%
|
|
51.87%
|
53.83%
|
51.65%
|
|
1.79%
|
1.73%
|
2.07%
|
|
20.50%
|
19.07%
|
15.25%
|
|
36.01%
|
51.76%
|
58.26%
|
|
43.96%
|
39.26%
|
44.22%
|
|
40.45%
|
41.92%
|
41.45%
|
|
72.14%
|
71.39%
|
68.42%
|
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