B visa

A B visa is one of a category of non-immigrant visas issued by the United States government to foreign nationals seeking entry for a temporary period. The two types of B visa are the B-1 visa, issued to those seeking entry for business purposes, and the B-2 visa, issued to those seeking entry for tourism or other non-business purposes. In practice, the two visa categories are usually combined and issued as a "B-1/B-2 visa" valid for a temporary visit for either business or pleasure, or a combination of the two. Nationals of certain countries do not usually need to obtain a visa for these purposes.

B-1/B-2 visa for a national of Argentina

Acceptable and prohibited uses of a B-1 or B-2 visa

Acceptable uses of a B-1 visa

Under the category of temporary visitor for business, a B-1 visa may be used to enter the U.S. to engage in any of the following activities.^[1]

• Hold business meetings^[2]
• Perform certain business functions as a member of the board of directors of a U.S. corporation^[3]
• Purchase supplies or materials
• Interview and hire staff
• Negotiate contracts, sign contracts, or take orders for products manufactured outside the United States^[4][2]
• Attend a convention, meeting, trade show, or business event for scientific, educational, professional, or business purposes^[4][2]
• Settle an estate^[5]
• Perform independent research^[4][2]
• Receive practical medical experience and medical instruction under the supervision and direction of faculty physicians at a U.S. medical school's hospital as part of a third-year or fourth-year internship as long as the visitor is a studying at a foreign medical school and the visitor is not compensated by the hospital without remuneration from the hospital^[3]
• Observe U.S. medical practices and consult with medical colleagues on techniques, as long as the visitor is a medical doctor, the visitor receives no compensation from a U.S. source, and the visitor does not provide patient care while in the U.S.^[3]
• Take photographs, as long as the visitor is a professional photographer and the visitor receives no compensation from a U.S. source^[3]
• Record music, as long as the visitor is a musician, the recording will be distributed and sold only outside the U.S., and the visitor will give no public performances^[3]
• Create art, as long as the visitor is a creative artist, the visitor is not under contract with a U.S. employer, and the visitor does not intend to regularly sell such artwork in the U.S.^[3]
• Perform certain professional services^[6]
• Perform as a professional entertainer as part of a cultural exchange program performed before a nonpaying audience and funded by visitor's country^[2]
• Perform as a professional entertainer as part of a competition for which there is no compensation other than travel expenses or, in certain limited instances, a prize^[2]
• Perform work as crew on a private yacht that sails out of a foreign home port and cruises in U.S. waters^[2]
• Perform services on behalf of a foreign-based employer as a jockey, sulky driver, horse trainer, or horse groomer^[3]
• Compete in a particular athletic competition^[4] with the only compensation being prize money as long as the prize money is not the recipient's primary source of income^[2]
• Try out for a professional sports team^[4] as long as the visitor is not compensated other than reimbursement of travel expenses^[2]
• Participate in an athletic tournament or athletic sporting event as a professional athlete, as long as the visitor's only compensation is prize money, the visitor's principal place of business or activity is outside the U.S., the visitor's primary source of income is outside the U.S., and the visitor is either part of an international sports league or the sporting activities involved have an international dimension^[3]
• Survey potential sites for a business^[4]
• Perform as a lecturer or speaker^[4]
• Work for a foreign exhibitor in connection with exhibits at international fairs or international exhibits, as long as the visitor's employment responsibilities are primarily outside the U.S.^[2]
• Install, service, or repair commercial or industrial equipment or machinery that was sold by a non-U.S. company to a U.S. buyer when specifically required by the purchase contract; construction work is not allowed^[4][2]
• Perform a minor amount of volunteer services, excluding construction, for a religious organization or a nonprofit charitable organization, as long as volunteering is not the primary purpose of entering the U.S.^[2]
• Participate in a training program that is not designed primarily to provide employment^[4]
• Observe how a business operates or how professional activities are conducted^[2]
• Seek investments in the U.S., without actually performing productive labor or actively participating in the management of a business^[2]
• Participate in Peace Corps training as a volunteer or under contract^[2]
• Participate in the United Nations Institute for Training and Research internship program, as long a foreign government does not employ the visitor^[2]
• Drill for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf^[2]
• As a minister of religion, engage in an evangelical tour, as long as the visitor does not intend to take an appointment with any one church and the visitor will be supported by offerings contributed at each evangelical meeting^[3]
• As a minister of religion, temporarily exchange pulpits with U.S. ministers of religion, as long as the visitor will continue to be reimbursed by a foreign church and will not be compensated by the U.S. church^[3]
• Perform missionary work, religious instruction, religious aid to the elderly or needy, or religious proselytizing as a member of a religious denomination, as long as the work does not involve the selling of articles, the solicitation of donation, the acceptance of donations, administrative work, or is a substitute for ordinary labor for hire, and the visitor will not be compensated from U.S. sources other than an allowance or other reimbursement for travel expenses incidental to the temporary stay^[3]
• Participating in an organized project conducted by a recognized religious or nonprofit charitable organization that benefits U.S. local communities, as long as the visitor is a member of, and has a commitment to, the particular organization, the visitor receives no compensation from a U.S. source other than reimbursement of travel expenses^[3]
• Work as a personal employee or a domestic employee of an employer who seeks admission into, or who is already in, the United States in B, E, F, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, Q, or R non-immigrant status, if and only if the employee has been employed outside the U.S. in a similar capacity prior to the date the employer enters the U.S., the employee has a residence outside the U.S. that the employee has no intention of abandoning, the employer compensates the employee based on the prevailing wage, and the employer provides the employee free room and board.^[7][8]
• Work as a personal employee or a domestic employee of a U.S. citizen employer, if and only if the employer ordinarily resides outside the U.S.; the employer is traveling to the U.S. temporarily; the employer is subject to frequent international transfers of at least two years; the employer will reside in the U.S. for no more than four year as a condition of employment; the employer has regularly employed a domestic employee in the same capacity while outside the U.S.; the employee has a minimum of one year of experience in the same capacity; the employer provides the employee with the prevailing wage, room, board, and round-trip transportation; and the employee has a residence outside the U.S. that the employee has no intention of abandoning.^[9][10]

Acceptable uses of a B-2 visa

Under the category of temporary visitor for pleasure, a B-2 visa can be used to enter the U.S. to engage in any of the following activities.

• Travel within the U.S.^[3]
• Visit family or friends
• Participate in a convention, a conference, or a convocation of a fraternal, social, or service nature^[3]
• Obtain medical treatment, as long as the visitor has the means to pay for it^[3][11]
• Enroll in a short, recreational course of study, as long as it is not credited toward a degree^[3]
• Participate in an event, talent show, or a contest as an amateur, as long the visitor is not typically compensated for such participation and the visitor does not actually receive payment, other than reimbursement of travel expenses^[3]
• Enter as a dependent of an alien member of any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces temporarily assigned for duty in the U.S.^[3]
• Accompany a person with either a D-1 visa or a D-2 visa with the sole purpose of accompanying the person^[3]
• Enter with the intent of becoming engaged, meeting the family of a fiancé, making arrangements for a wedding, or renewing a relationship with a fiancé^[3]
• Enter with the intent of marrying a U.S. citizen and then return to a residence outside the U.S. after the marriage^[3]
• Accompany a spouse or child who is a U.S. citizen on a temporary visit to the U.S.^[3]
• Enter as a cohabiting (unmarried) partner of a non-immigrant visa holder if the partner is not otherwise eligible for derivative status under the partner's visa classification.^[3]

Prohibited uses

A person who enters the U.S. with a B-1 visa or a B-2 visa is prohibited from engaging in any of the following activities.

• Employment, whether paid or unpaid (some exceptions apply)
• Receive education that credits to a degree
• Arrive in the U.S. as a part of a crew of a ship or an aircraft
• Work as a journalist or other information media
• Perform before a paying audience
• Live permanently or long-term in the U.S.
• Manage a business located in the U.S.^[4]
• Start a new branch, subsidiary, or affiliate of a foreign employer^[2]
• Enter the U.S. with the purpose of performing emergency response services^[2]
• Enter the U.S. for the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child by giving birth in the U.S.^[11][12][a]

Requirement to overcome presumption of intending immigrant

Under section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, a foreigner must prove to the satisfaction of the Consular officer his or her intent to return to his home country after visiting the United States. The act specifically states:^[13]

Every alien (other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (L) or (V) of section 101(a)(15), and other than a nonimmigrant described in any provision of section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) except subclause (b1) of such section) shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for a visa, and the immigration officers, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15).

In practice, this means that consular officers have wide discretion to deny a visa application. Once refused, there is no judicial or other means to challenge a visa decision. The foreigner, however, is free to apply for a visa again, particularly if circumstances have changed that might show to the consular officer that the applicant overcomes the presumption of being an intending immigrant.^[14]

Cost

All applicants for a B-1 and/or B-2 visa must pay an application fee, US$185 as of 2023.^[15] If the application is approved, nationals of certain countries must pay an issuance fee, which varies by nationality and is typically based on reciprocity. For some countries the issuance fee also varies depending on the desired visa validity, number of entries and visa subtype (B-1, B-2 or combined B-1/B-2).^[16]

As of 2023^[update], only nationals of the following countries must pay the issuance fee.^[16]

Country	Issuance fee (USD)	Entries	Validity	Notes
Cameroon	35	multiple	6 months
	215	multiple	1 year
Central African Republic	40	multiple	1 year
Comoros	0	1	2 months
	282	multiple	1 year
Djibouti	155	multiple	1 year
Gambia	15	multiple	5 years
Kyrgyzstan	20	multiple	5 years
Malawi	0	1	3 months
	35	multiple	6 months
	115	multiple	1 year
Myanmar	0	1	3 months	For B-2 or B-1/B-2.
	415	multiple	1 year	For B-1 only.
Nauru	0	multiple	5 years	For B-1 only.
	7	1	3 months	For B-2 only.
Papua New Guinea	0	1	1 month
	138	multiple	1 year
Turkmenistan	0	multiple	3 months
	90	multiple	6 months
	330	multiple	1 year

History

Before 1994, there was no application fee, and only the issuance fee was charged, varying by nationality based on reciprocity.^[17] In 1994, the application fee was introduced for all applicants, in addition to the reciprocal issuance fee, to pay for the more costly machine-readable visas, which replaced the older stamped visas around that time.^[18] The application fee was initially US$20, and has increased several times since then.

Changes in application fee

Date	Application fee (USD)
16 May 1994^[18]	20
1 February 1998^[19]	45
1 June 2002^[20]	65
1 November 2002^[21]	100
1 January 2008^[22]	131
4 June 2010^[23]	140
13 April 2012^[24]	160
17 June 2023^[25]^[26]	185

Validity period and duration of stay

 

US B visa validity period per country

United States
10 years   4–5 years   2–3 years	12–15 months   3–6 months   1 month–5 years (depending on issuance fee or visa subtype)

As with other non-immigrant U.S. visas, a B-1/B-2 visa has a validity period (from 1 month to 10 years), allows for one, two, three or multiple entries into the U.S., and elicits a period of stay (maximum 6 months) recorded by the Customs and Border Protection officer at the port of entry on the individual's form I-94. The validity period determines how long the visa may be used to enter the U.S., while the period of stay determines how long the person may stay in the U.S. after each entry.

Validity periods per country are listed in the U.S. Department of State Visa Reciprocity Tables and vary from 1 month for Papua New Guinea (with no issuance fee), 1 year for Vietnam, 2 years for Algeria, 3 years for Russia, and 5 years for Nigeria, to 10 years for China, India, Israel, Philippines, and most countries in the Americas and Europe. For some countries, longer validity periods are available for higher issuance fees or for B-1 or B-2 only.

Periods of stay for B-1 visas may be granted initially for a duration long enough to allow the visitor to conduct their business, up to a maximum of 6 months, and can be extended for another 6 months;^[27] stays with B-1 visas are usually granted for three months or less, while stays with B-2 visas are generally granted for six months.^[28] Extensions are possible, provided the individual has not violated the conditions of admission.^[29]

A Border Crossing Card (BCC), also called a laser visa, has a 10-year validity and functions as both a BCC and a B-1/B-2 visitor's visa. The BCC is only issued to nationals of Mexico who apply for a visa inside Mexico.^[30]

Validity of B visas by nationality, as of 2023^[update]:^[16][31]

