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USA business visa success rate for Lebanese citizens (FY2025)

60.6% of Lebanese B1/B2 visitor-visa applications to the United States were approved in FY2025, the US fiscal year that ended on 30 September 2025 — the other 39.4% were refused. Approval is down from 65% in FY2024. The State Department publishes this on an adjusted basis, excluding refusals that were later overcome. It is a nationality-wide outcome across every US post, not a probability for your own case: it takes no account of your finances, employment, ties to Lebanon, travel history or any previous refusal — which is what the consular officer actually weighs. The estimator below weighs your own finances, ties, travel history and refusal record instead.

Last reviewed August 2026 per our editorial standards. Rate: U.S. Department of State — Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas Only, by Nationality .

How likely is a business visa to the United States for Lebanese citizens? Officers focus on whether your trip is a genuine, short business visit. A typical applicant sees roughly 73%, and the biggest single lever is a credible invitation and ties. Published approval rates for Lebanon run at 60.6% on US visitor visas in FY2025 and 82.7% on Schengen short-stay applications in 2025.

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Where Lebanon sits in the official data

Two governments publish visa outcomes broken down by country. Neither predicts an individual decision, but together they show how Lebanese applicants fare relative to everyone else, and which of the destinations we cover currently refuses the fewest applications from Lebanon.

UK business visas — year to March 2026

The UK is the only government that publishes outcomes by nationality and visa type, so it is the one place a business-visa figure for Lebanon actually exists. 14.5% of Lebanese business applications were refused across 14,807 decisions , against 14.3% the year before. That volume makes Lebanon the 28th-largest source of UK business applicants, of 110 countries with meaningful numbers. Different country, different rules — a reference point, not your odds here.

US visitor visas — FY2025

A 39.4% adjusted refusal rate places Lebanon 123rd of 199 nationalities the State Department publishes — a lower refusal rate than 38% of them. The median nationality sits at 31.8%, so Lebanon is 7.6 points above it.

Schengen short-stay visas — 2025

Across all Schengen consulates in Lebanon, 17.3% of short-stay applications were not issued — 70th of 127 countries with a meaningful application volume, and 1.7 points above the 15.6% median.

Schengen short-stay applications lodged in Lebanon in 2025, by issuing state. All rows use the European Commission's methodology, so they are comparable with each other — the US figure is computed differently and is shown separately above.
DestinationRefusedIssuedDecided
France10.4%89.6%53,566
Spain16.4%83.6%12,222
Italy17.7%82.3%13,966
Greece23.7%76.3%13,778
the Netherlands25.7%74.3%2,720
Germany38.6%61.4%11,296

Among Schengen states, applications lodged in Lebanon were refused least often by France at 10.4% and most often by Germany at 38.6% — a gap of 28.2 points on a like-for-like basis. That gap reflects who applies where as much as how strictly each state decides, so it is a starting point for choosing a main destination, not a ranking of leniency. You must still apply to the state where you will spend the most nights.

Demand and outcome moved together for Lebanon between 2024 and 2025. Schengen consulates there decided 118,007 short-stay applications, against 115,202 the year before — up 2.4% — while the refusal rate went from 16.9% to 17.3%. Had 2024's rate held, roughly 469 of the 118,007 applicants refused in 2025 would have been issued a visa instead.

Sources: U.S. Department of State — Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas Only, by Nationality and European Commission — Schengen short-stay visa statistics for consulates . Schengen figures are grouped by the country an application was lodged in, not by passport.

Frequently asked questions

What is the USA business visa refusal rate for Lebanese citizens?

39.4% in FY2025, against 35% in FY2024 — meaning 60.6% of decided cases ended in a visa. Share of Lebanon B1/B2 visitor-visa cases refused in the US fiscal year ending 30 September 2025, on the State Department's adjusted basis: refusals that were later overcome are removed from both the numerator and the denominator, so the figure is refusals ÷ (issuances + net refusals). It covers visitor visas only and describes the nationality as a whole — it is not a probability for an individual application. Your own case is assessed on its own evidence, so use the estimator on this page rather than the average.

Where does this USA refusal-rate figure come from?

From U.S. Department of State — Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas Only, by Nationality, covering FY2025. We restate the published figure without adjustment and link the source file directly, so you can check it yourself.

What matters most for a USA business visa?

Officers focus on whether your trip is a genuine, short business visit. In practice the single biggest lever is a credible invitation and ties, so make that part of your application as strong and well-documented as possible.

Does a previous visa refusal affect my chances?

Yes. A prior refusal weighs on new applications until its underlying reason is addressed. Find out exactly why you were refused, fix what caused it, and clearly show what is different this time.

Is this a guarantee of approval?

No. GetVisaOdds is an educational planning tool, not legal advice and not a guarantee. Only a consular or immigration officer can decide your application. We show approximate odds and the reasons behind them so you can prepare better.

Is my information private?

Completely. The estimate runs entirely in your browser. Your answers are never sent to a server or stored — there is no sign-up and nothing to leak.

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