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U.S. visas issued to nationals of Philippines
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 Philippines were issued 19,676 U.S. nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, down 18% on September 2024 (24,076), the 7th largest nationality of 203 in the month's table.
For the full fiscal year the Department's Report of the Visa Office lists 301,923 nonimmigrant visas issued to nationals of Philippines in FY2024, 2.8% of the 10,969,936 issued worldwide and the 6th largest nationality of 197. The previous year's figure was 285,860 (FY2023).
The largest classes in September 2025 were B1/B2 (temporary visitor for business and pleasure) with 9,292, C1/D (combined transit and crewmember visa) with 6,760 and H2B (temporary worker performing other services) with 609. 2,493 immigrant visas were issued to applicants chargeable to Philippines in the same month, led by IR5 (389) and FX (387).
The Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (visitor) visa applicants who are nationals of Philippines was 30.76% in FY2025, close to the Asia median of 25.20%; it was 28.33% 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.
Philippines 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.
The U.S. post in Philippines (Manila) issued 17,929 nonimmigrant visas in September 2025, to applicants of all nationalities.
Nonimmigrant issuances by month
Compared with the Asia region and the world
| Measure | Philippines | Asia (40 nationalities) | All nationalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant visas, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | 301,923 | 3,601,133 | 10,969,936 |
| Median nationality, FY2024, Report of the Visa Office | — | 17,838 | 7,901 |
| Nonimmigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 19,676 | 271,934 | 823,557 |
| Change on Sep 2024 | -18% | — | -11% |
| Immigrant visas, Sep 2025 | 2,493 | — | 45,966 |
| B-visa adjusted refusal rate, FY2025 | 30.76% | 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 | 152,133 | 50.4% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 102,436 | 33.9% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 10,228 | 3.4% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 6,415 | 2.1% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 4,991 | 1.7% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 3,562 | 1.2% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 3,314 | 1.1% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 2,932 | 1% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 2,351 | 0.8% |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional worker | 2,168 | 0.7% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 2,045 | 0.7% |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1,881 | 0.6% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1,704 | 0.6% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 1,020 | 0.3% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 964 | 0.3% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 722 | 0.2% |
| CW2 | Spouse or child of CW-1 | 564 | 0.2% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 283 | 0.1% |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 279 | 0.1% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 256 | 0.1% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 248 | 0.1% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 188 | 0.1% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 127 | 0% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 124 | 0% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 118 | 0% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 97 | 0% |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 88 | 0% |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 85 | 0% |
| H3 | Trainee | 67 | 0% |
| T3 | Child of T1 | 64 | 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 | 9,292 | 47.2% |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 6,760 | 34.4% |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 609 | 3.1% |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 446 | 2.3% |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 394 | 2% |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 318 | 1.6% |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 310 | 1.6% |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 271 | 1.4% |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 257 | 1.3% |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 182 | 0.9% |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional worker | 172 | 0.9% |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 156 | 0.8% |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 84 | 0.4% |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 68 | 0.3% |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 65 | 0.3% |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 38 | 0.2% |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 38 | 0.2% |
| CW2 | Spouse or child of CW-1 | 30 | 0.2% |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 21 | 0.1% |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 20 | 0.1% |
| C4/D3 | Nonimmigrant visa class C4/D3 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 18 | 0.1% |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 18 | 0.1% |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 17 | 0.1% |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 12 | 0.1% |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 12 | 0.1% |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 11 | 0.1% |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 11 | 0.1% |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 9 | 0% |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 7 | 0% |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 6 | 0% |
Immigrant visa classes, September 2025 (foreign state of chargeability)
| Class | Description (State Department) | Issued | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 389 | 15.6% |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 387 | 15.5% |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 351 | 14.1% |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 258 | 10.3% |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 253 | 10.1% |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 249 | 10% |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 220 | 8.8% |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 164 | 6.6% |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 72 | 2.9% |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 67 | 2.7% |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 38 | 1.5% |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 13 | 0.5% |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 9 | 0.4% |
| IH4 | Child to be adopted in U.S. by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention | 9 | 0.4% |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 7 | 0.3% |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 5 | 0.2% |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 2 | 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 | 198,571 | 92,718 | 8,225 | 9,176 | — |
| FY2016 | 220,301 | 108,547 | 10,785 | 9,464 | +11% |
| FY2017 | 234,972 | 122,373 | 11,359 | 8,558 | +7% |
| FY2018 | 238,684 | 131,009 | 11,068 | 7,817 | +2% |
| FY2019 | 241,565 | 139,306 | 9,297 | 7,934 | +1% |
| FY2020 | 121,687 | 60,276 | 2,722 | 3,747 | -50% |
| FY2021 | 91,151 | 25,450 | 3,628 | 3,362 | -25% |
| FY2022 | 194,983 | 90,154 | 7,115 | 10,105 | +114% |
| FY2023 | 285,860 | 140,197 | 9,882 | 13,129 | +47% |
| FY2024 | 301,923 | 157,165 | 10,875 | 14,522 | +6% |
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: Philippines. 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 Philippines
- Manila: 17,929 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 Philippines?
The State Department's adjusted refusal rate for B (business and tourist) visas was 30.76% 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 Philippines last year?
301,923 nonimmigrant visas in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office, the Department's final annual figure. In September 2025, the latest monthly report, 19,676 were issued.
How does September 2025 compare with a year earlier for Philippines?
19,676 nonimmigrant visas, down 18% on September 2024 (24,076). Months are compared one to one; the Department says its monthly reports should not be added together.
Which visa classes do nationals of Philippines receive most?
B1/B2 (152,133), C1/D (102,436), K1 (10,228), J1 (6,415) and B1 (4,991) in FY2024, Report of the Visa Office.
How many DV lottery selectees did Philippines have?
Philippines does not appear in the Diversity Visa selectee lists on this site.
Where do nationals of Philippines apply?
Manila is the U.S. post in Philippines. 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.