Country	Issuance fee (USD)	Entries	Validity	Notes
Afghanistan	0	multiple	1 year
Albania	0	multiple	10 years
Algeria	0	multiple	2 years
Andorra	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Angola	0	multiple	2 years
Antigua and Barbuda	0	multiple	10 years
Argentina	0	multiple	10 years
Armenia	0	multiple	10 years
Australia	0	multiple	5 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Austria	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Azerbaijan	0	multiple	1 year
Bahamas	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa if traveling directly from the country through airport preclearance and holding a police certificate showing no criminal record.
Bahrain	0	multiple	10 years
Bangladesh	0	multiple	5 years
Barbados	0	multiple	10 years
Belarus	0	multiple	1 year
Belgium	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Belize	0	multiple	10 years
Benin	0	multiple	3 years
Bhutan	0	1	3 months
Bolivia	0	multiple	10 years
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	multiple	10 years
Botswana	0	multiple	10 years
Brazil	0	multiple	10 years
Brunei	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Bulgaria	0	multiple	10 years
Burkina Faso	0	multiple	5 years
Burundi	0	1	3 months
Cambodia	0	2	3 months
Cameroon	35	multiple	6 months
	215	multiple	1 year
Canada	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa or ESTA.
Cape Verde	0	multiple	5 years
Central African Republic	40	multiple	1 year
Chad	0	1	3 months
Chile	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
China	0	multiple	10 years	Electronic Visa Update System registration is required. For members of the Chinese Communist Party and their spouses and children under age 21, 1 entry and validity of 1 month.
Colombia	0	multiple	10 years
Comoros	0	1	2 months
	282	multiple	1 year
Congo	0	multiple	2 years
Costa Rica	0	multiple	10 years
Croatia	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Cuba	0	1	3 months	For B-1/B-2 only.
	0	1	6 months	For B-1 only.
	0	multiple	5 years	For B-2 only.
Cyprus	0	multiple	10 years
Czech Republic	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0	multiple	3 months
Denmark	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Djibouti	155	multiple	1 year
Dominica	0	multiple	10 years
Dominican Republic	0	multiple	10 years
East Timor	0	2	3 months
Ecuador	0	multiple	10 years
Egypt	0	multiple	5 years
El Salvador	0	multiple	10 years
Equatorial Guinea	0	multiple	5 years
Eritrea	0	1	3 months
Estonia	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Eswatini	0	multiple	10 years
Ethiopia	0	multiple	2 years	For holders of diplomatic or official passports, visa validity is 1 year.
Fiji	0	multiple	10 years
Finland	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
France	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Gabon	0	multiple	5 years
Gambia	15	multiple	5 years
Georgia	0	multiple	10 years
Germany	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Ghana	0	multiple	5 years
Greece	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Grenada	0	multiple	10 years
Guatemala	0	multiple	10 years
Guinea	0	multiple	3 years
Guinea-Bissau	0	multiple	15 months
Guyana	0	multiple	10 years
Haiti	0	multiple	5 years
Honduras	0	multiple	10 years
Hong Kong	0	multiple	10 years
Hungary	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Iceland	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
India	0	multiple	10 years
Indonesia	0	multiple	5 years
Iran	0	1	3 months
Iraq	0	multiple	1 year
Ireland	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Israel	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.^[32]
Italy	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Ivory Coast	0	multiple	1 year
Jamaica	0	multiple	10 years
Japan	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Jordan	0	multiple	5 years
Kazakhstan	0	multiple	10 years	For B-1/B-2 for a religious event, 1 entry and validity of 3 months. For B-1/B-2 for volunteer work, multiple entries and validity of 5 years.
Kenya	0	multiple	5 years
Kiribati	0	multiple	4 years
Kosovo	0	multiple	5 years
Kuwait	0	multiple	10 years
Kyrgyzstan	20	multiple	5 years
Laos	0	1	3 months
Latvia	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Lebanon	0	multiple	5 years
Lesotho	0	multiple	10 years
Liberia	0	multiple	1 year
Libya	0	multiple	1 year
Liechtenstein	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Lithuania	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Luxembourg	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Macau	0	multiple	10 years	For holders of a travel permit instead of a passport, visa validity is 5 years.
Madagascar	0	multiple	3 months
Malawi	0	1	3 months
	35	multiple	6 months
	115	multiple	1 year
Malaysia	0	multiple	10 years
Maldives	0	multiple	10 years
Mali	0	multiple	5 years
Malta	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Marshall Islands	0	1	3 months	May also enter without a visa or ESTA.
Mauritania	0	multiple	1 year
Mauritius	0	multiple	10 years
Mexico	0	multiple	10 years
Micronesia	0	2	3 months	May also enter without a visa or ESTA.
Moldova	0	multiple	10 years
Monaco	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Mongolia	0	multiple	10 years
Montenegro	0	multiple	3 years
Morocco	0	multiple	10 years
Mozambique	0	1	3 months	For B-1/B-2 only.
	0	3	3 months	For B-1 or B-2.
	0	multiple	3 months	For B-1/B-2 only.
Myanmar	0	1	3 months	For B-2 or B-1/B-2.
	415	multiple	1 year	For B-1 only.
Namibia	0	multiple	5 years
Nauru	0	multiple	5 years	For B-1 only.
	7	1	3 months	For B-2 only.
Nepal	0	multiple	5 years
Netherlands	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
New Zealand	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Nicaragua	0	multiple	10 years
Niger	0	multiple	1 year
Nigeria	0	multiple	5 years
North Korea	0	2	3 months
North Macedonia	0	multiple	10 years
Norway	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Oman	0	multiple	10 years
Pakistan	0	multiple	5 years
Palau	0	2	3 months	May also enter without a visa or ESTA.
Palestine	0	multiple	5 years
Panama	0	multiple	10 years
Papua New Guinea	0	1	1 month
	138	multiple	1 year
Paraguay	0	multiple	10 years
Peru	0	multiple	10 years
Philippines	0	multiple	10 years
Poland	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Portugal	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Qatar	0	multiple	10 years
Romania	0	multiple	10 years
Russia	0	multiple	3 years
Rwanda	0	multiple	10 years
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	multiple	10 years
Saint Lucia	0	multiple	10 years
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	multiple	10 years
Samoa	0	multiple	10 years
San Marino	0	multiple	5 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
São Tomé and Príncipe	0	multiple	6 months
Saudi Arabia	0	multiple	10 years
Senegal	0	multiple	10 years
Serbia	0	multiple	10 years
Seychelles	0	multiple	10 years
Sierra Leone	0	multiple	3 years
Singapore	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Slovakia	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Slovenia	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Solomon Islands	0	multiple	5 years
Somalia	0	1	3 months
South Africa	0	multiple	10 years
South Korea	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
South Sudan	0	2	3 months
Spain	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Sri Lanka	0	multiple	5 years
Sudan	0	1	3 months	For B-2 or B-1/B-2.
	0	multiple	1 year	For B-1 only.
Suriname	0	multiple	5 years
Sweden	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Switzerland	0	multiple	10 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Syria	0	multiple	3 months
Taiwan	0	multiple	5 years	May also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Tajikistan	0	multiple	1 year
Tanzania	0	multiple	1 year
Thailand	0	multiple	10 years
Togo	0	multiple	3 years
Tonga	0	multiple	10 years
Trinidad and Tobago	0	multiple	10 years
Tunisia	0	multiple	10 years
Turkey	0	multiple	10 years
Turkmenistan	0	multiple	3 months
	90	multiple	6 months
	330	multiple	1 year
Tuvalu	0	1	1 month	For B-1 only.
	0	multiple	25 months	For B-2 only.
Uganda	0	multiple	2 years
Ukraine	0	multiple	10 years
United Arab Emirates	0	multiple	10 years
United Kingdom	0	multiple	10 years	For British Overseas Territories citizens (BOTCs) of the Pitcairn Islands, 2 entries and validity of 3 months. BOTCs of Bermuda may also enter without a visa or ESTA. BOTCs of the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands may also enter without a visa if traveling directly from the territory and holding a police certificate showing no criminal record. British citizens may also enter without a visa, with ESTA.
Uruguay	0	multiple	10 years
Uzbekistan	0	multiple	1 year
Vanuatu	0	multiple	5 years
Vatican City	0	multiple	5 years
Venezuela	0	multiple	10 years
Vietnam	0	multiple	1 year
Yemen	0	multiple	1 year
Zambia	0	multiple	3 years
Zimbabwe	0	multiple	1 year
stateless	0	2	3 months

Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS)

 

A 10-year United States B visa issued to a national of China. The annotation indicates that Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) enrollment is needed before travel.

On March 15, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that starting from 29 November 2016, all holders of Chinese passports who also hold 10-year B visas are required to enroll in the Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) before travelling to the United States via air, land or sea.^[33] The EVUS is designed for visa holders to update any changes to their basic biographic and employment information at the time of their visa applications. Similar to the ESTA, each EVUS registration is valid for a period of 2 years or until the holder's passport expiration date, whichever comes first. As of 2023, this system can be used free of charge and no time frame exists for when the US$8 cost recovery fee will be imposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Holders of EVUS can travel to the United States for unlimited times providing that their EVUS registration and visa remain valid.^[34]

The requirement applies to any holder of a Chinese passport and B visa with a 10-year validity. It also applies to holders of non-citizen travel documents issued by other countries, such as a refugee travel document and certificate of identity, whose nationality is Chinese. It does not apply, however, to holders of Hong Kong SAR passports,^[b] Macau SAR passports, B visas with a validity shorter than 10 years, or of other types of visas. The CBP and DHS are seeking to expand the EVUS to other nationalities in the future.^[38]

EVUS was officially launched on October 31, 2016, for early enrollments. Upon launch, CBP announced that the enrollment fee will be suspended until further notice.^[39]

Use for other countries

Certain countries generally accept a U.S. tourist visa that is valid for further travel as a substitute visa for national visas.

Country	Period	Notes
Albania	90 days	^[40]
Antigua and Barbuda	30 days	^[41]
Argentina	3 months	Certain nationalities can obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) if holding a B2 visa.^[42]
Belize	30 days	Multiple-entry visa only^[43]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	30 days	^[44]
Canada	up to 6 months	Nationals of certain countries arriving by air with Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) only
Chile	90 days	Nationals of China only
Colombia	90 days	Certain nationalities only
Costa Rica	30 days	Only for a multiple-entry visa that is valid for at least six months^[45]
Dominican Republic	90 days	^[46]
El Salvador	90 days	Certain nationalities only
Georgia	90 days	Valid for 90 days within any 180-day period
Guatemala	90 days	Certain nationalities only
Honduras	90 days	Certain nationalities only
Jamaica	30 days	Certain nationalities only
Mexico	180 days	^[47]^[48]
Montenegro	30 days	^[49]
Nicaragua	90 days	Certain nationalities only
North Macedonia	15 days
Oman		Certain nationalities may obtain an electronic Omani visa
Panama	30 or 180 days	Must hold a visa valid for at least 2 additional entries
Peru	180 days	Applicable to nationals of China and nationals of India only
Philippines	7 or 14 days	7 days for nationals of China; 14 days for nationals of India
Qatar	30 days	Nationals who must typically enter with a visa may obtain an electronic travel authorization
São Tomé and Príncipe	15 days
Serbia	90 days	^[50]
South Korea	30 days
Taiwan		Certain nationalities may obtain an online travel authority
Turkey		Certain nationalities may obtain an electronic visa
United Arab Emirates	14 days	Visa on arrival for nationals of India only^[51]

Statistics

Visitor visas issued

 

B-1/B-2 visas issued in fiscal year 2017

United States   Visa-exempt nationalities   >400,000 visas

100,000–400,000 visas   50,000–100,000 visas   25,000–50,000 visas

10,000–25,000 visas   5,000–10,000 visas   <5,000 visas

The highest number of B-1/B-2 visas were issued to nationals of the following countries in fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Country	B-1/B-2 visas issued
	2017^[52]	2016^[53]	2015^[54]
China	1,452,834	1,989,925	2,227,670
Mexico^[c]	1,088,880	1,106,723	1,234,885
India	599,983	563,202	553,385
Brazil	520,589	450,166	870,008
Colombia	333,433	374,398	345,233
Argentina	353,555	295,326	240,115
Dominican Republic	194,557	136,057	85,140
Ecuador	168,103	150,163	150,458
Russia	164,944	151,692	122,147
Israel	163,495	168,136	137,439
Nigeria	155,940	162,996	136,409
Philippines	115,712	99,967	83,139
Vietnam	100,423	86,180	80,936
Poland	95,272	88,624	81,861
Peru	82,485	79,927	97,936
Costa Rica	75,529	71,710	58,139
Turkey	74,312	85,560	78,118
Jamaica	65,119	94,458	83,483
Hong Kong	62,131	61,708	54,027
Honduras	54,753	48,177	35,004
Egypt	54,216	58,062	46,433
Saudi Arabia	52,476	78,042	85,303
Indonesia	52,233	48,787	48,239
Pakistan	48,537	65,844	62,714
Venezuela	47,087	144,283	223,854
South Africa	46,427	45,240	48,432
Ukraine	45,709	45,638	52,943
Thailand	43,182	47,382	44,795
Guatemala	41,055	52,326	48,735
Total	6,276,851	7,988,520	8,403,683

In fiscal year 2014, most reasons to refuse a visa were cited as "failure to establish entitlement to nonimmigrant status", "incompatible application" (most overcome), "unlawful presence", "misrepresentation", "criminal convictions", "smugglers" and "controlled substance violators". Smaller number of applications were rejected for "physical or mental disorder", "prostitution", "espionage", "terrorist activities", "falsely claiming citizenship" and other grounds for refusal including "presidential proclamation", "money laundering", "communicable disease" and "commission of acts of torture or extrajudicial killings".^[55]

Adjusted visa refusal rate

 

US B visa refusal rate in fiscal year 2022

United States   Visa-exempt countries

<3%   3–5%

5–10%   10–20%

20–30%   30–40%

40–50%   >50%

The adjusted visa refusal rates for B visas, by fiscal year, were as follows.

