Survey on Visa Denials

Survey on Visa Denials

NAFSA regularly engages with Department of State (DOS) Consular Affairs about student and scholar visa issues. In response to recent reports about an increase in student and exchange visitor visa refusals/denials from Africa and the Global South, NAFSA, along with other higher education partners, including the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and Shorelight, are meeting and communicating with agency leadership and need your input.

As we begin the new academic year, we wish to learn about visa refusals/denials from the Global South and anywhere else in the world. This information will assist us in identifying patterns and trends that will be shared with DOS Consular Affairs during our meetings on visa issues. NAFSA, along with other higher education partners, will share cases with DOS and request DOS to investigate these as we discuss trends and issues.

Please use this form to provide details about visa refusals/denials experienced by your prospective and continuing students and exchange visitors. If you don’t have the information to complete a field on the survey, please leave it blank.

As you know DOS will not discuss specific visa applications with anyone other than the applicant and attorney, so we will not be able to obtain details about the cases you report.

Also please continue to report all other visa issues via NAFSA's IssueNet Report an Issue.

1. Category of Visa Application

Select

2. Embassy/Consulate Where Student Applied

From SEVIS lookup table 4.9

Select

3. Student’s Home Country/Country of Nationality

From SEVIS lookup table 4.2

Select

4. Source of Student's Funding

(eg. personal funds, assistantship, scholarship, etc.)

5. Student’s Major Field of Study

Please refer to SEVIS lookup table 4.11 and input answer below. Please include Program Subject Code as well as title.

6. Student’s Intended Level of Study

From SEVIS lookup table 2.5

Select

7. School That Issued Visa Eligibility Document

Please refer to the SEVP Certified Schools List and input answer below:

8. Did the U.S. consulate give a reason for the refusal/denial of the visa?

Yes

If so, what was the reason for the visa refusal/denial?

9. Was the reason for the refusal/denial of the visa given in writing?

Yes

If the refusal/denial was not given in writing, what was the stated/given reason for visa refusal/denial?

Please provide your full name and email address if you would like to be contacted for additional information:

Full Name

Email Address

Privacy Policy

By submitting this form, you agree to allow NAFSA to use your responses in accordance with NAFSA’s Privacy Policy (www.nafsa.org/Legal_Information/Privacy_Policy).

This information will be used solely in connection with advocacy to improve the visa process and not for any other purpose.

I agree that NAFSA may collect personally identifiable information that is provided here (i.e., names and emails).*

Send me a copy of my responses

Privacy Notice|Report Abuse