Visa refusal rates for the United States: Schengen countries (2025), easiest and hardest, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada

How many Schengen visa applications made in the United States were not issued in 2025, country by country and consulate by consulate, with the easiest and hardest countries for applicants from the United States, and how many UK visitor, study, work and family visa applications by nationals of the United States were refused, with the latest figures for Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Official figures only.

Visa refusal ratesUnited States

Schengen visas · applications made in the United States · 2025: 4.9% not issued (9,194 of 187,232 decisions)

187,033applications

173,907uniform visas issued

9,194not issued

+0.9 ptschange on 2024 (4.0%)

Easiest Schengen visa from the United States, by the numbers: the lowest not-issued rate among Schengen countries with at least 500 decisions was Greece (0.4%); the highest was Sweden (20.5%). Full ranking by country and consulate. Of the 74 countries with the most applications, the United States ranks 6 (1 = lowest rate). Multiple-entry visas: 51.1% of uniform visas issued in 2025 (by country).

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026); European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2024 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

United Kingdom · nationals of the United States · July 2025 to June 202634.6% of visitor visa decisions refused (details)

0.5%study visas refused · 16,938 decisions

1.4%work visas refused · 11,487 decisions

4.7%family visas refused · 3,659 decisions

Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa outcomes, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026

Australia, New Zealand and Canada · by citizenship: Latest official full-year figures for nationals of this country

1.0%Australia student visas refused · 2025-26 · 5,663 decisions

9.6%New Zealand visitor visas declined · 2025/26 · 3,815 decisions

79.7%Canada temporary resident applications approved · 2025 · 19,370 processed

Sources: Home Affairs BP0015 (to 30 September 2026, CC BY 2.5 AU); Immigration New Zealand (to 30 September 2026, CC BY 3.0 NZ); IRCC (2025, Open Government Licence – Canada); downloaded on 26 October 2026. Details and definitions below.

Statistics, not advice. These are official figures for all applications made in a past period. They cannot predict the decision on your application, and a lower rate does not make a visa easier for you: you must apply to the Schengen country where you will spend the most time (or, for equal stays, the one you enter first), at the consulate responsible for the place where you legally live. Always follow the consulate's official requirements.

Schengen visa rejection rate by country, applications made in the United States

Tap a column heading to sort. "Not issued" includes refusals and applications whose examination was discontinued. * Fewer than 100 decisions: the rate can swing a lot.


France	4.2%	3.1%	54,021	51,134	2,377
Spain	6.2%	4.0%	25,211	22,916	1,517
Germany	3.8%	3.5%	23,122	22,085	871
Italy	1.5%	0.9%	13,556	13,355	201
Netherlands	0.5%	1.3%	13,123	12,656	69
Switzerland	4.3%	3.2%	9,589	9,140	410
Iceland	9.2%	5.6%	7,688	6,982	705
Greece	0.4%	0.9%	6,330	5,451	25
Sweden	20.5%	18.1%	5,325	4,018	1,036
Portugal	4.7%	0.6%	4,925	4,695	230
Denmark	14.9%	9.7%	4,758	3,684	644
Norway	3.3%	17.1%	3,846	3,721	125
Austria	4.0%	5.7%	3,585	3,297	139
Belgium	8.6%	3.5%	2,977	2,550	240
Poland	4.9%	2.4%	1,607	1,522	78
Finland	10.6%	18.5%	1,549	1,362	161
Czech Republic	2.5%	1.1%	1,102	1,075	27
Croatia	2.5%	1.0%	944	892	23
Hungary	1.8%	2.1%	863	839	15
Lithuania	7.0%	7.0%	744	687	52
Bulgaria	0.8%	1.6%	536	486	5
Slovenia	18.9%	19.1%	426	337	79
Romania	10.1%	3.0%	347	304	34
Luxembourg	4.3%	6.0%	304	286	13
Estonia	42.1%	42.0%	195	113	82
Slovakia	3.2%	2.1%	126	121	4
Latvia	16.0%	24.1%	120	99	19
Malta	11.5%	0.0%	114	100	13

Easiest Schengen visa from the United States: lowest and highest refusal rates (2025)

Which Schengen country has the lowest rejection rate for applicants from the United States? Among the 21 Schengen countries that decided at least 500 applications made in the United States in 2025, Greece had the lowest not-issued rate (0.4%) and Sweden the highest (20.5%). Smaller numbers move too much from year to year to compare. These rates describe past decisions, not your chances. See the easiest Schengen visa from the United States: all countries and consulates ranked.