Country	2008^[56]	2014^[57]	2015^[58]	2016^[59]	2017^[60]	2018^[61]	2019^[62]
Afghanistan	51.00%	46.70%	61.03%	73.80%	72.14%	71.39%	68.42%
Albania	38.70%	39.80%	36.82%	35.95%	40.45%	41.92%	41.45%
Algeria	20.30%	23.10%	25.92%	36.00%	43.96%	39.26%	44.22%
Angola	17.10%	21.40%	26.77%	48.52%	36.01%	51.76%	58.26%
Antigua and Barbuda	21.70%	20.80%	20.17%	22.11%	20.50%	19.07%	15.25%
Argentina	3.10%	1.40%	2.14%	2.14%	1.79%	1.73%	2.07%
Armenia	53.30%	43.80%	47.17%	45.88%	51.87%	53.83%	51.65%
Azerbaijan	14.00%	13.50%	12.93%	14.83%	27.63%	28.45%	25.43%
Bahrain	6.60%	4.70%	3.81%	6.26%	9.53%	6.96%	13.55%
Bangladesh	48.20%	50.80%	59.96%	62.82%	60.88%	40.05%	39.78%
Barbados	10.10%	9.80%	9.54%	11.24%	8.72%	7.07%	6.76%
Belarus	21.10%	14.00%	12.53%	14.87%	21.69%	23.26%	21.93%
Belize	25.40%	16.40%	30.47%	35.21%	30.91%	34.55%	28.63%
Benin	39.10%	31.40%	35.74%	38.01%	42.10%	47.74%	48.48%
Bhutan	48.30%	43.60%	54.55%	69.78%	52.43%	59.63%	57.13%
Bolivia	23.60%	13.60%	13.56%	14.36%	18.08%	22.19%	24.17%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	21.30%	16.10%	20.38%	19.70%	16.37%	23.50%	25.27%
Botswana	15.60%	16.90%	16.67%	18.97%	17.94%	18.67%	17.54%
Brazil	5.50%	3.20%	5.36%	16.70%	12.34%	12.73%	18.48%
Bulgaria	13.30%	15.20%	17.26%	16.86%	14.97%	11.32%	9.75%
Burkina Faso	44.40%	37.40%	50.37%	65.35%	75.74%	71.16%	62.32%
Burundi	58.80%	50.00%	58.35%	61.33%	75.55%	74.39%	73.16%
Cambodia	44.30%	39.90%	48.41%	35.62%	41.05%	54.22%	33.65%
Cameroon	46.70%	28.20%	29.89%	36.84%	47.29%	32.63%	57.97%
Cape Verde	42.70%	28.70%	36.05%	45.89%	50.70%	52.27%	52.66%
Central African Republic	39.60%	46.60%	32.43%	35.12%	44.24%	36.03%	37.45%
Chad	41.40%	32.40%	33.87%	42.53%	51.65%	60.80%	70.16%
China	18.20%	9.00%	10.03%	12.35%	14.57%	17.00%	18.22%
Colombia	25.60%	12.30%	15.52%	17.79%	21.93%	35.11%	41.93%
Comoros	14.00%	17.00%	54.44%	53.73%	48.45%	69.46%	53.02%
Congo	33.20%	35.40%	40.77%	46.55%	48.47%	52.23%	60.49%
Costa Rica	21.20%	11.40%	9.83%	8.39%	6.49%	9.91%	18.66%
Croatia	5.10%	6.10%	5.29%	6.78%	5.10%	5.92%	4.02%
Cuba	45.20%	66.20%	76.03%	81.85%	77.17%	50.97%	53.40%
Cyprus	1.70%	3.50%	3.53%	2.03%	1.69%	2.38%	2.78%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	36.20%	39.10%	45.62%	45.63%	49.94%	50.56%	53.80%
Djibouti	42.50%	50.10%	52.00%	47.09%	74.80%	82.96%	85.35%
Dominica	29.50%	29.00%	33.33%	31.63%	28.74%	37.13%	26.83%
Dominican Republic	45.60%	35.90%	33.78%	31.88%	35.78%	49.54%	53.21%
East Timor	16.70%	25.00%	12.68%	26.67%	7.02%	8.16%	4.23%
Ecuador	40.00%	20.80%	31.34%	29.18%	27.95%	31.38%	34.05%
Egypt	35.30%	34.00%	33.57%	28.61%	34.24%	32.15%	31.83%
El Salvador	45.70%	36.30%	45.72%	57.12%	52.97%	51.49%	58.18%
Equatorial Guinea	11.10%	17.80%	19.30%	17.75%	18.21%	21.29%	27.79%
Eritrea	51.10%	41.70%	55.67%	50.49%	71.69%	69.54%	65.39%
Eswatini	13.00%	10.00%	12.95%	8.03%	12.59%	8.49%	5.73%
Ethiopia	46.70%	44.90%	48.32%	38.13%	50.30%	41.74%	45.46%
Fiji	38.00%	14.00%	14.92%	20.23%	26.59%	41.74%	38.96%
Gabon	23.00%	13.50%	15.74%	21.29%	26.10%	40.00%	45.41%
Gambia	55.70%	69.30%	75.64%	69.87%	70.27%	64.22%	72.30%
Georgia	46.60%	48.20%	50.58%	62.82%	61.09%	62.35%	63.85%
Ghana	50.10%	59.80%	63.28%	65.70%	56.18%	49.35%	55.60%
Grenada	29.90%	29.50%	32.00%	35.71%	26.94%	26.44%	19.49%
Guatemala	33.80%	35.90%	45.37%	48.68%	47.14%	53.62%	58.64%
Guinea	63.80%	47.80%	59.81%	63.53%	64.59%	66.16%	73.29%
Guinea-Bissau	63.40%	56.50%	65.18%	71.88%	71.61%	76.09%	65.33%
Guyana	56.60%	40.20%	37.28%	25.76%	37.92%	70.62%	62.96%
Haiti	54.40%	58.20%	60.45%	64.52%	71.44%	67.59%	60.81%
Honduras	33.60%	36.80%	39.73%	42.76%	40.35%	60.32%	61.71%
Hong Kong	3.30%	3.10%	4.36%	4.61%	3.45%	4.25%	3.23%
India	24.70%	19.80%	23.78%	26.02%	23.29%	26.07%	27.75%
Indonesia	37.00%	8.30%	8.71%	11.19%	10.99%	12.81%	12.46%
Iran	42.50%	41.80%	38.55%	45.02%	58.66%	87.66%	86.58%
Iraq	46.30%	41.40%	52.82%	51.71%	60.71%	56.95%	49.94%
Israel	3.00%	8.20%	3.85%	4.09%	4.88%	5.10%	5.33%
Ivory Coast	40.90%	29.80%	28.59%	37.38%	33.72%	33.81%	35.73%
Jamaica	35.50%	32.30%	37.62%	35.64%	46.78%	54.46%	56.59%
Jordan	43.20%	26.90%	37.59%	40.34%	40.06%	42.62%	45.26%
Kazakhstan	11.70%	9.90%	12.70%	27.55%	32.81%	39.38%	42.58%
Kenya	35.60%	27.30%	27.34%	26.60%	33.17%	41.59%	49.86%
Kiribati	26.20%	15.40%	16.05%	5.81%	5.13%	25.33%	11.69%
Kosovo	47.90%	38.10%	44.03%	41.48%	37.92%	35.97%	36.76%
Kuwait	6.50%	5.70%	5.73%	4.56%	8.32%	2.71%	3.27%
Kyrgyzstan	32.10%	43.20%	55.75%	51.68%	55.58%	58.9%	67.75%
Laos	73.40%	61.10%	66.68%	62.37%	63.66%	64.06%	65.60%
Lebanon	27.90%	16.10%	27.10%	25.41%	31.75%	25.22%	23.85%
Lesotho	32.10%	16.70%	13.95%	21.20%	35.97%	21.94%	28.24%
Liberia	70.70%	49.40%	62.45%	70.23%	64.98%	64.36%	73.93%
Libya	27.10%	33.90%	43.02%	40.58%	45.50%	73.73%	89.05%
Madagascar	11.90%	11.60%	11.01%	12.12%	11.00%	11.77%	7.69%
Malawi	28.90%	12.30%	10.23%	14.52%	26.49%	28.20%	37.05%
Malaysia	5.60%	4.60%	3.34%	3.65%	3.93%	4.94%	4.91%
Maldives	4.70%	6.70%	15.49%	47.56%	27.74%	9.88%	33.65%
Mali	48.10%	54.00%	52.77%	57.58%	59.43%	50.60%	55.89%
Mauritania	51.00%	52.20%	61.45%	71.45%	67.30%	61.58%	67.79%
Mauritius	11.60%	2.20%	5.71%	5.53%	8.29%	6.49%	6.59%
Mexico	11.40%	15.60%	20.17%	23.49%	22.50%	24.93%	26.66%
Moldova	36.70%	40.10%	41.83%	36.35%	49.12%	61.10%	58.03%
Mongolia	53.60%	27.90%	34.76%	43.63%	53.62%	56.51%	54.60%
Montenegro	25.60%	28.00%	31.26%	28.69%	26.41%	35.35%	39.10%
Morocco	24.00%	21.90%	20.60%	26.77%	36.99%	42.88%	28.48%
Mozambique	13.80%	4.00%	4.03%	10.29%	26.18%	10.22%	14.24%
Myanmar	41.90%	15.50%	16.32%	13.02%	17.88%	23.12%	30.91%
Namibia	6.80%	7.60%	7.43%	5.56%	6.31%	8.40%	6.60%
Nauru	66.70%	42.90%	5.26%	13.33%	20.97%	21.43%	20.83%
Nepal	51.20%	38.20%	42.19%	49.54%	46.42%	51.53%	50.70%
Nicaragua	41.80%	35.80%	41.19%	44.54%	43.28%	46.75%	63.52%
Niger	55.70%	36.40%	31.10%	31.14%	30.65%	43.33%	42.76%
Nigeria	36.00%	33.20%	32.56%	41.44%	44.95%	57.47%	67.20%
Non-nationality based issuances^[d]	n/a	n/a	n/a	28.92%	35.61%	40.27%	43.16%
North Korea	16.30%	55.60%	47.67%	15.00%	54.55%	100.00%	100%
North Macedonia	33.50%	29.80%	36.08%	33.84%	28.69%	31.29%	36.19%
Oman	2.20%	2.10%	2.00%	1.93%	3.46%	4.87%	5.13%
Pakistan	46.30%	38.00%	40.40%	46.43%	49.40%	47.89%	48.26%
Palestine	55.60%	36.70%	42.68%	40.64%	50.98%	53.87%	52.92%
Panama	19.20%	10.00%	11.36%	12.05%	11.61%	11.71%	18.93%
Papua New Guinea	3.40%	7.40%	5.14%	10.56%	9.34%	6.84%	1.74%
Paraguay	14.40%	6.10%	6.15%	7.47%	6.83%	8.02%	12.41%
Peru	37.70%	13.80%	14.46%	28.61%	25.97%	28.53%	25.39%
Philippines	31.00%	24.60%	27.96%	27.29%	25.54%	27.07%	24.40%
Poland	13.80%	6.40%	6.37%	5.37%	5.92%	3.99%	2.76%
Qatar	4.90%	2.10%	2.97%	3.50%	7.48%	8.34%	10.33%
Romania	25.00%	9.80%	11.16%	11.43%	11.76%	10.44%	9.11%
Russia	7.50%	7.80%	10.24%	9.29%	11.61%	14.89%	15.19%
Rwanda	50.30%	51.10%	49.17%	43.79%	52.17%	44.51%	53.76%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	25.00%	27.50%	26.60%	28.31%	26.66%	24.98%	21.87%
Saint Lucia	26.60%	27.60%	26.90%	27.16%	22.34%	21.90%	16.75%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.40%	24.10%	27.15%	27.46%	20.38%	19.17%	14.55%
Samoa	32.40%	27.20%	29.99%	28.44%	40.32%	26.26%	27.02%
São Tomé and Príncipe	28.60%	10.70%	5.71%	24.14%	14.81%	26.09%	34.78%
Saudi Arabia	6.60%	3.30%	3.24%	4.04%	5.26%	7.47%	6.82%
Senegal	55.20%	57.50%	54.37%	52.46%	56.85%	59.18%	55.88%
Serbia	11.70%	16.00%	16.54%	18.77%	22.33%	25.93%	30.33%
Seychelles	18.00%	6.80%	7.26%	9.66%	13.14%	11.64%	10.60%
Sierra Leone	50.10%	51.90%	53.02%	61.25%	47.30%	60.56%	57.99%
Solomon Islands	6.50%	5.40%	7.26%	4.28%	16.79%	3.57%	2.20%
Somalia	54.00%	52.00%	64.60%	63.89%	75.50%	90.16%	80.77%
South Africa	4.60%	2.60%	5.08%	6.83%	6.44%	7.31%	6.92%
South Sudan	n/a	43.80%	41.77%	43.89%	47.52%	41.29%	52.32%
Sri Lanka	31.40%	19.50%	22.07%	21.69%	26.19%	33.61%	35.12%
Sudan	38.60%	42.40%	40.45%	36.59%	51.37%	59.83%	57.44%
Suriname	9.60%	13.60%	7.78%	10.86%	11.44%	8.57%	7.44%
Syria	33.10%	60.00%	63.43%	59.77%	59.11%	77.31%	74.83%
Tajikistan	32.40%	49.00%	44.44%	55.24%	51.84%	53.39%	60.97%
Tanzania	26.20%	21.30%	12.02%	23.05%	18.36%	19.87%	23.90%
Thailand	19.80%	10.20%	12.35%	17.82%	20.15%	22.17%	23.41%
Togo	51.70%	35.60%	43.42%	54.39%	59.88%	59.61%	59.78%
Tonga	48.70%	25.40%	28.09%	31.58%	32.85%	51.33%	45.85%
Trinidad and Tobago	23.80%	21.20%	25.16%	22.70%	22.46%	19.28%	13.05%
Tunisia	23.90%	17.50%	19.69%	15.92%	19.53%	27.67%	24.17%
Turkey	11.20%	7.10%	13.88%	13.62%	17.86%	17.49%	19.19%
Turkmenistan	45.40%	18.60%	25.41%	32.95%	40.60%	52.93%	56.26%
Tuvalu	17.60%	27.30%	21.05%	20.00%	15.38%	34.78%	25.81%
Uganda	34.40%	37.20%	30.63%	41.53%	42.38%	42.29%	51.65%
Ukraine	30.90%	27.70%	34.03%	40.83%	34.54%	40.97%	45.06%
United Arab Emirates	10.40%	4.80%	7.10%	4.02%	5.80%	3.75%	5.56%
Uruguay	9.50%	1.80%	2.70%	3.14%	3.19%	4.11%	5.91%
Uzbekistan	61.10%	52.10%	49.59%	57.09%	50.29%	61.76%	68.06%
Vanuatu	16.70%	20.00%	10.53%	16.67%	13.51%	38.30%	41.05%
Vatican City	16.70%	7.70%	25.00%	0.00%	36.36%	0.00%	8.33%
Venezuela	25.40%	15.20%	15.57%	40.25%	42.87%	74.28%	59.53%
Vietnam	38.80%	14.30%	23.43%	29.49%	24.06%	26.20%	23.70%
Western Sahara	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Yemen	54.70%	44.20%	54.01%	48.85%	60.76%	82.50%	78.45%
Zambia	53.30%	22.20%	20.98%	22.26%	21.72%	22.45%	40.64%
Zimbabwe	30.30%	13.20%	21.03%	22.88%	26.32%	26.60%	26.92%

Visitor admissions

 

Number of non-immigrant admissions for tourist and business purposes into the United States in fiscal year 2017

United States   >2 million   1–2 million   500,000–1 million

250,000–500,000   100,000–250,000   15,000–100,000   <15,000

The individuals admitted for tourism and/or business purposes during fiscal year 2017 were nationals from the following countries.^{[63][64][65][66]}

