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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Argentina
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change. Beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
Nationals of Argentina were issued 31,362 U.S. nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, close to September 2024 (29,055, +8%), the 6th largest nationality of 203 in the month's table.
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 291,303 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Argentina in FY2024, 2.7% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 7th largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 291,892 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 29,037, J1 (exchange visitor) with 1,664 and A2 (other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family) with 99. 63 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Argentina in the same month, led by IR1 (11) and IR5 (11).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Argentina was 7.47% in FY2025, below the South America median of 19.81%; it was 8.90% in FY2024. The rate covers B visas only and is the Department's own calculation, counting each applicant once by their final status in the year.
In the Diversity Visa program, 124 entrants chargeable to Argentina were selected for DV-2026, 0.1% of all selectees that year; the count was 130 for DV-2025. Selection is not a visa; the Department's pages explain that selectees must still qualify and that more are selected than there are visas.
The U.S. post in Argentina (Buenos Aires) issued 30,973 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the South America region and the world
| Measure | Argentina | South America (12 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 291,303 | 2,533,633 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 66,418 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 31,362 | 204,551 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | +8% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 63 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 7.47% | 19.81% | 31.28% |
| DV-2026 selectees | 124 | — | 129,516 |
Fiscal-year rows are the Department's Report of the Visa Office tables; monthly rows are the September 2025 report alone. Region and world refusal figures are medians across the nationalities listed in the Department's table for that year; regions follow the Report of the Visa Office grouping.
Visa classes, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued, FY2024 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 272,762 | 93.6% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 7,487 | 2.6% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 1,997 | 0.7% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 1,534 | 0.5% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 789 | 0.3% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 703 | 0.2% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 675 | 0.2% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 654 | 0.2% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 651 | 0.2% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 484 | 0.2% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 345 | 0.1% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 342 | 0.1% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 325 | 0.1% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 260 | 0.1% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 249 | 0.1% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 222 | 0.1% |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 220 | 0.1% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 206 | 0.1% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 175 | 0.1% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 168 | 0.1% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 148 | 0.1% |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 137 | 0% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 129 | 0% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 107 | 0% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 89 | 0% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 82 | 0% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 65 | 0% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 54 | 0% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 51 | 0% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 46 | 0% |
From the Department's annual NIV detail table (nationality by class). Older symbol spellings in the table (B-1,2; H-1B) are shown in the current form.
Visa classes, September 2025
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 29,037 | 92.6% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 1,664 | 5.3% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 99 | 0.3% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 96 | 0.3% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 48 | 0.2% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 43 | 0.1% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 41 | 0.1% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 40 | 0.1% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 31 | 0.1% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 26 | 0.1% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 25 | 0.1% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 25 | 0.1% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 23 | 0.1% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 21 | 0.1% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 20 | 0.1% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 16 | 0.1% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 15 | 0% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 14 | 0% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 14 | 0% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 9 | 0% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 8 | 0% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 8 | 0% |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 7 | 0% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 7 | 0% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 6 | 0% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 4 | 0% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 3 | 0% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 2 | 0% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 2 | 0% |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 2 | 0% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 11 | 17.5% |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 11 | 17.5% |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 6 | 9.5% |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 5 | 7.9% |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 4 | 6.3% |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 4 | 6.3% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 4.8% |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 3 | 4.8% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 3 | 4.8% |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 3 | 4.8% |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 3 | 4.8% |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 2 | 3.2% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 2 | 3.2% |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 2 | 3.2% |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 1.6% |
Nonimmigrant issuances by fiscal year, Report of the Visa Office
| Fiscal year | All classes | Visitors (B) | Students, exchange (F, M, J) | Temporary workers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | 252,525 | 240,284 | 5,543 | 4,058 | — |
| FY2016 | 308,633 | 295,527 | 6,241 | 4,100 | +22% |
| FY2017 | 366,992 | 353,723 | 6,525 | 3,737 | +19% |
| FY2018 | 341,282 | 328,408 | 7,074 | 3,384 | -7% |
| FY2019 | 225,412 | 212,333 | 6,540 | 4,086 | -34% |
| FY2020 | 91,094 | 82,306 | 5,352 | 2,281 | -60% |
| FY2021 | 41,275 | 32,857 | 4,393 | 2,500 | -55% |
| FY2022 | 221,902 | 202,562 | 9,864 | 6,643 | +438% |
| FY2023 | 291,892 | 273,302 | 10,782 | 5,085 | +32% |
| FY2024 | 291,303 | 273,335 | 9,887 | 5,149 | 0% |
Fiscal years run October to September. Every row is the Department's final annual detail table for that year; the visitor, student and worker columns add the table's class columns within one year. No monthly reports are summed.
Adjusted B-visa refusal rate by fiscal year
Dark bar: Argentina. Grey bar: South America median for the same year. The Department's rate covers B visas only; it counts each applicant once, in the status in which the fiscal year ended, so an applicant refused and later issued in the same year counts as an issuance. Source tables: FY2023, FY2024, FY2025.
Diversity Visa selectees by program year
| Program year | Selectees chargeable to Argentina | Share of all selectees | All selectees |
|---|---|---|---|
| DV-2016 | 68 | 0.1% | 91,563 |
| DV-2017 | 53 | 0.1% | 83,910 |
| DV-2018 | 109 | 0.1% | 115,968 |
| DV-2019 | 81 | 0.1% | 87,610 |
| DV-2020 | 30 | 0% | 83,884 |
| DV-2021 | 191 | 0.1% | 132,404 |
| DV-2022 | 146 | 0.1% | 119,021 |
| DV-2023 | 133 | 0.1% | 119,262 |
| DV-2024 | 127 | 0.1% | 142,947 |
| DV-2025 | 130 | 0.1% | 131,060 |
| DV-2026 | 124 | 0.1% | 129,516 |
Counts of selected entrants as published on the Department's "selected entrants" pages; no names are published or held. Selection is not a visa: the Department selects more entrants than visas available, and DV visas are issued only to selectees who qualify before the program year ends.
U.S. posts in Argentina
- Buenos Aires: 30,973 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
Questions and answers
What is the U.S. visa refusal rate for nationals of Argentina?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 7.47% in FY2025 against a South America median of 19.81%. The Department publishes this rate only for B visas and only by nationality; it counts each applicant once, by the status in which the year ended.
How many U.S. visas were issued to nationals of Argentina last year?
291,303 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 31,362 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Argentina?
31,362 nonimmigrant visas, close to September 2024 (29,055, +8%). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Argentina receive most?
B1/B2 (272,762), J1 (7,487), F1 (1,997), C1/D (1,534) and L2 (789) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Argentina have?
124 for DV-2026, 0.1% of all selectees. Earlier years: DV-2022 146, DV-2023 133, DV-2024 127, DV-2025 130. Being selected is not a visa; the Department selects more entrants than there are visas available.
Where do nationals of Argentina apply?
Buenos Aires is the U.S. post in Argentina. Nationals may also apply at posts elsewhere, subject to each post's rules, so the nationality figures on this page and the post figures are different counts.
Where does this data come from?
The State Department's monthly nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuance tables by nationality, the annual Report of the Visa Office detail tables, the annual adjusted B-visa refusal rate tables and the Diversity Visa selectee pages. Data through 30 Sep 2025.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Nationality and Visa Class; Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuances by Foreign State of Chargeability or Place of Birth and Visa Class; Report of the Visa Office NIV detail tables (workbook); Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas Only, by Nationality; Diversity Visa selected entrants pages. All public domain. Data through 30 Sep 2025. See corrections.