Lowest refusal rates

1Greece6,304 decisions0.4%
2Netherlands12,752 decisions0.5%
3Bulgaria637 decisions0.8%
4Italy13,558 decisions1.5%
5Hungary856 decisions1.8%

Highest refusal rates

1Sweden5,064 decisions20.5%
2Denmark4,330 decisions14.9%
3Finland1,526 decisions10.6%

A lower rate is not a guarantee, and you cannot choose freely. Each rate mixes different travellers, purposes and documents. You must apply to the country of your main destination: the rule is on the European Commission page on applying for a Schengen visa (checked on 15 October 2026). Applying to a country you do not plan to visit mainly can itself lead to a refusal.

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

Multiple-entry Schengen visas issued in the United States (2025)

Multiple-entry visasUnited States · 2025

Schengen visas issued in the United States · 2025: 51.1% were multiple-entry visas (88,878 of 173,907 uniform visas issued)

52.6%in 2024

−1.5 ptschange on 2024

Switzerlandhighest share: 99.8%

Spainlowest share: 11.6%

Among the 20 Schengen countries that issued at least 500 visas in the United States in 2025, Switzerland gave the highest share of multiple-entry visas (99.8%) and Spain the lowest (11.6%). All Schengen visas issued worldwide in 2025: 51.7% multiple-entry. Multiple-entry Schengen visas by country and by place of application.

Schengen countries that issued at least 500 uniform visas in the United States in 2025, from the highest share of multiple-entry visas. Tap a column heading to sort. "Change" is in percentage points; * fewer than 500 visas issued in 2024. Not shown (fewer than 500 visas issued): Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.


Switzerland	99.8%	99.5%	+0.2 pts	9,140	9,121
Netherlands	97.8%	97.2%	+0.5 pts	12,656	12,375
Germany	94.9%	95.1%	−0.2 pts	22,085	20,952
Iceland	93.6%	95.6%	−2.0 pts	6,982	6,536
Austria	75.6%	75.8%	−0.2 pts	3,297	2,493
Croatia	72.3%	57.9%	+14.4 pts	892	645
Greece	66.9%	74.6%	−7.7 pts	5,451	3,648
Italy	63.9%	65.9%	−2.0 pts	13,355	8,530
Portugal	62.4%	52.0%	+10.4 pts	4,695	2,929
Poland	40.8%	39.6%	+1.2 pts	1,522	621
Hungary	39.0%	30.0%	+9.0 pts	839	327
Norway	35.1%	14.6%	+20.5 pts	3,721	1,306
Denmark	30.9%	24.2%	+6.7 pts	3,684	1,137
France	25.0%	35.6%	−10.6 pts	51,134	12,767
Finland	22.5%	14.1%	+8.3 pts	1,362	306
Czech Republic	21.5%	15.5%	+5.9 pts	1,075	231
Belgium	20.6%	16.5%	+4.1 pts	2,550	525
Sweden	19.8%	18.4%	+1.4 pts	4,018	797
Lithuania	17.6%	17.5%	+0.1 pts	687	121
Spain	11.6%	6.9%	+4.8 pts	22,916	2,661

What this share means, and what it does not. A multiple-entry visa "allows several visits to the Schengen area for as long as the visa is valid"; a single-entry visa allows one entry (European Commission, checked on 30 October 2026). Every visit is still a short stay, of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. A multiple-entry visa is not a long-stay visa, a work permit or a residence permit. The Commission's file only says whether each visa allows multiple entries: it does not say how long the visas were valid for. The share describes visas issued in the past, not your chances: the consulate decides the number of entries and the validity of each visa.

By consulate

Each Schengen country's consulates (or visa sections) in the United States, by number of applications in 2025. Where a country is represented by another, the applications appear under the country that decided them.