Country	Admissions^[e]
Afghanistan	1,910
Albania	14,151
Algeria	13,291
Andorra	1,417
Angola	6,900
Antigua and Barbuda	14,992
Argentina	1,085,461
Armenia	11,614
Australia^[f]	1,463,908
Austria	219,187
Azerbaijan	6,912
Bahamas	293,192
Bahrain	7,168
Bangladesh	29,646
Barbados	66,984
Belarus	18,926
Belgium	302,585
Belize	28,496
Benin	2,301
Bhutan	612
Bolivia	71,519
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8,246
Botswana	2,108
Brazil	2,011,385
Brunei	1,126
Bulgaria	31,126
Burkina Faso	4,716
Burundi	1,597
Cambodia	3,890
Cameroon	12,014
Canada	11,616,347
Cape Verde	4,833
Central African Republic	216
Chad	745
Chile	396,367
China^[g]	2,630,300
Colombia	926,855
Comoros	102
Congo	1,146
Costa Rica	307,979
Croatia	26,345
Cuba	67,284
Cyprus	10,642
Czech Republic	123,545
Democratic Republic of the Congo	6,701
Denmark^[h]	353,381
Djibouti	1,252
Dominica	5,692
Dominican Republic	435,775
East Timor	54
Ecuador	430,136
Egypt	80,367
El Salvador	199,375
Equatorial Guinea	982
Eritrea	3,373
Estonia	25,799
Eswatini	325
Ethiopia	20,951
Fiji	10,810
Finland	160,289
France^[i]	1,923,414
Gabon	2,013
Gambia	1,661
Georgia	3,710
Germany	2,228,358
Ghana	22,949
Greece	86,475
Grenada	11,498
Guatemala	285,254
Guinea	3,241
Guinea-Bissau	164
Guyana	71,314
Haiti	148,524
Honduras	215,261
Hungary	97,439
Iceland	66,319
India	1,264,598
Indonesia	100,932
Iran	14,530
Iraq	16,790
Ireland	532,793
Israel	435,873
Italy	1,282,989
Ivory Coast	6,703
Jamaica	314,301
Japan	3,697,844
Jordan	40,558
Kazakhstan	23,011
Kenya	27,588
Kiribati	237
Kosovo	3,752
Kuwait	39,519
Kyrgyzstan	1,443
Laos	1,654
Latvia	23,539
Lebanon	41,731
Lesotho	333
Liberia	3,555
Libya	780
Liechtenstein	2,008
Lithuania	26,135
Luxembourg	13,333
Madagascar	1,227
Malawi	2,232
Malaysia	82,881
Maldives	382
Mali	3,491
Malta	6,789
Marshall Islands	70
Mauritania	920
Mauritius	4,765
Mexico	18,101,904^[j]
Micronesia	70
Moldova	8,991
Monaco	991
Mongolia	11,377
Morocco^[k]	30,043
Mozambique	1,773
Myanmar	7,976
Namibia	2,043
Nauru	49
Nepal	28,394
Netherlands^[l]	796,945
New Zealand^[m]	351,924
Nicaragua	69,900
Niger	1,347
Nigeria	196,326
North Korea	16
North Macedonia	8,059
Norway	298,554
Oman	4,347
Pakistan	104,064
Palau	30
Panama	149,544
Papua New Guinea	682
Paraguay	29,059
Peru	310,924
Philippines	352,474
Poland	212,207
Portugal	190,022
Qatar	11,833
Romania	83,926
Russia	297,397
Rwanda	3,395
Saint Kitts and Nevis	12,288
Saint Lucia	16,338
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10,313
Samoa	2,072
San Marino	699
São Tomé and Príncipe	34
Saudi Arabia	108,115
Senegal	8,785
Serbia and Montenegro	26,042
Seychelles	316
Sierra Leone	2,971
Singapore	135,949
Slovakia	53,437
Slovenia	26,727
Solomon Islands	196
Somalia	161
South Africa	129,412
South Korea	2,324,707
South Sudan	234
Spain	1,037,798
Sri Lanka	24,507
Sudan	3,460
Suriname	12,770
Sweden	568,668
Switzerland	433,375
Syria	8,869
Taiwan	456,106
Tajikistan	1,542
Tanzania	5,868
Thailand	93,760
Togo	2,402
Tonga	3,834
Trinidad and Tobago	186,223
Tunisia	10,907
Turkey	174,501
Turkmenistan	1,117
Tuvalu	39
Uganda	8,957
Ukraine	98,547
United Arab Emirates	28,435
United Kingdom^[n]	4,786,421
Uruguay	80,410
Uzbekistan	11,565
Vanuatu	110
Vatican City	0^[o]
Venezuela	540,168
Vietnam	101,686
Yemen	2,713
Zambia	4,245
Zimbabwe	7,939
Unknown	61,705
Total	70,056,257

Overstays

A number of visitors overstay the maximum period of allowed stay on their B-1/B-2 status after entering the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security publishes annual reports that list the number of violations by passengers who arrive by air and sea. The table below excludes statistics on persons who left the United States later than their allowed stay or legalized their status and shows only suspected overstays who remained in the country. More than 95% of visitors from Mexico arrive in the U.S. by land rather than by air and sea. Statistics for suspected overstays of the land visitors are yet to be released.^[67]

The number of suspected in-country B-1/B-2 overstays in fiscal year 2018 by nationality were the following.^[68][69][70]

