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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Guatemala
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 Guatemala were issued 8,452 U.S. nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, close to September 2024 (8,731, -3%), the 14th largest nationality of 203 in the month's table.
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 99,683 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Guatemala in FY2024, 0.9% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 15th largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 89,597 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 7,491, H2B (temporary worker performing other services) with 401 and H2A (temporary worker performing agricultural services) with 326. 709 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Guatemala in the same month, led by IR1 (274) and FX (101).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Guatemala was 39.21% in FY2025, close to the North America median of 38.12%; it was 30.84% 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, 367 entrants chargeable to Guatemala were selected for DV-2026, 0.3% of all selectees that year; the count was 230 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 Guatemala (Guatemala City) issued 8,408 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the North America region and the world
| Measure | Guatemala | North America (22 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 99,683 | 3,215,329 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 16,925 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 8,452 | 251,623 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | -3% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 709 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 39.21% | 38.12% | 31.28% |
| DV-2026 selectees | 367 | — | 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 | 81,945 | 82.2% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 10,154 | 10.2% |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 4,023 | 4% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 941 | 0.9% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 405 | 0.4% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 330 | 0.3% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 320 | 0.3% |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 114 | 0.1% |
| U3 | Child of U-1 | 110 | 0.1% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 109 | 0.1% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 104 | 0.1% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 97 | 0.1% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 96 | 0.1% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 93 | 0.1% |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 87 | 0.1% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 78 | 0.1% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 77 | 0.1% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 77 | 0.1% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 66 | 0.1% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 57 | 0.1% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 54 | 0.1% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 43 | 0% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 35 | 0% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 32 | 0% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 29 | 0% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 23 | 0% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 22 | 0% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 20 | 0% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 17 | 0% |
| T3 | Child of T1 | 14 | 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 | 7,491 | 88.6% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 401 | 4.7% |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 326 | 3.9% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 96 | 1.1% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 21 | 0.2% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 14 | 0.2% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 14 | 0.2% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 14 | 0.2% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 13 | 0.2% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 10 | 0.1% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 8 | 0.1% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 5 | 0.1% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 5 | 0.1% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 4 | 0% |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 4 | 0% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 4 | 0% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 4 | 0% |
| U3 | Child of U-1 | 4 | 0% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 2 | 0% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 2 | 0% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 2 | 0% |
| T3 | Child of T1 | 2 | 0% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 1 | 0% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 1 | 0% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0% |
| T4 | Parent of T1 under 21 years of age | 1 | 0% |
| U2 | Spouse of U-1 | 1 | 0% |
| U5 | Unmarried sibling under age 18 of U-1 under 21 years of age | 1 | 0% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 274 | 38.6% |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 101 | 14.2% |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 88 | 12.4% |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 60 | 8.5% |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 59 | 8.3% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 48 | 6.8% |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 40 | 5.6% |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 19 | 2.7% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 9 | 1.3% |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 6 | 0.8% |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 3 | 0.4% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.1% |
| SU | Spouse, child or parent of U1 (SU2, SU3, SU5) | 1 | 0.1% |
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 | 55,618 | 48,923 | 727 | 4,694 | — |
| FY2016 | 60,845 | 52,483 | 856 | 5,823 | +9% |
| FY2017 | 50,973 | 41,187 | 768 | 7,648 | -16% |
| FY2018 | 47,262 | 37,429 | 773 | 7,660 | -7% |
| FY2019 | 50,471 | 42,347 | 711 | 6,161 | +7% |
| FY2020 | 27,155 | 22,161 | 310 | 4,017 | -46% |
| FY2021 | 19,986 | 12,550 | 685 | 6,042 | -26% |
| FY2022 | 62,442 | 50,479 | 1,043 | 9,738 | +212% |
| FY2023 | 89,597 | 73,295 | 1,158 | 13,628 | +43% |
| FY2024 | 99,683 | 82,056 | 1,375 | 14,752 | +11% |
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: Guatemala. Grey bar: North 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 Guatemala | Share of all selectees | All selectees |
|---|---|---|---|
| DV-2016 | 31 | 0% | 91,563 |
| DV-2017 | 29 | 0% | 83,910 |
| DV-2018 | 120 | 0.1% | 115,968 |
| DV-2019 | 50 | 0.1% | 87,610 |
| DV-2020 | 60 | 0.1% | 83,884 |
| DV-2023 | 84 | 0.1% | 119,262 |
| DV-2024 | 146 | 0.1% | 142,947 |
| DV-2025 | 230 | 0.2% | 131,060 |
| DV-2026 | 367 | 0.3% | 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 Guatemala
- Guatemala City: 8,408 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 Guatemala?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 39.21% in FY2025 against a North America median of 38.12%. 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 Guatemala last year?
99,683 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 8,452 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Guatemala?
8,452 nonimmigrant visas, close to September 2024 (8,731, -3%). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Guatemala receive most?
B1/B2 (81,945), H2B (10,154), H2A (4,023), F1 (941) and A2 (405) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Guatemala have?
367 for DV-2026, 0.3% of all selectees. Earlier years: DV-2020 60, DV-2023 84, DV-2024 146, DV-2025 230. Being selected is not a visa; the Department selects more entrants than there are visas available.
Where do nationals of Guatemala apply?
Guatemala City is the U.S. post in Guatemala. 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.