France	Washington, DC	4.2%	54,021	2,377
Iceland	Washington, DC	9.2%	7,688	705
Spain	New York, NY	19.1%	6,919	1,296
Spain	Miami, FL	1.4%	6,214	86
Sweden	Washington, DC	20.5%	5,325	1,036
Germany	New York, NY	1.9%	4,992	92
Netherlands	San Francisco, CA	0.4%	4,912	18
Germany	San Francisco, CA	0.9%	4,870	46
Denmark	New York, NY	14.9%	4,758	644
Norway	New York, NY	3.3%	3,846	125
Netherlands	New York, NY	0.8%	3,497	29
Italy	New York, NY	2.4%	3,484	82
Switzerland	San Francisco, CA	9.7%	3,438	332
Switzerland	New York, NY	1.7%	3,426	59
Germany	Chicago, IL	2.2%	2,727	61
Germany	Los Angeles, CA	2.2%	2,625	57
Spain	Houston, TX	1.1%	2,457	27
Spain	Washington, DC	1.4%	2,341	31
Spain	Chicago, IL	1.5%	2,295	32
Spain	Los Angeles, CA	0.0%	2,271	1
Germany	Boston, MA	4.9%	2,098	101
Netherlands	Miami, FL	0.2%	2,015	4
Germany	Houston, TX	8.2%	1,984	160
Italy	Boston, MA	0.5%	1,833	10
Austria	New York, NY	2.3%	1,656	37
Switzerland	Atlanta, GA	0.6%	1,655	10
Spain	San Francisco, CA	0.0%	1,556	0
Italy	Philadelphia, PA	0.7%	1,536	11
Germany	Atlanta, GA	8.7%	1,535	132
Greece	New York, NY	0.5%	1,531	8
Netherlands	Washington, DC	0.5%	1,443	7
Germany	Washington, DC	5.8%	1,372	79
Greece	Washington, DC	0.4%	1,347	6
Netherlands	Chicago, IL	1.0%	1,256	11
Belgium	New York, NY	13.0%	1,232	149
Italy	Detroit, MI	1.3%	1,208	16
Italy	San Francisco, CA	1.0%	1,198	12
Austria	Los Angeles, CA	5.4%	1,179	61
Finland	New York, NY	5.2%	1,103	57
Portugal	Boston, MA	6.6%	1,093	72
Switzerland	Washington, DC	0.8%	1,070	9
Italy	Chicago, IL	2.4%	1,062	25
Italy	Miami, FL	1.3%	1,019	13
Portugal	San Francisco, CA	4.8%	970	47
Spain	Boston, MA	4.9%	951	44
Portugal	Washington, DC	4.2%	931	39
Germany	Miami, FL	15.7%	919	143
Italy	Houston, TX	2.2%	897	20
Portugal	Newark, NJ	4.4%	868	38
Portugal	New York, NY	1.7%	758	13
Italy	Washington, DC	0.4%	753	3
Austria	Washington, DC	5.7%	750	41
Lithuania	Chicago, IL	7.0%	744	52
Greece	Chicago, IL	0.4%	706	3
Greece	Houston, TX	0.0%	642	0
Greece	San Francisco, CA	0.0%	627	0
Belgium	Atlanta, GA	2.4%	602	13
Belgium	Washington, DC	12.8%	575	71
Belgium	Los Angeles, CA	1.3%	568	7
Italy	Los Angeles, CA	1.6%	566	9
Greece	Boston, MA	0.0%	556	0
Poland	New York, NY	1.7%	526	9
Finland	Los Angeles, CA	24.1%	446	104
Croatia	New York, NY	1.9%	434	8
Greece	Los Angeles, CA	0.5%	405	2
Slovenia	Washington, DC	19.2%	395	75
Poland	Los Angeles, CA	9.0%	375	34
Czech Republic	New York, NY	4.2%	337	14
Greece	Tampa, FL	0.6%	335	2
Czech Republic	Washington, DC	0.3%	315	1
Portugal	New Bedford, MA	6.9%	305	21
Czech Republic	Los Angeles, CA	1.3%	300	4
Croatia	Los Angeles, CA	4.9%	279	13
Bulgaria	Washington, DC	0.8%	267	3
Poland	Houston, TX	1.6%	255	4
Poland	Washington, DC	0.8%	248	2
Hungary	Washington, DC	2.5%	243	6
Hungary	Los Angeles, CA	0.9%	235	2
Hungary	New York, NY	1.8%	229	4
Spain	San Juan, PR	0.0%	207	0
Poland	Chicago, IL	14.4%	203	29
Estonia	Washington, DC	42.1%	195	82
Greece	Atlanta, GA	2.2%	181	4
Hungary	Chicago, IL	1.9%	156	3
Luxembourg	New York, NY	6.5%	153	10
Czech Republic	Chicago, IL	5.3%	150	8
Bulgaria	Los Angeles, CA	0.8%	125	1
Croatia	Chicago, IL	0.8%	124	1
Latvia	Washington, DC	16.0%	120	19
Croatia	Washington, DC	1.0%	107	1
Bulgaria	New York, NY	1.1%*	99	1
Romania	Los Angeles, CA	18.2%*	99	18
Slovakia	Washington, DC	4.0%*	99	4
Romania	New York, NY	4.6%*	87	4
Luxembourg	San Francisco, CA	0.0%*	80	0
Malta	Washington, DC	18.3%*	72	13
Luxembourg	Washington, DC	4.3%*	71	3
Romania	Miami, FL	16.4%*	64	9
Romania	Washington, DC	0.0%*	60	0
Bulgaria	Chicago, IL	0.0%*	45	0
Malta	New York, NY	0.0%*	42	0
Romania	Chicago, IL	8.1%*	37	3
Slovenia	Cleveland, OH	14.3%*	31	4
Slovakia	New York, NY	0.0%*	27	0