Country	Expected departures	Out-of-country overstays	Suspected in- country overstays	Total overstays	Total overstay rate	Suspected in-country overstay rate
Afghanistan	1,339	4	169	173	12.92%	12.62%
Albania	15,319	56	562	618	4.03%	3.67%
Algeria	11,126	43	278	321	2.89%	2.50%
Andorra	1,611	0	3	3	0.19%	0.19%
Angola	6,342	22	963	985	15.53%	15.18%
Antigua and Barbuda	14,508	26	202	228	1.57%	1.39%
Argentina	1,116,017	276	7,909	8,185	0.73%	0.71%
Armenia	11,315	39	482	521	4.60%	4.26%
Australia^[f]	1,418,265	829	3,155	3,984	0.28%	0.22%
Austria	210,050	74	647	721	0.34%	0.31%
Azerbaijan	6,731	27	486	513	7.62%	7.22%
Bahamas	272,487	253	1,292	1,545	0.57%	0.47%
Bahrain	6,784	9	43	52	0.77%	0.63%
Bangladesh	26,795	52	565	617	2.30%	2.11%
Barbados	64,795	39	718	757	1.17%	1.11%
Belarus	18,198	57	673	730	4.01%	3.70%
Belgium	300,319	148	785	933	0.31%	0.26%
Belize	28,642	49	554	603	2.11%	1.93%
Benin	2,079	17	97	114	5.48%	4.67%
Bhutan	398	6	46	52	13.07%	11.56%
Bolivia	69,041	73	1,108	1,181	1.71%	1.60%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8,186	36	109	145	1.77%	1.33%
Botswana	2,095	5	26	31	1.48%	1.24%
Brazil	2,200,440	1,720	34,569	36,289	1.65%	1.57%
Brunei	1,160	0	9	9	0.78%	0.78%
Bulgaria	30,799	69	235	304	0.99%	0.76%
Burkina Faso	3,953	24	308	332	8.40%	7.79%
Burundi	1,157	0	249	249	21.52%	21.52%
Cambodia	4,045	9	110	119	2.94%	2.72%
Cameroon	10,958	125	826	951	8.68%	7.54%
Central African Republic	212	2	14	16	7.55%	6.60%
Cape Verde	4,870	30	553	583	11.97%	11.36%
Chad	536	3	162	165	30.78%	30.22%
Chile	403,917	655	5,364	6,019	1.49%	1.33%
China^[g]	2,345,850	2,575	15,739	18,314	0.78%	0.67%
Colombia	929,005	935	20,982	21,917	2.36%	2.26%
Comoros	87	0	2	2	2.30%	2.30%
Congo	1,096	5	119	124	11.31%	10.86%
Costa Rica	306,925	184	2,830	3,014	0.98%	0.92%
Croatia	26,385	24	108	132	0.50%	0.41%
Cuba	70,484	254	1,614	1,868	2.65%	2.29%
Cyprus	10,413	4	38	42	0.40%	0.36%
Czech Republic	125,142	174	612	786	0.63%	0.49%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	6,446	24	497	521	8.08%	7.71%
Denmark^[h]	340,333	114	656	770	0.23%	0.19%
Djibouti	403	3	177	180	44.67%	43.92%
Dominica	7,336	28	275	303	4.13%	3.75%
Dominican Republic	446,451	443	14,198	14,641	3.28%	3.18%
East Timor	61	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Ecuador	429,106	345	6,652	6,997	1.63%	1.55%
Egypt	74,162	183	1,848	2,031	2.74%	2.49%
El Salvador	199,915	210	3,229	3,439	1.72%	1.62%
Equatorial Guinea	1,002	9	54	63	6.29%	5.39%
Eritrea	2,041	49	491	540	26.46%	24.06%
Estonia	24,922	25	91	116	0.47%	0.37%
Eswatini	875	1	11	12	1.37%	1.26%
Ethiopia	19,150	136	843	979	5.11%	4.40%
Fiji	8,257	39	206	245	2.97%	2.49%
Finland	151,678	59	293	352	0.23%	0.19%
France^[i]	1,907,233	1,103	10,427	11,530	0.60%	0.55%
Gabon	1,843	12	88	100	5.43%	4.77%
Gambia	1,747	19	129	148	8.47%	7.38%
Georgia	7,919	30	819	849	10.72%	10.34%
Germany	2,128,450	962	5,766	6,728	0.32%	0.27%
Ghana	23,486	71	804	875	3.73%	3.42%
Greece	90,919	322	825	1,147	1.26%	0.91%
Grenada	11,032	20	219	239	2.17%	1.99%
Guatemala	276,400	291	5,548	5,839	2.11%	2.01%
Guinea	2,651	19	120	139	5.24%	4.53%
Guinea-Bissau	143	0	14	14	9.79%	9.79%
Guyana	66,416	155	3,065	3,220	4.85%	4.61%
Haiti	137,119	453	6,464	6,917	5.04%	4.71%
Honduras	214,468	253	3,890	4,143	1.93%	1.81%
Hungary	98,877	268	978	1,246	1.26%	0.99%
Iceland	69,723	26	123	149	0.21%	0.18%
India	1,134,436	2,216	10,770	12,986	1.14%	0.95%
Indonesia	93,250	92	827	919	0.99%	0.89%
Iran	9,149	79	234	313	3.42%	2.56%
Iraq	7,486	37	382	419	5.60%	5.10%
Ireland	558,218	218	1,487	1,705	0.31%	0.27%
Israel	418,944	375	3,251	3,626	0.87%	0.78%
Italy	1,304,020	1,063	6,009	7,072	0.54%	0.46%
Ivory Coast	6,199	29	260	289	4.66%	4.19%
Jamaica	312,667	384	10,242	10,626	3.40%	3.28%
Japan	3,122,345	372	4,505	4,877	0.16%	0.14%
Jordan	38,906	172	1,554	1,726	4.44%	3.99%
Kazakhstan	22,274	53	676	729	3.27%	3.03%
Kenya	27,559	99	1,494	1,593	5.78%	5.42%
Kiribati	115	0	1	1	0.87%	0.87%
Kosovo	244	3	7	10	4.10%	2.87%
Kuwait	38,071	410	517	927	2.43%	1.36%
Kyrgyzstan	3,316	7	99	106	3.20%	2.99%
Laos	1,508	7	144	151	10.01%	9.55%
Latvia	22,919	73	162	235	1.03%	0.71%
Lebanon	37,840	76	604	680	1.80%	1.60%
Lesotho	364	0	2	2	0.55%	0.55%
Liberia	3,372	68	392	460	13.64%	11.63%
Libya	430	4	15	19	4.42%	3.49%
Liechtenstein	1,890	2	2	4	0.21%	0.11%
Lithuania	38,341	122	384	506	1.32%	1.00%
Luxembourg	13,625	9	39	48	0.35%	0.29%
Madagascar	1,103	2	12	14	1.27%	1.09%
Malawi	2,010	7	121	128	6.37%	6.02%
Malaysia	78,865	55	866	921	1.17%	1.10%
Maldives	225	0	2	2	0.89%	0.89%
Mali	3,234	10	146	156	4.82%	4.51%
Malta	7,160	3	22	25	0.35%	0.31%
Marshall Islands	78	0	4	4	5.13%	5.13%
Mauritania	698	7	71	78	11.17%	10.17%
Mauritius	3,366	4	18	22	0.65%	0.53%
Micronesia	60	0	6	6	10.00%	10.00%
Moldova	9,887	32	257	289	2.92%	2.60%
Monaco	1,008	1	3	4	0.40%	0.30%
Mongolia	11,401	41	378	419	3.68%	3.32%
Montenegro	5,571	30	356	386	6.93%	6.39%
Morocco^[k]	26,526	75	388	463	1.75%	1.46%
Mozambique	1,820	5	30	35	1.92%	1.65%
Myanmar	7,492	31	419	450	6.01%	5.59%
Namibia	2,080	7	42	49	2.36%	2.02%
Nauru	45	1	1	2	4.44%	2.22%
Nepal	27,205	215	970	1,185	4.36%	3.57%
Netherlands^[l]	795,308	359	2,821	3,180	0.40%	0.35%
New Zealand^[m]	345,636	252	843	1,095	0.32%	0.24%
Nicaragua	69,133	72	1,250	1,322	1.91%	1.81%
Niger	1,138	9	75	84	7.38%	6.59%
Nigeria	195,785	719	29,004	29,723	15.18%	14.81%
North Korea	37	12	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
North Macedonia	7,891	19	121	140	1.77%	1.53%
Norway	285,524	128	520	648	0.23%	0.18%
Oman	4,342	11	26	37	0.85%	0.60%
Pakistan	88,177	163	1,917	2,080	2.36%	2.17%
Palau	34	1	6	7	20.59%	17.65%
Panama	148,294	97	831	928	0.63%	0.56%
Papua New Guinea	589	1	3	4	0.68%	0.51%
Paraguay	30,301	23	501	524	1.73%	1.65%
Peru	302,829	340	4,653	4,993	1.65%	1.54%
Philippines	304,585	620	4,993	5,613	1.84%	1.64%
Poland	211,438	215	1,635	1,850	0.87%	0.77%
Portugal	198,982	444	3,140	3,584	1.80%	1.58%
Qatar	11,645	128	154	282	2.42%	1.32%
Romania	82,670	171	720	891	1.08%	0.87%
Russia	265,798	347	4,234	4,581	1.72%	1.59%
Rwanda	3,312	16	137	153	4.62%	4.14%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	11,764	11	203	214	1.82%	1.73%
Saint Lucia	15,780	25	293	318	2.02%	1.86%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,443	15	263	278	2.94%	2.79%
Samoa	2,111	14	140	154	7.30%	6.63%
San Marino	731	0	3	3	0.41%	0.41%
São Tomé and Príncipe	30	0	1	1	3.33%	3.33%
Saudi Arabia	100,922	399	817	1,216	1.20%	0.81%
Senegal	7,848	36	280	316	4.03%	3.57%
Serbia	29,173	67	304	371	1.27%	1.04%
Seychelles	337	0	2	2	0.59%	0.59%
Sierra Leone	2,893	20	191	211	7.29%	6.60%
Singapore	134,505	97	205	302	0.22%	0.15%
Slovakia	54,438	102	406	508	0.93%	0.75%
Slovenia	27,559	21	86	107	0.39%	0.31%
Solomon Islands	169	0	3	3	1.78%	1.78%
Somalia	78	1	9	10	12.82%	11.54%
South Africa	126,668	129	848	977	0.77%	0.67%
South Korea	1,579,221	1,027	3,524	4,551	0.29%	0.22%
South Sudan	239	0	36	36	15.06%	15.06%
Spain	1,050,622	1,564	10,208	11,772	1.12%	0.97%
Sri Lanka	20,997	18	286	304	1.45%	1.36%
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A B visa is one of a category of non immigrant visas issued by the United States government to foreign nationals seeking entry for a temporary period The two types of B visa are the B 1 visa issued to those seeking entry for business purposes and the B 2 visa issued to those seeking entry for tourism or other non business purposes In practice the two visa categories are usually combined and issued as a B 1 B 2 visa valid for a temporary visit for either business or pleasure or a combination of the two Nationals of certain countries do not usually need to obtain a visa for these purposes B 1 B 2 visa for a national of Argentina Contents 1 Acceptable and prohibited uses of a B 1 or B 2 visa 1 1 Acceptable uses of a B 1 visa 1 2 Acceptable uses of a B 2 visa 1 3 Prohibited uses 2 Requirement to overcome presumption of intending immigrant 3 Cost 3 1 History 4 Validity period and duration of stay 4 1 Electronic Visa Update System EVUS 5 Use for other countries 6 Statistics 6 1 Visitor visas issued 6 2 Adjusted visa refusal rate 6 3 Visitor admissions 6 4 Overstays 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksAcceptable and prohibited uses of a B 1 or B 2 visa EditAcceptable uses of a B 1 visa Edit Under the category of temporary visitor for business a B 1 visa may be used to enter the U S to engage in any of the following activities 1 Hold business meetings 2 Perform certain business functions as a member of the board of directors of a U S corporation 3 Purchase supplies or materials Interview and hire staff Negotiate contracts sign contracts or take orders for products manufactured outside the United States 4 2 Attend a convention meeting trade show or business event for scientific educational professional or business purposes 4 2 Settle an estate 5 Perform independent research 4 2 Receive practical medical experience and medical instruction under the supervision and direction of faculty physicians at a U S medical school s hospital as part of a third year or fourth year internship as long as the visitor is a studying at a foreign medical school and the visitor is not compensated by the hospital without remuneration from the hospital 3 Observe U S medical practices and consult with medical colleagues on techniques as long as the visitor is a medical doctor the visitor receives no compensation from a U S source and the visitor does not provide patient care while in the U S 3 Take photographs as long as the visitor is a professional photographer and the visitor receives no compensation from a U S source 3 Record music as long as the visitor is a musician the recording will be distributed and sold only outside the U S and the visitor will give no public performances 3 Create art as long as the visitor is a creative artist the visitor is not under contract with a U S employer and the visitor does not intend to regularly sell such artwork in the U S 3 Perform certain professional services 6 Perform as a professional entertainer as part of a cultural exchange program performed before a nonpaying audience and funded by visitor s country 2 Perform as a professional entertainer as part of a competition for which there is no compensation other than travel expenses or in certain limited instances a prize 2 Perform work as crew on a private yacht that sails out of a foreign home port and cruises in U S waters 2 Perform services on behalf of a foreign based employer as a jockey sulky driver horse trainer or horse groomer 3 Compete in a particular athletic competition 4 with the only compensation being prize money as long as the prize money is not the recipient s primary source of income 2 Try out for a professional sports team 4 as long as the visitor is not compensated other than reimbursement of travel expenses 2 Participate in an athletic tournament or athletic sporting event as a professional athlete as long as the visitor s only compensation is prize money the visitor s principal place of business or activity is outside the U S the visitor s primary source of income is outside the U S and the visitor is either part of an international sports league or the sporting activities involved have an international dimension 3 Survey potential sites for a business 4 Perform as a lecturer or speaker 4 Work for a foreign exhibitor in connection with exhibits at international fairs or international exhibits as long as the visitor s employment responsibilities are primarily outside the U S 2 Install service or repair commercial or industrial equipment or machinery that was sold by a non U S company to a U S buyer when specifically required by the purchase contract construction work is not allowed 4 2 Perform a minor amount of volunteer services excluding construction for a religious organization or a nonprofit charitable organization as long as volunteering is not the primary purpose of entering the U S 2 Participate in a training program that is not designed primarily to provide employment 4 Observe how a business operates or how professional activities are conducted 2 Seek investments in the U S without actually performing productive labor or actively participating in the management of a business 2 Participate in Peace Corps training as a volunteer or under contract 2 Participate in the United Nations Institute for Training and Research internship program as long a foreign government does not employ the visitor 2 Drill for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf 2 As a minister of religion engage in an evangelical tour as long as the visitor does not intend to take an appointment with any one church and the visitor will be supported by offerings contributed at each evangelical meeting 3 As a minister of religion temporarily exchange pulpits with U S ministers of religion as long as the visitor will continue to be reimbursed by a foreign church and will not be compensated by the U S church 3 Perform missionary work religious instruction religious aid to the elderly or needy or religious proselytizing as a member of a religious denomination as long as the work does not involve the selling of articles the solicitation of donation the acceptance of donations administrative work or is a substitute for ordinary labor for hire and the visitor will not be compensated from U S sources other than an allowance or other reimbursement for travel expenses incidental to the temporary stay 3 Participating in an organized project conducted by a recognized religious or nonprofit charitable organization that benefits U S local communities as long as the visitor is a member of and has a commitment to the particular organization the visitor receives no compensation from a U S source other than reimbursement of travel expenses 3 Work as a personal employee or a domestic employee of an employer who seeks admission into or who is already in the United States in B E F H I J L M O P Q or R non immigrant status if and only if the employee has been employed outside the U S in a similar capacity prior to the date the employer enters the U S the employee has a residence outside the U S that the employee has no intention of abandoning the employer compensates the employee based on the prevailing wage and the employer provides the employee free room and board 7 8 Work as a personal employee or a domestic employee of a U S citizen employer if and only if the employer ordinarily resides outside the U S the employer is traveling to the U S temporarily the employer is subject to frequent