TABLE 1
Vistor Visa Refusal Rates-FY 1996
(Rank Ordered by Refusal Rates)
(All countries for which statistics were collected in FY 1996)
| Country
| Refusal Rate (Percent)
| Victor Visa HCN Issuances |
|---|
| | |
|---|
| Solomon Islands | 0.00 | 34
|
| Vanuatu | 0.00 | 20
|
| Vatican City | 0.00 | 11
|
| United Arab Emirates | 0.05 | 10,436
|
| Papua New Guinea | 0.14 | 681
|
| Slovenia | 0.18 | 8,026
|
| Oman | 0.20 | 1,438
|
| Malta | 0.25 | 4,368
|
| Singapore | 0.28 | 52,051
|
| Qatar | 0.41 | 1,913
|
| Uruguay | 0.42 | 18,602
|
| Bahrain | 0.57 | 2,588
|
| China (Taiwan) | 1.57 | 334,726
|
| South Africa | 1.77 | 54,243
|
| Botswana | 2.03 | 434
|
| Chile | 2.46 | 48,070
|
| Greece | 2.48 | 32,103
|
| Korea | 2.87 | 458,103
|
| Czech Republic | 3.06 | 38,795
|
| Portugal | 3.20 | 31,168
|
| Cyprus | 3.67 | 4,638
|
| Mauritius | 3.76 | 921
|
| Sao Tome and Principe | 4.00 | 24
|
| Namibia | 4.06 | 472
|
| Israel | 4.24 | 110,502
|
| Zimbabwe | 5.42 | 2,493
|
| Bhutan | 6.15 | 61
|
| Bahamas | 6.51 | 13,727
|
| Zambia | 8.04 | 1,268
|
| Malawi | 8.81 | 393
|
| Lesotho | 9.09 | 90
|
| Turkey | 9.23 | 27,594 |