Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic figure among the five nations from Latin America with higher rejection rate in the visa applications type B1/B2 (tourism and business) to enter USAaccording to a report published by the Department of State corresponding to year 2024.
According to the official report, 43.38% of Dominican applicants were rejected for the consular authorities Americans. The figure places the country only below Nicaragua (58.71%), Cuba (53.35%), El Salvador (52.65%) and Haiti (47.35%) in terms of the highest proportion of denied applications in the region.
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Other Latin American nations also face high levels of rejectionas Honduras (42.61%), Venezuela (37.40%), Ecuador (36.99%) and Guatemala (30.84 %).
In contrast, countries of the Southern Cone as Uruguay (2.63%), Argentina (8.9%) and Brazil (15.48%) maintain considerably lower rates, which reflects a different perception on the part of the American immigration system.
This payment will function as a kind of «compliance deposit«. If the visitor respects all the conditions of his visa how not to prolong your stay, no work illegally and not violate any immigration provision You will be able to recover the amount once your trip is completed.
From 2026this rate will be adjusted annually according to the levels of inflationas part of a strategy to strengthen the mechanisms of immigration control and reduce the number of people who remain in USA beyond the authorized time.