international transfers of at least two years the employer will reside in the U S for no more than four year as a condition of employment the employer has regularly employed a domestic employee in the same capacity while outside the U S the employee has a minimum of one year of experience in the same capacity the employer provides the employee with the prevailing wage room board and round trip transportation and the employee has a residence outside the U S that the employee has no intention of abandoning 9 10 Acceptable uses of a B 2 visa Edit Under the category of temporary visitor for pleasure a B 2 visa can be used to enter the U S to engage in any of the following activities Travel within the U S 3 Visit family or friends Participate in a convention a conference or a convocation of a fraternal social or service nature 3 Obtain medical treatment as long as the visitor has the means to pay for it 3 11 Enroll in a short recreational course of study as long as it is not credited toward a degree 3 Participate in an event talent show or a contest as an amateur as long the visitor is not typically compensated for such participation and the visitor does not actually receive payment other than reimbursement of travel expenses 3 Enter as a dependent of an alien member of any branch of the U S Armed Forces temporarily assigned for duty in the U S 3 Accompany a person with either a D 1 visa or a D 2 visa with the sole purpose of accompanying the person 3 Enter with the intent of becoming engaged meeting the family of a fiance making arrangements for a wedding or renewing a relationship with a fiance 3 Enter with the intent of marrying a U S citizen and then return to a residence outside the U S after the marriage 3 Accompany a spouse or child who is a U S citizen on a temporary visit to the U S 3 Enter as a cohabiting unmarried partner of a non immigrant visa holder if the partner is not otherwise eligible for derivative status under the partner s visa classification 3 Prohibited uses Edit A person who enters the U S with a B 1 visa or a B 2 visa is prohibited from engaging in any of the following activities Employment whether paid or unpaid some exceptions apply Receive education that credits to a degree Arrive in the U S as a part of a crew of a ship or an aircraft Work as a journalist or other information media Perform before a paying audience Live permanently or long term in the U S Manage a business located in the U S 4 Start a new branch subsidiary or affiliate of a foreign employer 2 Enter the U S with the purpose of performing emergency response services 2 Enter the U S for the primary purpose of obtaining U S citizenship for a child by giving birth in the U S 11 12 a Requirement to overcome presumption of intending immigrant EditUnder section 214 b of the Immigration and Nationality Act a foreigner must prove to the satisfaction of the Consular officer his or her intent to return to his home country after visiting the United States The act specifically states 13 Every alien other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph L or V of section 101 a 15 and other than a nonimmigrant described in any provision of section 101 a 15 H i except subclause b1 of such section shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer at the time of application for a visa and the immigration officers at the time of application for admission that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status under section 101 a 15 In practice this means that consular officers have wide discretion to deny a visa application Once refused there is no judicial or other means to challenge a visa decision The foreigner however is free to apply for a visa again particularly if circumstances have changed that might show to the consular officer that the applicant overcomes the presumption of being an intending immigrant 14 Cost EditAll applicants for a B 1 and or B 2 visa must pay an application fee US 185 as of 2023 15 If the application is approved nationals of certain countries must pay an issuance fee which varies by nationality and is typically based on reciprocity For some countries the issuance fee also varies depending on the desired visa validity number of entries and visa subtype B 1 B 2 or combined B 1 B 2 16 As of 2023 update only nationals of the following countries must pay the issuance fee 16 Country Issuancefee USD Entries Validity Notes nbsp Cameroon 35 multiple 6 months215 multiple 1 year nbsp Central African Republic 40 multiple 1 year nbsp Comoros 0 1 2 months282 multiple 1 year nbsp Djibouti 155 multiple 1 year nbsp Gambia 15 multiple 5 years nbsp Kyrgyzstan 20 multiple 5 years nbsp Malawi 0 1 3 months35 multiple 6 months115 multiple 1 year nbsp Myanmar 0 1 3 months For B 2 or B 1 B 2 415 multiple 1 year For B 1 only nbsp Nauru 0 multiple 5 years For B 1 only 7 1 3 months For B 2 only nbsp Papua New Guinea 0 1 1 month138 multiple 1 year nbsp Turkmenistan 0 multiple 3 months90 multiple 6 months330 multiple 1 yearHistory Edit Before 1994 there was no application fee and only the issuance fee was charged varying by nationality based on reciprocity 17 In 1994 the application fee was introduced for all applicants in addition to the reciprocal issuance fee to pay for the more costly machine readable visas which replaced the older stamped visas around that time 18 The application fee was initially US 20 and has increased several times since then Changes in application fee Date Applicationfee USD 16 May 1994 18 201 February 1998 19 451 June 2002 20 651 November 2002 21 1001 January 2008 22 1314 June 2010 23 14013 April 2012 24 16017 June 2023 25 26 185Validity period and duration of stay Edit nbsp US B visa validity period per country United States 10 years 4 5 years 2 3 years 12 15 months 3 6 months 1 month 5 years depending on issuance fee or visa subtype As with other non immigrant U S visas a B 1 B 2 visa has a validity period from 1 month to 10 years allows for one two three or multiple entries into the U S and elicits a period of stay maximum 6 months recorded by the Customs and Border Protection officer at the port of entry on the individual s form I 94 The validity period determines how long the visa may be used to enter the U S while the period of stay determines how long the person may stay in the U S after each entry Validity periods per country are listed in the U S Department of State Visa Reciprocity Tables and vary from 1 month for Papua New Guinea with no issuance fee 1 year for Vietnam 2 years for Algeria 3 years for Russia and 5 years for Nigeria to 10 years for China India Israel Philippines and most countries in the Americas and Europe For some countries longer validity periods are available for higher issuance fees or for B 1 or B 2 only Periods of stay for B 1 visas may be granted initially for a duration long enough to allow the visitor to conduct their business up to a maximum of 6 months and can be extended for another 6 months 27 stays with B 1 visas are usually granted for three months or less while stays with B 2 visas are generally granted for six months 28 Extensions are possible provided the individual has not violated the conditions of admission 29 A Border Crossing Card BCC also called a laser visa has a 10 year validity and functions as both a BCC and a B 1 B 2 visitor s visa The BCC is only issued to nationals of Mexico who apply for a visa inside Mexico 30 Validity of B visas by nationality as of 2023 update 16 31 Country Issuance fee USD Entries Validity NotesAfghanistan 0 multiple 1 yearAlbania 0 multiple 10 yearsAlgeria 0 multiple 2 yearsAndorra 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Angola 0 multiple 2 yearsAntigua and Barbuda 0 multiple 10 yearsArgentina 0 multiple 10 yearsArmenia 0 multiple 10 yearsAustralia 0 multiple 5 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Austria 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Azerbaijan 0 multiple 1 yearBahamas 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa if traveling directly from the country through airport preclearance and holding a police certificate showing no criminal record Bahrain 0 multiple 10 yearsBangladesh 0 multiple 5 yearsBarbados 0 multiple 10 yearsBelarus 0 multiple 1 yearBelgium 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Belize 0 multiple 10 yearsBenin 0 multiple 3 yearsBhutan 0 1 3 monthsBolivia 0 multiple 10 yearsBosnia and Herzegovina 0 multiple 10 yearsBotswana 0 multiple 10 yearsBrazil 0 multiple 10 yearsBrunei 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Bulgaria 0 multiple 10 yearsBurkina Faso 0 multiple 5 yearsBurundi 0 1 3 monthsCambodia 0 2 3 monthsCameroon 35 multiple 6 months215 multiple 1 yearCanada 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa or ESTA Cape Verde 0 multiple 5 yearsCentral African Republic 40 multiple 1 yearChad 0 1 3 monthsChile 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA China 0 multiple 10 years Electronic Visa Update System registration is required For members of the Chinese Communist Party and their spouses and children under age 21 1 entry and validity of 1 month Colombia 0 multiple 10 yearsComoros 0 1 2 months282 multiple 1 yearCongo 0 multiple 2 yearsCosta Rica 0 multiple 10 yearsCroatia 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Cuba 0 1 3 months For B 1 B 2 only 0 1 6 months For B 1 only 0 multiple 5 years For B 2 only Cyprus 0 multiple 10 yearsCzech Republic 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 multiple 3 monthsDenmark 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Djibouti 155 multiple 1 yearDominica 0 multiple 10 yearsDominican Republic 0 multiple 10 yearsEast Timor 0 2 3 monthsEcuador 0 multiple 10 yearsEgypt 0 multiple 5 yearsEl Salvador 0 multiple 10 yearsEquatorial Guinea 0 multiple 5 yearsEritrea 0 1 3 monthsEstonia 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Eswatini 0 multiple 10 yearsEthiopia 0 multiple 2 years For holders of diplomatic or official passports visa validity is 1 year Fiji 0 multiple 10 yearsFinland 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA France 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Gabon 0 multiple 5 yearsGambia 15 multiple 5 yearsGeorgia 0 multiple 10 yearsGermany 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Ghana 0 multiple 5 yearsGreece 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Grenada 0 multiple 10 yearsGuatemala 0 multiple 10 yearsGuinea 0 multiple 3 yearsGuinea Bissau 0 multiple 15 monthsGuyana 0 multiple 10 yearsHaiti 0 multiple 5 yearsHonduras 0 multiple 10 yearsHong Kong 0 multiple 10 yearsHungary 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Iceland 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA India 0 multiple 10 yearsIndonesia 0 multiple 5 yearsIran 0 1 3 monthsIraq 0 multiple 1 yearIreland 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Israel 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA 32 Italy 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Ivory Coast 0 multiple 1 yearJamaica 0 multiple 10 yearsJapan 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Jordan 0 multiple 5 yearsKazakhstan 0 multiple 10 years For B 1 B 2 for a religious event 1 entry and validity of 3 months For B 1 B 2 for volunteer work multiple entries and validity of 5 years Kenya 0 multiple 5 yearsKiribati 0 multiple 4 yearsKosovo 0 multiple 5 yearsKuwait 0 multiple 10 yearsKyrgyzstan 20 multiple 5 yearsLaos 0 1 3 monthsLatvia 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Lebanon 0 multiple 5 yearsLesotho 0 multiple 10 yearsLiberia 0 multiple 1 yearLibya 0 multiple 1 yearLiechtenstein 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Lithuania 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Luxembourg 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Macau 0 multiple 10 years For holders of a travel permit instead of a passport visa validity is 5 years Madagascar 0 multiple 3 monthsMalawi 0 1 3 months35 multiple 6 months115 multiple 1 yearMalaysia 0 multiple 10 yearsMaldives 0 multiple 10 yearsMali 0 multiple 5 yearsMalta 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Marshall Islands 0 1 3 months May also enter without a visa or ESTA Mauritania 0 multiple 1 yearMauritius 0 multiple 10 yearsMexico 0 multiple 10 yearsMicronesia 0 2 3 months May also enter without a visa or ESTA Moldova 0 multiple 10 yearsMonaco 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Mongolia 0 multiple 10 yearsMontenegro 0 multiple 3 yearsMorocco 0 multiple 10 yearsMozambique 0 1 3 months For B 1 B 2 only 0 3 3 months For B 1 or B 2 0 multiple 3 months For B 1 B 2 only Myanmar 0 1 3 months For B 2 or B 1 B 2 415 multiple 1 year For B 1 only Namibia 0 multiple 5 yearsNauru 0 multiple 5 years For B 1 only 7 1 3 months For B 2 only Nepal 0 multiple 5 yearsNetherlands 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA New Zealand 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Nicaragua 0 multiple 10 yearsNiger 0 multiple 1 yearNigeria 0 multiple 5 yearsNorth Korea 0 2 3 monthsNorth Macedonia 0 multiple 10 yearsNorway 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Oman 0 multiple 10 yearsPakistan 0 multiple 5 yearsPalau 0 2 3 months May also enter without a visa or ESTA Palestine 0 multiple 5 yearsPanama 0 multiple 10 yearsPapua New Guinea 0 1 1 month138 multiple 1 yearParaguay 0 multiple 10 yearsPeru 0 multiple 10 yearsPhilippines 0 multiple 10 yearsPoland 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Portugal 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Qatar 0 multiple 10 yearsRomania 0 multiple 10 yearsRussia 0 multiple 3 yearsRwanda 0 multiple 10 yearsSaint Kitts and Nevis 0 multiple 10 yearsSaint Lucia 0 multiple 10 yearsSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 multiple 10 yearsSamoa 0 multiple 10 yearsSan Marino 0 multiple 5 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Sao Tome and Principe 0 multiple 6 monthsSaudi Arabia 0 multiple 10 yearsSenegal 0 multiple 10 yearsSerbia 0 multiple 10 yearsSeychelles 0 multiple 10 yearsSierra Leone 0 multiple 3 yearsSingapore 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Slovakia 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Slovenia 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Solomon Islands 0 multiple 5 yearsSomalia 0 1 3 monthsSouth Africa 0 multiple 10 yearsSouth Korea 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA South Sudan 0 2 3 monthsSpain 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Sri Lanka 0 multiple 5 yearsSudan 0 1 3 months For B 2 or B 1 B 2 0 multiple 1 year For B 1 only Suriname 0 multiple 5 yearsSweden 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Switzerland 0 multiple 10 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Syria 0 multiple 3 monthsTaiwan 0 multiple 5 years May also enter without a visa with ESTA Tajikistan 0 multiple 1 yearTanzania 0 multiple 1 yearThailand 0 multiple 10 yearsTogo 0 multiple 3 yearsTonga 0 multiple 10 yearsTrinidad and Tobago 0 multiple 10 yearsTunisia 0 multiple 10 yearsTurkey 0 multiple 10 yearsTurkmenistan 0 multiple 3 months90 multiple 6 months330 multiple 1 yearTuvalu 0 1 1 month For B 1 only 0 multiple 25 months For B 2 only Uganda 0 multiple 2 yearsUkraine 0 multiple 10 yearsUnited Arab Emirates 0 multiple 10 yearsUnited Kingdom 0 multiple 10 years For British Overseas Territories citizens BOTCs of the Pitcairn Islands 2 entries and validity of 3 months BOTCs of Bermuda may also enter without a visa or ESTA BOTCs of the British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands may also enter without a visa if traveling directly from the territory and holding a police certificate showing no criminal record British citizens may also enter without a visa with ESTA Uruguay 0 multiple 10 yearsUzbekistan 0 multiple 1 yearVanuatu 0 multiple 5 yearsVatican City 0 multiple 5 yearsVenezuela 0 multiple 10 yearsVietnam 0 multiple 1 yearYemen 0 multiple 1 yearZambia 0 multiple 3 yearsZimbabwe 0 multiple 1 yearstateless 0 2 3 monthsElectronic Visa Update System EVUS Edit nbsp A 10 year United States B visa issued to a national of China The annotation indicates that Electronic Visa Update System EVUS enrollment is needed before travel On March 15 2016 U S Customs and Border Protection CBP announced that starting from 29 November 2016 all holders of Chinese passports who also hold 10 year B visas are required to enroll in the Electronic Visa Update System EVUS before travelling to the United States via air land or sea 33 The EVUS is designed for visa holders to update any changes to their basic biographic and employment information at the time of their visa applications Similar to the ESTA each EVUS registration is valid for a period of 2 years or until the holder s passport expiration date whichever comes first As of 2023 this system can be used free of charge and no time frame exists for when the US 8 cost recovery fee will be imposed by the Department of Homeland Security DHS Holders of EVUS can travel to the United States for unlimited times providing that their EVUS registration and visa remain valid 34 The requirement applies to any holder of a Chinese passport and B visa with a 10 year validity It also applies to holders of non citizen travel documents issued by other countries such as a refugee travel document and certificate of identity whose nationality is Chinese It does not apply however to holders of Hong Kong SAR passports b Macau SAR passports B visas with a validity shorter than 10 years or of other types of visas The CBP and DHS are seeking to expand the EVUS to other nationalities in the future 38 EVUS was officially launched on October 31 2016 for early enrollments Upon launch CBP announced that the enrollment fee will be suspended until further notice 39 Use for other countries EditCertain countries generally accept a U S tourist visa that is valid for further travel as a substitute visa for national visas Country Period Notes nbsp Albania 90 days 40 nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 30 days 41 nbsp Argentina 3 months Certain nationalities can obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization eTA if holding a B2 visa 42 nbsp Belize 30 days Multiple entry visa only 43 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 days 44 nbsp Canada up to 6 months Nationals of certain countries arriving by air with Electronic Travel Authorization eTA only nbsp Chile 90 days Nationals of China only nbsp Colombia 90 days Certain nationalities only nbsp Costa Rica 30 days Only for a multiple entry visa that is valid for at least six months 45 nbsp Dominican Republic 90 days 46 nbsp El Salvador 90 days Certain nationalities only nbsp Georgia 90 days Valid for 90 days within any 180 day period nbsp Guatemala 90 days Certain nationalities only nbsp Honduras 90 days Certain nationalities only nbsp Jamaica 30 days Certain nationalities only nbsp Mexico 180 days 47 48 nbsp Montenegro 30 days 49 nbsp Nicaragua 90 days Certain nationalities only nbsp North Macedonia 15 days nbsp Oman Certain nationalities may obtain an electronic Omani visa nbsp Panama 30 or 180 days Must hold a visa valid for at least 2 additional entries nbsp Peru 180 days Applicable to nationals of China and nationals of India only nbsp Philippines 7 or 14 days 7 days for nationals of China 14 days for nationals of India nbsp Qatar 30 days Nationals who must typically enter with a visa may obtain an electronic travel authorization nbsp Sao Tome and Principe 15 days nbsp Serbia 90 days 50 nbsp South Korea 30 days nbsp Taiwan Certain nationalities may obtain an online travel authority nbsp Turkey Certain nationalities may obtain an electronic visa nbsp United Arab Emirates 14 days Visa on arrival for nationals of India only 51 Statistics EditVisitor visas issued Edit nbsp B 1 B 2 visas issued in fiscal year 2017 United States Visa exempt nationalities gt 400 000 visas 100 000 400 000 visas 50 000 100 000 visas 25 000 50 000 visas 10 000 25 000 visas 5 000 10 000 visas lt 5 000 visasThe highest number of B 1 B 2 visas were issued to nationals of the following countries in fiscal years 2015 2016 and 2017 Country B 1 B 2 visas issued2017 52 2016 53 2015 54 nbsp China 1 452 834 1 989 925 2 227 670 nbsp Mexico c 1 088 880 1 106 723 1 234 885 nbsp India 599 983 563 202 553 385 nbsp Brazil 520 589 450 166 870 008 nbsp Colombia 333 433 374 398 345 233 nbsp Argentina 353 555 295 326 240 115 nbsp Dominican Republic 194 557 136 057 85 140 nbsp Ecuador 168 103 150 163 150 458 nbsp Russia 164 944 151 692 122 147 nbsp Israel 163 495 168 136 137 439 nbsp Nigeria 155 940 162 996 136 409 nbsp Philippines 115 712 99 967 83 139 nbsp Vietnam 100 423 86 180 80 936 nbsp Poland 95 272 88 624 81 861 nbsp Peru 82 485 79 927 97 936 nbsp Costa Rica 75 529 71 710 58 139 nbsp Turkey 74 312 85 560 78 118 nbsp Jamaica 65 119 94 458 83 483 nbsp Hong Kong 62 131 61 708 54 027 nbsp Honduras 54 753 48 177 35 004 nbsp Egypt 54 216 58 062 46 433 nbsp Saudi Arabia 52 476 78 042 85 303 nbsp Indonesia 52 233 48 787 48 239 nbsp Pakistan 48 537 65 844 62 714 nbsp Venezuela 47 087 144 283 223 854 nbsp South Africa 46 427 45 240 48 432 nbsp Ukraine 45 709 45 638 52 943 nbsp Thailand 43 182 47 382 44 795 nbsp Guatemala 41 055 52 326 48 735Total 6 276 851 7 988 520 8 403 683In fiscal year 2014 most reasons to refuse a visa were cited as failure to establish entitlement to nonimmigrant status incompatible application most overcome unlawful presence misrepresentation criminal convictions smugglers and controlled substance violators Smaller number of applications were rejected for physical or mental disorder prostitution espionage terrorist activities falsely claiming citizenship and other grounds for refusal including presidential proclamation money laundering communicable disease and commission of acts of torture or extrajudicial killings 55 Adjusted visa refusal rate Edit nbsp US B visa refusal rate in fiscal year 2022 United States Visa exempt countries lt 3 3 5 5 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 gt 50 The adjusted visa refusal rates for B visas by fiscal year were as follows Country 2008 56 2014 57 2015 58 2016 59 2017 60 2018 61 2019 62 nbsp Afghanistan 51 00 46 70 61 03 73 80 72 14 71 39 68 42 nbsp Albania 38 70 39 80 36 82 35 95 40 45 41 92 41 45 nbsp Algeria 20 30 23 10 25 92 36 00 43 96 39 26 44 22 nbsp Angola 17 10 21 40 26 77 48 52 36 01 51 76 58 26 nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 21 70 20 80 20 17 22 11 20 50 19 07 15 25 nbsp Argentina 3 10 1 40 2 14 2 14 1 79 1 73 2 07 nbsp Armenia 53 30 43 80 47 17 45 88 51 87 53 83 51 65 nbsp Azerbaijan 14 00 13 50 12 93 14 83 27 63 28 45 25 43 nbsp Bahrain 6 60 4 70 3 81 6 26 9 53 6 96 13 55 nbsp Bangladesh 48 20 50 80 59 96 62 82 60 88 40 05 39 78 nbsp Barbados 10 10 9 80 9 54 11 24 8 72 7 07 6 76 nbsp Belarus 21 10 14 00 12 53 14 87 21 69 23 26 21 93 nbsp Belize 25 40 16 40 30 47 35 21 30 91 34 55 28 63 nbsp Benin 39 10 31 40 35 74 38 01 42 10 47 74 48 48 nbsp Bhutan 48 30 43 60 54 55 69 78 52 43 59 63 57 13 nbsp Bolivia 23 60 13 60 13 56 14 36 18 08 22 19 24 17 nbsp Bosnia Herzegovina 21 30 16 10 20 38 19 70 16 37 23 50 25 27 nbsp Botswana 15 60 16 90 16 67 18 97 17 94 18 67 17 54 nbsp Brazil 5 50 3 20 5 36 16 70 12 34 12 73 18 48 nbsp Bulgaria 13 30 15 20 17 26 16 86 14 97 11 32 9 75 nbsp Burkina Faso 44 40 37 40 50 37 65 35 75 74 71 16 62 32 nbsp Burundi 58 80 50 00 58 35 61 33 75 55 74 39 73 16 nbsp Cambodia 44 30 39 90 48 41 35 62 41 05 54 22 33 65 nbsp Cameroon 46 70 28 20 29 89 36 84 47 29 32 63 57 97 nbsp Cape Verde 42 70 28 70 36 05 45 89 50 70 52 27 52 66 nbsp Central African Republic 39 60 46 60 32 43 35 12 44 24 36 03 37 45 nbsp Chad 41 40 32 40 33 87 42 53 51 65 60 80 70 16 nbsp China 18 20 9 00 10 03 12 35 14 57 17 00 18 22 nbsp Colombia 25 60 12 30 15 52 17 79 21 93 35 11 41 93 nbsp Comoros 14 00 17 00 54 44 53 73 48 45 69 46 53 02 nbsp Congo 33 20 35 40 40 77 46 55 48 47 52 23 60 49 nbsp Costa Rica 21 20 11 40 9 83 8 39 6 49 9 91 18 66 nbsp Croatia 5 10 6 10 5 29 6 78 5 10 5 92 4 02 nbsp Cuba 45 20 66 20 76 03 81 85 77 17 50 97 53 40 nbsp Cyprus 1 70 3 50 3 53 2 03 1 69 2 38 2 78 nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo 36 20 39 10 45 62 45 63 49 94 50 56 53 80 nbsp Djibouti 42 50 50 10 52 00 47 09 74 80 82 96 85 35 nbsp Dominica 29 50 29 00 33 33 31 63 28 74 37 13 26 83 nbsp Dominican Republic 45 60 35 90 33 78 31 88 35 78 49 54 53 21 nbsp East Timor 16 70 25 00 12 68 26 67 7 02 8 16 4 23 nbsp Ecuador 40 00 20 80 31 34 29 18 27 95 31 38 34 05 nbsp Egypt 35 30 34 00 33 57 28 61 34 24 32 15 31 83 nbsp El Salvador 45 70 36 30 45 72 57 12 52 97 51 49 58 18 nbsp Equatorial Guinea 11 10 17 80 19 30 17 75 18 21 21 29 27 79 nbsp Eritrea 51 10 41 70 55 67 50 49 71 69 69 54 65 39 nbsp Eswatini 13 00 10 00 12 95 8 03 12 59 8 49 5 73 nbsp Ethiopia 46 70 44 90 48 32 38 13 50 30 41 74 45 46 nbsp Fiji 38 00 14 00 14 92 20 23 26 59 41 74 38 96 nbsp Gabon 23 00 13 50 15 74 21 29 26 10 40 00 45 41 nbsp Gambia 55 70 69 30 75 64 69 87 70 27 64 22 72 30 nbsp Georgia 46 60 48 20 50 58 62 82 61 09 62 35 63 85 nbsp Ghana 50 10 59 80 63 28 65 70 56 18 49 35 55 60 nbsp Grenada 29 90 29 50 32 00 35 71 26 94 26 44 19 49 nbsp Guatemala 33 80 35 90 45 37 48 68 47 14 53 62 58 64 nbsp Guinea 63 80 47 80 59 81 63 53 64 59 66 16 73 29 nbsp Guinea Bissau 63 40 56 50 65 18 71 88 71 61 76 09 65 33 nbsp Guyana 56 60 40 20 37 28 25 76 37 92 70 62 62 96 nbsp Haiti 54 40 58 20 60 45 64 52 71 44 67 59 60 81 nbsp Honduras 33 60 36 80 39 73 42 76 40 35 60 32 61 71 nbsp Hong Kong 3 30 3 10 4 36 4 61 3 45 4 25 3 23 nbsp India 24 70 19 80 23 78 26 02 23 29 26 07 27 75 nbsp Indonesia 37 00 8 30 8 71 11 19 10 99 12 81 12 46 nbsp Iran 42 50 41 80 38 55 45 02 58 66 87 66 86 58 nbsp Iraq 46 30 41 40 52 82 51 71 60 71 56 95 49 94 nbsp Israel 3 00 8 20 3 85 4 09 4 88 5 10 5 33 nbsp Ivory Coast 40 90 29 80 28 59 37 38 33 72 33 81 35 73 nbsp Jamaica 35 50 32 30 37 62 35 64 46 78 54 46 56 59 nbsp Jordan 43 20 26 90 37 59 40 34 40 06 42 62 45 26 nbsp Kazakhstan 11 70 9 90 12 70 27 55 32 81 39 38 42 58 nbsp Kenya 35 60 27 30 27 34 26 60 33 17 41 59 49 86 nbsp Kiribati 26 20 15 40 16 05 5 81 5 13 25 33 11 69 nbsp Kosovo 47 90 38 10 44 03 41 48 37 92 35 97 36 76 nbsp Kuwait 6 50 5 70 5 73 4 56 8 32 2 71 3 27 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 32 10 43 20 55 75 51 68 55 58 58 9 67 75 nbsp Laos 73 40 61 10 66 68 62 37 63 66 64 06 65 60 nbsp Lebanon 27 90 16 10 27 10 25 41 31 75 25 22 23 85 nbsp Lesotho 32 10 16 70 13 95 21 20 35 97 21 94 28 24 nbsp Liberia 70 70 49 40 62 45 70 23 64 98 64 36 73 93 nbsp Libya 27 10 33 90 43 02 40 58 45 50 73 73 89 05 nbsp Madagascar 11 90 11 60 11 01 12 12 11 00 11 77 7 69 nbsp Malawi 28 90 12 30 10 23 14 52 26 49 28 20 37 05 nbsp Malaysia 5 60 4 60 3 34 3 65 3 93 4 94 4 91 nbsp Maldives 4 70 6 70 15 49 47 56 27 74 9 88 33 65 nbsp Mali 48 10 54 00 52 77 57 58 59 43 50 60 55 89 nbsp Mauritania 51 00 52 20 61 45 71 45 67 30 61 58 67 79 nbsp Mauritius 11 60 2 20 5 71 5 53 8 29 6 49 6 59 nbsp Mexico 11 40 15 60 20 17 23 49 22 50 24 93 26 66 nbsp Moldova 36 70 40 10 41 83 36 35 49 12 61 10 58 03 nbsp Mongolia 53 60 27 90 34 76 43 63 53 62 56 51 54 60 nbsp Montenegro 25 60 28 00 31 26 28 69 26 41 35 35 39 10 nbsp Morocco 24 00 21 90 20 60 26 77 36 99 42 88 28 48 nbsp Mozambique 13 80 4 00 4 03 10 29 26 18 10 22 14 24 nbsp Myanmar 41 90 15 50 16 32 13 02 17 88 23 12 30 91 nbsp Namibia 6 80 7 60 7 43 5 56 6 31 8 40 6 60 nbsp Nauru 66 70 42 90 5 26 13 33 20 97 21 43 20 83 nbsp Nepal 51 20 38 20 42 19 49 54 46 42 51 53 50 70 nbsp Nicaragua 41 80 35 80 41 19 44 54 43 28 46 75 63 52 nbsp Niger 55 70 36 40 31 10 31 14 30 65 43 33 42 76 nbsp Nigeria 36 00 33 20 32 56 41 44 44 95 57 47 67 20 Non nationality based issuances d n a n a n a 28 92 35 61 40 27 43 16 nbsp North Korea 16 30 55 60 47 67 15 00 54 55 100 00 100 nbsp North Macedonia 33 50 29 80 36 08 33 84 28 69 31 29 36 19 nbsp Oman 2 20 2 10 2 00 1 93 3 46 4 87 5 13 nbsp Pakistan 46 30 38 00 40 40 46 43 49 40 47 89 48 26 nbsp Palestine 55 60 36 70 42 68 40 64 50 98 53 87 52 92 nbsp Panama 19 20 10 00 11 36 12 05 11 61 11 71 18 93 nbsp Papua New Guinea 3 40 7 40 5 14 10 56 9 34 6 84 1 74 nbsp Paraguay 14 40 6 10 6 15 7 47 6 83 8 02 12 41 nbsp Peru 37 70 13 80 14 46 28 61 25 97 28 53 25 39 nbsp Philippines 31 00 24 60 27 96 27 29 25 54 27 07 24 40 nbsp Poland 13 80 6 40 6 37 5 37 5 92 3 99 2 76 nbsp Qatar 4 90 2 10 2 97 3 50 7 48 8 34 10 33 nbsp Romania 25 00 9 80 11 16 11 43 11 76 10 44 9 11 nbsp Russia 7 50 7 80 10 24 9 29 11 61 14 89 15 19 nbsp Rwanda 50 30 51 10 49 17 43 79 52 17 44 51 53 76 nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 00 27 50 26 60 28 31 26 66 24 98 21 87 nbsp Saint Lucia 26 60 27 60 26 90 27 16 22 34 21 90 16 75 nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26 40 24 10 27 15 27 46 20 38 19 17 14 55 nbsp Samoa 32 40 27 20 29 99 28 44 40 32 26 26 27 02 nbsp Sao Tome and Principe 28 60 10 70 5 71 24 14 14 81 26 09 34 78 nbsp Saudi Arabia 6 60 3 30 3 24 4 04 5 26 7 47 6 82 nbsp Senegal 55 20 57 50 54 37 52 46 56 85 59 18 55 88 nbsp Serbia 11 70 16 00 16 54 18 77 22 33 25 93 30 33 nbsp Seychelles 18 00 6 80 7 26 9 66 13 14 11 64 10 60 nbsp Sierra Leone 50 10 51 90 53 02 61 25 47 30 60 56 57 99 nbsp Solomon Islands 6 50 5 40 7 26 4 28 16 79 3 57 2 20 nbsp Somalia 54 00 52 00 64 60 63 89 75 50 90 16 80 77 nbsp South Africa 4 60 2 60 5 08 6 83 6 44 7 31 6 92 nbsp South Sudan n a 43 80 41 77 43 89 47 52 41 29 52 32 nbsp Sri Lanka 31 40 19 50 22 07 21 69 26 19 33 61 35 12 nbsp Sudan 38 60 42 40 40 45 36 59 51 37 59 83 57 44 nbsp Suriname 9 60 13 60 7 78 10 86 11 44 8 57 7 44 nbsp Syria 33 10 60 00 63 43 59 77 59 11 77 31 74 83 nbsp Tajikistan 32 40 49 00 44 44 55 24 51 84 53 39 60 97 nbsp Tanzania 26 20 21 30 12 02 23 05 18 36 19 87 23 90 nbsp Thailand 19 80 10 20 12 35 17 82 20 15 22 17 23 41 nbsp Togo 51 70 35 60 43 42 54 39 59 88 59 61 59 78 nbsp Tonga 48 70 25 40 28 09 31 58 32 85 51 33 45 85 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 23 80 21 20 25 16 22 70 22 46 19 28 13 05 nbsp Tunisia 23 90 17 50 19 69 15 92 19 53 27 67 24 17 nbsp Turkey 11 20 7 10 13 88 13 62 17 86 17 49 19 19 nbsp Turkmenistan 45 40 18 60 25 41 32 95 40 60 52 93 56 26 nbsp Tuvalu 17 60 27 30 21 05 20 00 15 38 34 78 25 81 nbsp Uganda 34 40 37 20 30 63 41 53 42 38 42 29 51 65 nbsp Ukraine 30 90 27 70 34 03 40 83 34 54 40 97 45 06 nbsp United Arab Emirates 10 40 4 80 7 10 4 02 5 80 3 75 5 56 nbsp Uruguay 9 50 1 80 2 70 3 14 3 19 4 11 5 91 nbsp Uzbekistan 61 10 52 10 49 59 57 09 50 29 61 76 68 06 nbsp Vanuatu 16 70 20 00 10 53 16 67 13 51 38 30 41 05 nbsp Vatican City 16 70 7 70 25 00 0 00 36 36 0 00 8 33 nbsp Venezuela 25 40 15 20 15 57 40 25 42 87 74 28 59 53 nbsp Vietnam 38 80 14 30 23 43 29 49 24 06 26 20 23 70 nbsp Western Sahara n a n a n a n a 100 00 0 00 0 00 nbsp Yemen 54 70 44 20 54 01 48 85 60 76 82 50 78 45 nbsp Zambia 53 30 22 20 20 98 22 26 21 72 22 45 40 64 nbsp Zimbabwe 30 30 13 20 21 03 22 88 26 32 26 60 26 92 Visitor admissions Edit nbsp Number of non immigrant admissions for tourist and business purposes into the United States in fiscal year 2017 United States gt 2 million 1 2 million 500 000 1 million 250 000 500 000 100 000 250 000 15 000 100 000 lt 15 000The individuals admitted for tourism and or business purposes during fiscal year 2017 were nationals from the following countries 63 64 65 66 Country Admissions e nbsp Afghanistan 1 910 nbsp Albania 14 151 nbsp Algeria 13 291 nbsp Andorra 1 417 nbsp Angola 6 900 nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 14 992 nbsp Argentina 1 085 461 nbsp Armenia 11 614 nbsp Australia f 1 463 908 nbsp Austria 219 187 nbsp Azerbaijan 6 912 nbsp Bahamas 293 192 nbsp Bahrain 7 168 nbsp Bangladesh 29 646 nbsp Barbados 66 984 nbsp Belarus 18 926 nbsp Belgium 302 585 nbsp Belize 28 496 nbsp Benin 2 301 nbsp Bhutan 612 nbsp Bolivia 71 519 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 246 nbsp Botswana 2 108 nbsp Brazil 2 011 385 nbsp Brunei 1 126 nbsp Bulgaria 31 126 nbsp Burkina Faso 4 716 nbsp Burundi 1 597 nbsp Cambodia 3 890 nbsp Cameroon 12 014 nbsp Canada 11 616 347 nbsp Cape Verde 4 833 nbsp Central African Republic 216 nbsp Chad 745 nbsp Chile 396 367 nbsp China g 2 630 300 nbsp Colombia 926 855 nbsp Comoros 102 nbsp Congo 1 146 nbsp Costa Rica 307 979 nbsp Croatia 26 345 nbsp Cuba 67 284 nbsp Cyprus 10 642 nbsp Czech Republic 123 545 nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 701 nbsp Denmark h 353 381 nbsp Djibouti 1 252 nbsp Dominica 5 692 nbsp Dominican Republic 435 775 nbsp East Timor 54 nbsp Ecuador 430 136 nbsp Egypt 80 367 nbsp El Salvador 199 375 nbsp Equatorial Guinea 982 nbsp Eritrea 3 373 nbsp Estonia 25 799 nbsp Eswatini 325 nbsp Ethiopia 20 951 nbsp Fiji 10 810 nbsp Finland 160 289 nbsp France i 1 923 414 nbsp Gabon 2 013 nbsp Gambia 1 661 nbsp Georgia 3 710 nbsp Germany 2 228 358 nbsp Ghana 22 949 nbsp Greece 86 475 nbsp Grenada 11 498 nbsp Guatemala 285 254 nbsp Guinea 3 241 nbsp Guinea Bissau 164 nbsp Guyana 71 314 nbsp Haiti 148 524 nbsp Honduras 215 261 nbsp Hungary 97 439 nbsp Iceland 66 319 nbsp India 1 264 598 nbsp Indonesia 100 932 nbsp Iran 14 530 nbsp Iraq 16 790 nbsp Ireland 532 793 nbsp Israel 435 873 nbsp Italy 1 282 989 nbsp Ivory Coast 6 703 nbsp Jamaica 314 301 nbsp Japan 3 697 844 nbsp Jordan 40 558 nbsp Kazakhstan 23 011 nbsp Kenya 27 588 nbsp Kiribati 237 nbsp Kosovo 3 752 nbsp Kuwait 39 519 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 1 443 nbsp Laos 1 654 nbsp Latvia 23 539 nbsp Lebanon 41 731 nbsp Lesotho 333 nbsp Liberia 3 555 nbsp Libya 780 nbsp Liechtenstein 2 008 nbsp Lithuania 26 135 nbsp Luxembourg 13 333 nbsp Madagascar 1 227 nbsp Malawi 2 232 nbsp Malaysia 82 881 nbsp Maldives 382 nbsp Mali 3 491 nbsp Malta 6 789 nbsp Marshall Islands 70 nbsp Mauritania 920 nbsp Mauritius 4 765 nbsp Mexico 18 101 904 j nbsp Micronesia 70 nbsp Moldova 8 991 nbsp Monaco 991 nbsp Mongolia 11 377 nbsp Morocco k 30 043 nbsp Mozambique 1 773 nbsp Myanmar 7 976 nbsp Namibia 2 043 nbsp Nauru 49 nbsp Nepal 28 394 nbsp Netherlands l 796 945 nbsp New Zealand m 351 924 nbsp Nicaragua 69 900 nbsp Niger 1 347 nbsp Nigeria 196 326 nbsp North Korea 16 nbsp North Macedonia 8 059 nbsp Norway 298 554 nbsp Oman 4 347 nbsp Pakistan 104 064 nbsp Palau 30 nbsp Panama 149 544 nbsp Papua New Guinea 682 nbsp Paraguay 29 059 nbsp Peru 310 924 nbsp Philippines 352 474 nbsp Poland 212 207 nbsp Portugal 190 022 nbsp Qatar 11 833 nbsp Romania 83 926 nbsp Russia 297 397 nbsp Rwanda 3 395 nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 288 nbsp Saint Lucia 16 338 nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 313 nbsp Samoa 2 072 nbsp San Marino 699 nbsp Sao Tome and Principe 34 nbsp Saudi Arabia 108 115 nbsp Senegal 8 785 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 26 042 nbsp Seychelles 316 nbsp Sierra Leone 2 971 nbsp Singapore 135 949 nbsp Slovakia 53 437 nbsp Slovenia 26 727 nbsp Solomon Islands 196 nbsp Somalia 161 nbsp South Africa 129 412 nbsp South Korea 2 324 707 nbsp South Sudan 234 nbsp Spain 1 037 798 nbsp Sri Lanka 24 507 nbsp Sudan 3 460 nbsp Suriname 12 770 nbsp Sweden 568 668 nbsp Switzerland 433 375 nbsp Syria 8 869 nbsp Taiwan 456 106 nbsp Tajikistan 1 542 nbsp Tanzania 5 868 nbsp Thailand 93 760 nbsp Togo 2 402 nbsp Tonga 3 834 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 186 223 nbsp Tunisia 10 907 nbsp Turkey 174 501 nbsp Turkmenistan 1 117 nbsp Tuvalu 39 nbsp Uganda 8 957 nbsp Ukraine 98 547 nbsp United Arab Emirates 28 435 nbsp United Kingdom n 4 786 421 nbsp Uruguay 80 410 nbsp Uzbekistan 11 565 nbsp Vanuatu 110 nbsp Vatican City 0 o nbsp Venezuela 540 168 nbsp Vietnam 101 686 nbsp Yemen 2 713 nbsp Zambia 4 245 nbsp Zimbabwe 7 939Unknown 61 705Total 70 056 257Overstays Edit A number of visitors overstay the maximum period of allowed stay on their B 1 B 2 status after entering the U S The Department of Homeland Security publishes annual reports that list the number of violations by passengers who arrive by air and sea The table below excludes statistics on persons who left the United States later than their allowed stay or legalized their status and shows only suspected overstays who remained in the country More than 95 of visitors from Mexico arrive in the U S by land rather than by air and sea Statistics for suspected overstays of the land visitors are yet to be released 67 The number of suspected in country B 1 B 2 overstays in fiscal year 2018 by nationality were the following 68 69 70 Country Expecteddepartures Out of countryoverstays Suspected in country overstays Totaloverstays Totaloverstay rate Suspected in countryoverstay rateAfghanistan 1 339 4 169 173 12 92 12 62 Albania 15 319 56 562 618 4 03 3 67 Algeria 11 126 43 278 321 2 89 2 50 Andorra 1 611 0 3 3 0 19 0 19 Angola 6 342 22 963 985 15 53 15 18 Antigua and Barbuda 14 508 26 202 228 1 57 1 39 Argentina 1 116 017 276 7 909 8 185 0 73 0 71 Armenia 11 315 39 482 521 4 60 4 26 Australia f 1 418 265 829 3 155 3 984 0 28 0 22 Austria 210 050 74 647 721 0 34 0 31 Azerbaijan 6 731 27 486 513 7 62 7 22 Bahamas 272 487 253 1 292 1 545 0 57 0 47 Bahrain 6 784 9 43 52 0 77 0 63 Bangladesh 26 795 52 565 617 2 30 2 11 Barbados 64 795 39 718 757 1 17 1 11 Belarus 18 198 57 673 730 4 01 3 70 Belgium 300 319 148 785 933 0 31 0 26 Belize 28 642 49 554 603 2 11 1 93 Benin 2 079 17 97 114 5 48 4 67 Bhutan 398 6 46 52 13 07 11 56 Bolivia 69 041 73 1 108 1 181 1 71 1 60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 186 36 109 145 1 77 1 33 Botswana 2 095 5 26 31 1 48 1 24 Brazil 2 200 440 1 720 34 569 36 289 1 65 1 57 Brunei 1 160 0 9 9 0 78 0 78 Bulgaria 30 799 69 235 304 0 99 0 76 Burkina Faso 3 953 24 308 332 8 40 7 79 Burundi 1 157 0 249 249 21 52 21 52 Cambodia 4 045 9 110 119 2 94 2 72 Cameroon 10 958 125 826 951 8 68 7 54 Central African Republic 212 2 14 16 7 55 6 60 Cape Verde 4 870 30 553 583 11 97 11 36 Chad 536 3 162 165 30 78 30 22 Chile 403 917 655 5 364 6 019 1 49 1 33 China g 2 345 850 2 575 15 739 18 314 0 78 0 67 Colombia 929 005 935 20 982 21 917 2 36 2 26 Comoros 87 0 2 2 2 30 2 30 Congo 1 096 5 119 124 11 31 10 86 Costa Rica 306 925 184 2 830 3 014 0 98 0 92 Croatia 26 385 24 108 132 0 50 0 41 Cuba 70 484 254 1 614 1 868 2 65 2 29 Cyprus 10 413 4 38 42 0 40 0 36 Czech Republic 125 142 174 612 786 0 63 0 49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 446 24 497 521 8 08 7 71 Denmark h 340 333 114 656 770 0 23 0 19 Djibouti 403 3 177 180 44 67 43 92 Dominica 7 336 28 275 303 4 13 3 75 Dominican Republic 446 451 443 14 198 14 641 3 28 3 18 East Timor 61 0 0 0 0 00 0 00 Ecuador 429 106 345 6 652 6 997 1 63 1 55 Egypt 74 162 183 1 848 2 031 2 74 2 49 El Salvador 199 915 210 3 229 3 439 1 72 1 62 Equatorial Guinea 1 002 9 54 63 6 29 5 39 Eritrea 2 041 49 491 540 26 46 24 06 Estonia 24 922 25 91 116 0 47 0 37 Eswatini 875 1 11 12 1 37 1 26 Ethiopia 19 150 136 843 979 5 11 4 40 Fiji 8 257 39 206 245 2 97 2 49 Finland 151 678 59 293 352 0 23 0 19 France i 1 907 233 1 103 10 427 11 530 0 60 0 55 Gabon 1 843 12 88 100 5 43 4 77 Gambia 1 747 19 129 148 8 47 7 38 Georgia 7 919 30 819 849 10 72 10 34 Germany 2 128 450 962 5 766 6 728 0 32 0 27 Ghana 23 486 71 804 875 3 73 3 42 Greece 90 919 322 825 1 147 1 26 0 91 Grenada 11 032 20 219 239 2 17 1 99 Guatemala 276 400 291 5 548 5 839 2 11 2 01 Guinea 2 651 19 120 139 5 24 4 53 Guinea Bissau 143 0 14 14 9 79 9 79 Guyana 66 416 155 3 065 3 220 4 85 4 61 Haiti 137 119 453 6 464 6 917 5 04 4 71 Honduras 214 468 253 3 890 4 143 1 93 1 81 Hungary 98 877 268 978 1 246 1 26 0 99 Iceland 69 723 26 123 149 0 21 0 18 India 1 134 436 2 216 10 770 12 986 1 14 0 95 Indonesia 93 250 92 827 919 0 99 0 89 Iran 9 149 79 234 313 3 42 2 56 Iraq 7 486 37 382 419 5 60 5 10 Ireland 558 218 218 1 487 1 705 0 31 0 27 Israel 418 944 375 3 251 3 626 0 87 0 78 Italy 1 304 020 1 063 6 009 7 072 0 54 0 46 Ivory Coast 6 199 29 260 289 4 66 4 19 Jamaica 312 667 384 10 242 10 626 3 40 3 28 Japan 3 122 345 372 4 505 4 877 0 16 0 14 Jordan 38 906 172 1 554 1 726 4 44 3 99 Kazakhstan 22 274 53 676 729 3 27 3 03 Kenya 27 559 99 1 494 1 593 5 78 5 42 Kiribati 115 0 1 1 0 87 0 87 Kosovo 244 3 7 10 4 10 2 87 Kuwait 38 071 410 517 927 2 43 1 36 Kyrgyzstan 3 316 7 99 106 3 20 2 99 Laos 1 508 7 144 151 10 01 9 55 Latvia 22 919 73 162 235 1 03 0 71 Lebanon 37 840 76 604 680 1 80 1 60 Lesotho 364 0 2 2 0 55 0 55 Liberia 3 372 68 392 460 13 64 11 63 Libya 430 4 15 19 4 42 3 49 Liechtenstein 1 890 2 2 4 0 21 0 11 Lithuania 38 341 122 384 506 1 32 1 00 Luxembourg 13 625 9 39 48 0 35 0 29 Madagascar 1 103 2 12 14 1 27 1 09 Malawi 2 010 7 121 128 6 37 6 02 Malaysia 78 865 55 866 921 1 17 1 10 Maldives 225 0 2 2 0 89 0 89 Mali 3 234 10 146 156 4 82 4 51 Malta 7 160 3 22 25 0 35 0 31 Marshall Islands 78 0 4 4 5 13 5 13 Mauritania 698 7 71 78 11 17 10 17 Mauritius 3 366 4 18 22 0 65 0 53 Micronesia 60 0 6 6 10 00 10 00 Moldova 9 887 32 257 289 2 92 2 60 Monaco 1 008 1 3 4 0 40 0 30 Mongolia 11 401 41 378 419 3 68 3 32 Montenegro 5 571 30 356 386 6 93 6 39 Morocco k 26 526 75 388 463 1 75 1 46 Mozambique 1 820 5 30 35 1 92 1 65 Myanmar 7 492 31 419 450 6 01 5 59 Namibia 2 080 7 42 49 2 36 2 02 Nauru 45 1 1 2 4 44 2 22 Nepal 27 205 215 970 1 185 4 36 3 57 Netherlands l 795 308 359 2 821 3 180 0 40 0 35 New Zealand m 345 636 252 843 1 095 0 32 0 24 Nicaragua 69 133 72 1 250 1 322 1 91 1 81 Niger 1 138 9 75 84 7 38 6 59 Nigeria 195 785 719 29 004 29 723 15 18 14 81 North Korea 37 12 0 0 0 00 0 00 North Macedonia 7 891 19 121 140 1 77 1 53 Norway 285 524 128 520 648 0 23 0 18 Oman 4 342 11 26 37 0 85 0 60 Pakistan 88 177 163 1 917 2 080 2 36 2 17 Palau 34 1 6 7 20 59 17 65 Panama 148 294 97 831 928 0 63 0 56 Papua New Guinea 589 1 3 4 0 68 0 51 Paraguay 30 301 23 501 524 1 73 1 65 Peru 302 829 340 4 653 4 993 1 65 1 54 Philippines 304 585 620 4 993 5 613 1 84 1 64 Poland 211 438 215 1 635 1 850 0 87 0 77 Portugal 198 982 444 3 140 3 584 1 80 1 58 Qatar 11 645 128 154 282 2 42 1 32 Romania 82 670 171 720 891 1 08 0 87 Russia 265 798 347 4 234 4 581 1 72 1 59 Rwanda 3 312 16 137 153 4 62 4 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11 764 11 203 214 1 82 1 73 Saint Lucia 15 780 25 293 318 2 02 1 86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 443 15 263 278 2 94 2 79 Samoa 2 111 14 140 154 7 30 6 63 San Marino 731 0 3 3 0 41 0 41 Sao Tome and Principe 30 0 1 1 3 33 3 33 Saudi Arabia 100 922 399 817 1 216 1 20 0 81 Senegal 7 848 36 280 316 4 03 3 57 Serbia 29 173 67 304 371 1 27 1 04 Seychelles 337 0 2 2 0 59 0 59 Sierra Leone 2 893 20 191 211 7 29 6 60 Singapore 134 505 97 205 302 0 22 0 15 Slovakia 54 438 102 406 508 0 93 0 75 Slovenia 27 559 21 86 107 0 39 0 31 Solomon Islands 169 0 3 3 1 78 1 78 Somalia 78 1 9 10 12 82 11 54 South Africa 126 668 129 848 977 0 77 0 67 South Korea 1 579 221 1 027 3 524 4 551 0 29 0 22 South Sudan 239 0 36 36 15 06 15 06 Spain 1 050 622 1 564 10 208 11 772 1 12 0 97 Sri Lanka 20 997 18 286 304 1 45 1 36 Suda, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. © Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved  |   www.wiki3.en-us.nina.az Rss Feed SiteMap Ping DMCA Contact Us HomePage Closed Call: