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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Israel
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.
In September 2025, 2,725 nonimmigrant visas were issued to nationals of Israel, the 37th largest count among 203 nationalities that month; that is down 17% on September 2024 (3,267).
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 44,894 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Israel in FY2024, 0.4% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 37th largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 190,415 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 1,815, A2 (other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family) with 137 and L2 (spouse or child of intracompany transferee) with 116. 61 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Israel in the same month, led by IR1 (19) and CR1 (11).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Israel was 11.32% in FY2025, below the Asia median of 25.20%; it was 8.64% 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, 153 entrants chargeable to Israel were selected for DV-2026, 0.1% of all selectees that year; the count was 104 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 Israel (Tel Aviv) issued 2,522 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the Asia region and the world
| Measure | Israel | Asia (40 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 44,894 | 3,601,133 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 17,838 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 2,725 | 271,934 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | -17% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 61 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 11.32% | 25.20% | 31.28% |
| DV-2026 selectees | 153 | — | 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 | 30,481 | 67.9% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 2,990 | 6.7% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 2,336 | 5.2% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 1,871 | 4.2% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 1,249 | 2.8% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 1,152 | 2.6% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 931 | 2.1% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 708 | 1.6% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 657 | 1.5% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 278 | 0.6% |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 274 | 0.6% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 264 | 0.6% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 255 | 0.6% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 226 | 0.5% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 196 | 0.4% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 193 | 0.4% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 124 | 0.3% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 102 | 0.2% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 100 | 0.2% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 94 | 0.2% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 86 | 0.2% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 80 | 0.2% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 53 | 0.1% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 45 | 0.1% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 34 | 0.1% |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 22 | 0% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 22 | 0% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 20 | 0% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 15 | 0% |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 9 | 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 | 1,815 | 66.6% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 137 | 5% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 116 | 4.3% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 86 | 3.2% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 82 | 3% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 81 | 3% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 57 | 2.1% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 56 | 2.1% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 47 | 1.7% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 41 | 1.5% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 38 | 1.4% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 36 | 1.3% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 30 | 1.1% |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 24 | 0.9% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 12 | 0.4% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 12 | 0.4% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 7 | 0.3% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 7 | 0.3% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 7 | 0.3% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 6 | 0.2% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 6 | 0.2% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 5 | 0.2% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 5 | 0.2% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 4 | 0.1% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 3 | 0.1% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 2 | 0.1% |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 2 | 0.1% |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 19 | 31.1% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 11 | 18% |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 10 | 16.4% |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 5 | 8.2% |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 5 | 8.2% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 3 | 4.9% |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 3.3% |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 2 | 3.3% |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 1 | 1.6% |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 1 | 1.6% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 1 | 1.6% |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 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 | 160,249 | 144,908 | 5,889 | 4,984 | — |
| FY2016 | 183,919 | 168,346 | 5,879 | 5,415 | +15% |
| FY2017 | 179,007 | 164,106 | 5,799 | 4,813 | -3% |
| FY2018 | 186,461 | 170,852 | 5,998 | 4,577 | +4% |
| FY2019 | 179,904 | 165,855 | 5,751 | 4,153 | -4% |
| FY2020 | 81,296 | 76,011 | 1,607 | 1,882 | -55% |
| FY2021 | 61,397 | 51,294 | 4,947 | 2,748 | -24% |
| FY2022 | 141,032 | 127,245 | 5,837 | 4,343 | +130% |
| FY2023 | 190,415 | 175,705 | 5,753 | 4,225 | +35% |
| FY2024 | 44,894 | 30,760 | 5,555 | 5,211 | -76% |
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: Israel. Grey bar: Asia 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 Israel | Share of all selectees | All selectees |
|---|---|---|---|
| DV-2016 | 162 | 0.2% | 91,563 |
| DV-2017 | 127 | 0.2% | 83,910 |
| DV-2018 | 159 | 0.1% | 115,968 |
| DV-2019 | 214 | 0.2% | 87,610 |
| DV-2020 | 128 | 0.2% | 83,884 |
| DV-2021 | 190 | 0.1% | 132,404 |
| DV-2022 | 207 | 0.2% | 119,021 |
| DV-2023 | 66 | 0.1% | 119,262 |
| DV-2024 | 71 | 0% | 142,947 |
| DV-2025 | 104 | 0.1% | 131,060 |
| DV-2026 | 153 | 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 Israel
- Tel Aviv: 2,522 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 Israel?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 11.32% in FY2025 against a Asia median of 25.20%. 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 Israel last year?
44,894 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 2,725 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Israel?
2,725 nonimmigrant visas, down 17% on September 2024 (3,267). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Israel receive most?
B1/B2 (30,481), J1 (2,990), A2 (2,336), L2 (1,871) and F1 (1,249) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Israel have?
153 for DV-2026, 0.1% of all selectees. Earlier years: DV-2022 207, DV-2023 66, DV-2024 71, DV-2025 104. Being selected is not a visa; the Department selects more entrants than there are visas available.
Where do nationals of Israel apply?
Tel Aviv is the U.S. post in Israel. 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.