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

UK visa refusal rate for nationals of the United States: visitor, study, work and family visas

From July 2025 to June 2026, the UK refused 34.6% of visitor visa decisions for nationals of the United States (1,201 refused out of 3,475). 0.5% of study visa decisions were refused (16,938 decisions); 1.4% of work visa decisions were refused (11,487 decisions); 4.7% of family visa decisions were refused (3,659 decisions). For partner (spouse) visas alone the rate was 4.1% (138 refused out of 3,401 decisions; compare all nationalities). Unlike the Schengen figures, the UK counts applicants by nationality, wherever they apply. With only 3,475 visitor visa decisions, read this rate with care: where most nationals can visit the UK without a visa, the people who apply for one are a small and unusual group.

Visa type	Refused 12 months to Jun 2026	Year before 12 months to Jun 2025	Decisions	Granted	Refused
Visitor visas	34.6%	26.5%	3,475	2,274	1,201
Study visas	0.5%	1.0%	16,938	16,852	86
Work visas	1.4%	1.5%	11,487	11,326	161
Family visas	4.7%	4.4%	3,659	3,487	172
of which partner (spouse) visas	4.1%	4.0%	3,401	3,263	138
Other visas	7.7%	5.9%	1,411	1,302	109
All visas	4.7%	3.4%	36,970	35,241	1,729

Source: Home Office, Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets, year ending June 2026 (XLSX, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026; next update 26 November 2026). Refusal rate = refused ÷ (granted + refused), as in the Home Office grant rate; withdrawn and lapsed applications are excluded. Figures from 2026 Q1 are provisional.

Visitor visas, quarter by quarter

9.3%Q3
2024 464 decisions
9.4%Q4
2024 288 decisions
32.5%Q1
2025 584 decisions
35.5%Q2
2025 1,040 decisions
33.4%Q3
2025 1,120 decisions
33.3%Q4
2025 600 decisions
36.2%Q1
2026 741 decisions
35.4%Q2
2026 1,014 decisions

Source: Home Office, same file as above (published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Each bar is the share of visitor visa decisions taken in that quarter that were refusals; 2026 figures are provisional.

Study, work and family visas, quarter by quarter


Q3 2024	1.0%	10,629	1.9%	3,316	4.4%	815
Q4 2024	1.7%	1,554	2.0%	2,129	4.4%	636
Q1 2025	3.1%	483	1.4%	2,279	4.5%	709
Q2 2025	0.5%	3,413	1.0%	3,661	4.4%	976
Q3 2025	0.4%	11,320	1.7%	3,476	3.2%	882
Q4 2025	1.1%	1,692	1.9%	2,223	5.4%	999
Q1 2026	1.0%	676	1.3%	2,306	6.5%	721
Q2 2026	0.3%	3,250	0.8%	3,482	4.1%	1,057

Source: Home Office, Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets, year ending June 2026 (XLSX, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026). "Study" is the Home Office group for sponsored study (Student, Child Student) and short-term study visas; "Work" groups all work routes (Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, temporary and seasonal work, Global Business Mobility, talent and business visas, and their dependants). "Family" is the Home Office group for people joining a British citizen or a person settled in the UK (partners, children and other relatives) and for refugee family reunion; "partner" is the Home Office visa type "Family: Partner", the route for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners. * Fewer than 100 decisions; 2026 figures are provisional.

Australia student visa refusal rate for nationals of the United States (2025-26)

In the Australian financial year 2025-26 (July 2025 to June 2026), Australia refused 1.0% of student visa decisions for primary applicants who are nationals of the United States and applied from outside Australia (56 refused out of 5,663). In 2024-25: 0.6% (+0.4 pts). From July to September 2026: 3.8% (19 of 502 decisions). Like the UK, Australia counts applicants by citizenship, wherever they apply.


Primary applicants applying from outside Australia	1.0%	0.6%	3.8%	5,663	56
Primary applicants applying in Australia	5.0%*	6.2%	–	439	22
Family members (secondary applicants)	10.9%*	13.3%*	–	221	24
All student visa applicants	1.6%	1.5%	4.3%	6,323	102

Source: Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, BP0015 Student visa grant rates (XLSX on data.gov.au, decisions to 30 September 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026), licensed under CC BY 2.5 AU. Student visas (subclass 500); refusal rate = refused ÷ (granted + refused), the complement of the Department's grant rate. The Department says the figures are provisional and is not responsible for our analysis. * Fewer than 500 decisions; – fewer than 100.

Student visas by education sector (primary applicants outside Australia)


Non-award courses	0.3%	0.1%	4,359	11
Higher education (university)	2.5%	1.9%	892	22
Vocational education and training (VET)	7.6%*	3.9%*	210	16
Postgraduate research	0.0%*	–	122	0

Source: Home Affairs, BP0015 Student visa grant rates, same file as above (decisions to 30 September 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026, CC BY 2.5 AU). * Fewer than 500 decisions; – fewer than 100. Not shown (fewer than 100 decisions in 2025-26): Schools, English language courses (ELICOS), Foreign Affairs or Defence.

Month by month (primary applicants outside Australia)

1%Oct
2025 423 decisions
1%Nov
2025 1,539 decisions
0%Dec
2025 926 decisions
2%Jan
2026 333 decisions
3%Feb
2026 102 decisions
7%Mar
2026 117 decisions
1%Apr
2026 336 decisions
1%May
2026 705 decisions
1%Jun
2026 689 decisions
3%Jul
2026 268 decisions
7%Aug
2026 95 decisions
4%Sep
2026 139 decisions

Source: Home Affairs BP0015, same file as above (decisions to 30 September 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026, CC BY 2.5 AU). Each bar is the share of decisions in that month that were refusals; monthly figures can be small and move a lot.

Year by year


2016-17	0.4%	8,266	0.8%	9,336
2017-18	0.7%	7,686	1.1%	8,905
2018-19	0.4%	7,888	0.8%	9,094
2019-20	0.2%	5,478	0.8%	6,605
2020-21	2.9%	626	2.0%	1,618
2021-22	0.8%	1,898	2.0%	2,510
2022-23	0.5%	4,216	1.2%	5,190
2023-24	0.5%	4,746	1.2%	5,414
2024-25	0.6%	5,386	1.5%	6,116
2025-26	1.0%	5,663	1.6%	6,323
July to September 2026 (2026-27)	3.8%	502	4.3%	635

Source: Home Affairs, BP0015 Student visa grant rates, same file as above (decisions to 30 September 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026, CC BY 2.5 AU). Financial years run from July to June.

Visitor visas: share not granted, quarter by quarter

Home Affairs publishes visitor visa grant rates by citizenship only in its six-monthly visitor visa report, for the 15 countries it lists for each visa. For nationals of the United States, these are the shares of decisions that were not grants (100% minus the grant rate).


Tourist visitor visas (subclass 600 and 676, as grouped in the report)	7.5%	10.0%	10.7%	10.4%	9.5%

Source: Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, BR0112 Visitor visa program report, 31 December 2025 (PDF, tables 3.02 and 3.03, downloaded on 26 October 2026), licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU (copyright notice). The report gives grant rates, not the number of decisions: we show a nationality only if the Department's BP0018 visitor visas granted file (CC BY 2.5 AU, downloaded on 26 October 2026) counts at least 500 grants of that visa in the latest quarter, so the rate rests on at least 500 decisions.

All nationalities, by sector and month: Australia student visa refusal rate by nationality.

New Zealand visa decline rate for nationals of the United States (2025/26)

In the New Zealand financial year 2025/26 (July 2025 to June 2026), Immigration New Zealand declined 9.6% of visitor visa applications from nationals of the United States (365 declined out of 3,815 decided); 3.9% of student visa applications (3,281 decisions); 3.3% of work visa applications (6,548 decisions). INZ counts applications by the country that issued the passport, and its "declined" figure includes applications that were withdrawn, so these rates are not directly comparable with the UK or Australian refusal rates.


Visitor visas	9.6%	9.2%	7.0%	3,815	365
Student visas	3.9%	3.4%	7.4%*	3,281	128
Work visas	3.3%	4.2%	2.7%	6,548	217

Source: Immigration New Zealand (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment): Visitors Visas decided (applications), by nationality and financial year of decision; Student Visas decided (applications), by nationality and financial year of decision; Work Visas decided (applications), by nationality and financial year of decision (PDF, prepared 8 October 2026, decisions to 30 September 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026). Crown copyright, licensed under CC BY 3.0 NZ (copyright notice). Decline rate = declined ÷ (approved + declined), applications; INZ counts withdrawn applications as declined. Financial years run from July to June.

New Zealand, year by year


2016/17	8.6%	2,073	2.1%	3,248	6.0%	11,159
2017/18	7.9%	2,283	2.2%	3,277	7.4%	10,886
2018/19	10.4%	2,173	2.2%	3,253	7.0%	10,666
2019/20	10.2%	2,656	2.2%	2,458	5.4%	7,895
2020/21	6.5%	4,648	2.6%	1,095	5.2%	3,716
2021/22	4.4%	3,705	3.2%	848	2.6%	4,841
2022/23	9.0%	4,238	3.9%	2,725	3.4%	8,551
2023/24	10.4%	4,062	2.8%	2,757	4.5%	6,308
2024/25	9.2%	3,538	3.4%	2,860	4.2%	6,182
2025/26	9.6%	3,815	3.9%	3,281	3.3%	6,548
July to September 2026 (2026/27)	7.0%	757	7.4%*	445	2.7%	1,649

Source: Immigration New Zealand statistics, same PDFs as above (prepared 8 October 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026, Crown copyright, CC BY 3.0 NZ). Declined includes withdrawn applications.

* Fewer than 500 decisions; – fewer than 100. All nationalities: New Zealand visa decline rate by nationality.

Canada: temporary resident applications from the United States approved (2025)

In 2025, IRCC approved 79.7% of the temporary resident applications from the United States that it processed (15,445 approved out of 19,370 people). This share mixes visitor visas, study permits and work permits, first applications and extensions; "processed" includes applications refused and withdrawn, so the other 20.3% were refused or withdrawn. In 2024: 79.7%. January to August 2026: 78.3% (16,845 processed).

No study permit or visitor visa refusal rate. For each country IRCC publishes only the number of new study permit applications processed (3,975 from the United States in 2025) and the number of visitor visas approved (15), never both for the same visa, so a study permit or visitor visa refusal rate cannot be calculated from the official files.


January to August 2026	78.3%	16,845	13,195	4,040	10
2025	79.7%	19,370	15,445	3,975	15
2024	79.7%	19,310	15,395	3,400	25
2023	83.6%	21,110	17,640	3,920	20

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates: temporary resident applications processed, temporary resident applications approved, new study permit applications processed, visitor visas (V-1) approved (XLSX, data as of September 1, 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. IRCC rounds counts to the nearest 5 and does not publish counts from 1 to 4; the data are operational and subject to change.

Approved share, month by month (all temporary resident applications)

82%Sep
2025 1,525 processed
79%Oct
2025 1,685 processed
71%Nov
2025 1,985 processed
76%Dec
2025 1,610 processed
76%Jan
2026 1,630 processed
75%Feb
2026 1,505 processed
73%Mar
2026 2,230 processed
76%Apr
2026 1,905 processed
74%May
2026 1,800 processed
88%Jun
2026 3,275 processed
83%Jul
2026 2,225 processed
75%Aug
2026 2,270 processed

Source: IRCC, same files as above (data as of September 1, 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026). Each bar is approved ÷ processed in that month. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

All countries: Canada temporary resident approval rate by country.

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How to read these figures

Where you apply, not your passport. The Schengen figures count applications made in the United States, including residents of other nationalities, and leave out nationals of the United States who applied elsewhere.
Not-issued rate = visas not issued ÷ (uniform visas issued + visas with limited territorial validity + visas not issued), the formula in the Commission's file. Applications still pending at the end of the year are not counted.
If you are refused, the consulate must tell you why and how to appeal (European Commission).
Australia, New Zealand and Canada count applicants by citizenship (Canada: "source country"), like the UK, and each authority defines its rate differently: see the notes under each table.
Full method: how we calculate the rates.

Other countries where people apply

Tunisia19.6% not issued in 2025 Kazakhstan9.1% not issued in 2025 South Africa5.3% not issued in 2025 Belarus2.3% not issued in 2025 Indonesia5.2% not issued in 2025 Egypt24.2% not issued in 2025 Kuwait5.7% not issued in 2025 Philippines6.9% not issued in 2025

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