Total F1 Visa Approvals/ Issuances by Fiscal Year* for Individuals with Nationality as Nigeria.

The US Department of State (DOS) only releases to public, the total number of F1 Visa issuances/ approvals for a country and by nationality. The data on this page is the total number of F1 Visa approvals/ issuances for Nigeria and individuals with nationality as Nigeria. The F1 Visa issuances are nothing but the approvals for the same. They do not release official numbers related to refusals for any visa type in a particular country or consulate. All the data you see on this page for F1 Visa is from the official visa statistics released on US Department of State website .


Approvals/ Issuances in Nigeria : Data displayed in below sections under this title corresponds to all the F1 Visa approvals/ issuances that were issued in country Nigeria across all the US Consulates/ Embassy in Nigeria. These approvals data includes applicants who are residents(not just citizens) of Nigeria, as well as any other country citizens who had US Visa interview in Nigeria.

Approvals/ Issuances for Individuals with Nigeria Nationality: Data displayed in below sections under this title corresponds to all the F1 Visa approvals/ issuances that were issued for individuals with citizenship or nationality as Nigeria across the globle. This includes F1 Visa approvals/ issuances given to individuals living not just in Nigeria, but outside of their home country as well. Example: All the citizens of Nigeria who live outside their home country like living in UK, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, etc. and applied for F1 Visa in that country are also included in the metrics.

The US Department of State (DoS) releases two categories of data. First category of data is related to US Visa issuances/approvals at different consulates/ embassy/ post in a country. Second category of data is related to approvals/issuances for individuals who belong to a specific nationality, which is irrespective of whether the individual got visa stamped in their home country or other countries. Use the below links to jump to a specific section of data.

https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/F1/nigeria-nga

It is astronomically high compared to previous years.

Trump’s time as President had the lowest.

If it’s this high. Why are more Nigerians crying of wider visa rejections. Or is it due to more applicants applying as a result of terrible economy?