In 2021, around 79.09 percent of persons from China who applied for a B-visa to the United States had their request denied. B-visa applicants from North Korea had the highest refusal rate in that same year, at 100 percent.
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*FY2021 data are preliminary
B visas are a category of temporary non-immigrant visas for entry to the United States for business, tourism, or other non-business purposes.
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Bureau of Consular Affairs. (January 31, 2022). Leading countries of origin with most B-visa denials in the United States as of FY 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/693220/countries-for-us-visa-refusals/
Bureau of Consular Affairs. "Leading countries of origin with most B-visa denials in the United States as of FY 2021." Chart. January 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693220/countries-for-us-visa-refusals/
Bureau of Consular Affairs. (2022). Leading countries of origin with most B-visa denials in the United States as of FY 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693220/countries-for-us-visa-refusals/
Bureau of Consular Affairs. "Leading Countries of Origin with Most B-visa Denials in The United States as of Fy 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693220/countries-for-us-visa-refusals/
Bureau of Consular Affairs, Leading countries of origin with most B-visa denials in the United States as of FY 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693220/countries-for-us-visa-refusals/ (last visited July 04, 2024)
Leading countries of origin with most B-visa denials in the United States as of FY 2021 [Graph], Bureau of Consular Affairs, January 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/693220/countries-for-us-visa-refusals/