Number of US nonimmigrant visa denials for applicants from Armenia grows

MENA English (Middle East and North Africa Financial Network)
 Saturday
Number of US nonimmigrant visa denials for applicants from Armenia grows
The US refused to grant nonimmigrant visas to more than 50 percent of
applicants from Armenia, according to the official report of the US
Department of State on the number of nonimmigrant visa denials in
2017. The report indicates that 51.87 percent of appeals from Armenia
were rejected. Compared to the indicator for 2016, the number of
denials grew 5.99 percent. The countries neighboring Armenia have the
following indicators: Georgia - 61.09 percent of denials (1.73 percent
decrease), Iran - 58.66 percent (13.64 percent growth), Turkey - 17.86
percent (4.24 percent growth). The number of refusals to nonimmigrant
visa appeals from Russia grew 2.32 percent and reached 11.61 percent.
The residents of Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino were
the most welcome guests for the US in 2017, and didn't receive any
refusal. These countries are followed by Cyprus (1.69 percent of
denials), Argentina (1.79 percent), Uruguay (3.19 percent), Hong Kong
(3.45 percent) and Oman (3.46 percent).

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS