page_title: B visa
section_title: Visitor visas issued
hierarchical_section_title: B visa / Statistics / Visitor visas issued
caption_attribution_description: English: Issued B-1,2 visas in fiscal 2017 &#160;&#160; United States &#160;&#160; Visa exempt nationalities &#160;&#160; Over 400 thousand issued visas &#160;&#160; Over 100 thousand issued visas &#160;&#160; Over 50 thousand issued visas &#160;&#160; Over 25 thousand issued visas &#160;&#160; Over 10 thousand issued visas &#160;&#160; Over 5 thousand issued visas &#160;&#160; Under 5 thousand issued visas
context_page_description: A B visa is one of a category of non-immigrant visas issued by the United States government to foreign citizens 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 together 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. Citizens of certain countries do not usually need to obtain a visa for these purposes.
context_section_description: The highest number of B-1/B-2 visas were issued to nationals of the following countries in fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017.
  Including Border Crossing Cards
  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".
caption: Issued B-1/B-2 visas in fiscal 2017  United States  Visa exempt nationalities  Over 400 thousand issued visas  Over 100 thousand issued visas  Over 50 thousand issued visas  Over 25 thousand issued visas  Over 10 thousand issued visas  Over 5 thousand issued visas  Under 5 thousand issued visas
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