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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Pakistan
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 Pakistan were issued 5,714 U.S. nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, down 43% on September 2024 (10,041), the 17th largest nationality of 203 in the month's table.
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 123,528 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Pakistan in FY2024, 1.1% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 13th largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 107,183 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 4,826, F1 (student in an academic or language training program) with 109 and H4 (spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3) with 95. 1,128 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Pakistan in the same month, led by IR1 (312) and F4 (298).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Pakistan was 52.32% in FY2025, above the Asia median of 25.20%; it was 45.65% 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.
Pakistan does not appear in the Department's Diversity Visa selectee lists for the years on this site, which usually means its nationals were not eligible to enter.
3 U.S. posts in Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore) issued 4,294 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the Asia region and the world
| Measure | Pakistan | Asia (40 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 123,528 | 3,601,133 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 17,838 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 5,714 | 271,934 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | -43% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 1,128 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 52.32% | 25.20% | 31.28% |
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 | 107,316 | 86.9% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 4,483 | 3.6% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 2,348 | 1.9% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 1,664 | 1.3% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 1,470 | 1.2% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 980 | 0.8% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 818 | 0.7% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 677 | 0.5% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 627 | 0.5% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 521 | 0.4% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 422 | 0.3% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 408 | 0.3% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 359 | 0.3% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 208 | 0.2% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 154 | 0.1% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 147 | 0.1% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 146 | 0.1% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 123 | 0.1% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 95 | 0.1% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 65 | 0.1% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 61 | 0% |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 59 | 0% |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 56 | 0% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 53 | 0% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 49 | 0% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 45 | 0% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 36 | 0% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 27 | 0% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 22 | 0% |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 19 | 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 | 4,826 | 84.5% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 109 | 1.9% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 95 | 1.7% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 93 | 1.6% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 86 | 1.5% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 72 | 1.3% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 61 | 1.1% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 44 | 0.8% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 44 | 0.8% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 42 | 0.7% |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 41 | 0.7% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 31 | 0.5% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 27 | 0.5% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 26 | 0.5% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 25 | 0.4% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 20 | 0.4% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 15 | 0.3% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 14 | 0.2% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 12 | 0.2% |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 7 | 0.1% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 5 | 0.1% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 4 | 0.1% |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 3 | 0.1% |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 3 | 0.1% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 2 | 0% |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 2 | 0% |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 2 | 0% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 1 | 0% |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 312 | 27.7% |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 298 | 26.4% |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 271 | 24% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 71 | 6.3% |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 60 | 5.3% |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 23 | 2% |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 22 | 2% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 15 | 1.3% |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 14 | 1.2% |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 11 | 1% |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 11 | 1% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 10 | 0.9% |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 3 | 0.3% |
| T5 | Employment creation (EB-5) in targeted rural or high unemployment area, spouse and child (T51-T53) | 3 | 0.3% |
| IR4 | Orphan to be adopted in the United States by U.S. citizen | 2 | 0.2% |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.1% |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 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 | 74,150 | 63,031 | 5,099 | 2,290 | — |
| FY2016 | 78,637 | 67,037 | 5,497 | 2,255 | +6% |
| FY2017 | 59,853 | 49,399 | 4,919 | 1,909 | -24% |
| FY2018 | 57,665 | 48,494 | 4,782 | 1,874 | -4% |
| FY2019 | 58,273 | 49,201 | 4,869 | 1,898 | +1% |
| FY2020 | 34,750 | 29,570 | 2,181 | 1,186 | -40% |
| FY2021 | 20,716 | 10,292 | 6,268 | 1,946 | -40% |
| FY2022 | 72,082 | 58,240 | 7,819 | 3,320 | +248% |
| FY2023 | 107,183 | 92,698 | 7,252 | 4,534 | +49% |
| FY2024 | 123,528 | 107,399 | 8,355 | 5,035 | +15% |
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: Pakistan. 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.
U.S. posts in Pakistan
- Islamabad: 2,391 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
- Karachi: 1,903 nonimmigrant visas issued in Sep 2025, to applicants of all nationalities
- Lahore: 0 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 Pakistan?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 52.32% 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 Pakistan last year?
123,528 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 5,714 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Pakistan?
5,714 nonimmigrant visas, down 43% on September 2024 (10,041). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Pakistan receive most?
B1/B2 (107,316), F1 (4,483), J1 (2,348), H1B (1,664) and H4 (1,470) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Pakistan have?
Pakistan does not appear in the Diversity Visa selectee lists on this site.
Where do nationals of Pakistan apply?
Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore are the U.S. posts in Pakistan. 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.