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Visa Questionnaire Statistics
As of July 31, 2008
Total cases reported to IVO since fall 2002: 7136
Number of cases for which IVO has assisted: 6847
Statistics for IVO assisted Cases
Total Cases for 2008 - 1351 (as of July 31, 2008)
Resolved Cases - 53%
Still pending 38%
Final status unknown 9%*
Resolved Cases
Granted - 88%
Canceled - 11%
Denied - 1%
Total cases since 2003 - 6847
Still pending - 8%)
Resolved - 94%)
Final status unknown – 7%*
Resolved Cases - 87% Granted
- 7% Canceled
- 6% Denied
*Note: IVO has not received an update on these cases. Some of these applicants may have recently received visas.
Average Visa Delays for 2003-2007
2008 figures are as of July 31, 2008
Average Delay (in days) = Date Visa Granted minus Date of Visa Interview
Note 1: The number of cases below does not include all cases reported to the IVO office. It only includes cases
for which the following information is known for 2003-3/31/2008 cases:
1) Date of the visa application/interview
2) Date the visa was granted
Note 2: The visa interview date was used to calculate the data summarized by year and/or month.
For example, if an applicant applied in December 2003, his case was included in the 2003 data even if the case
was not reported to IVO until 2004.
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Average Delay by Year of Application/Interview
Year
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# Cases
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Average Delay
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2006
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849
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66
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2007
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1298
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72
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2008
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235
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73
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Percentage of Cases by Delay Period
2003-2008 Comparison: Percentage of cases delayed for more than 90 days (3 months)
2006: 22%
2007: 19%
2008: 0%
Days Delayed
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% of 2006 Cases
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% of 2007 Cases
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% of 2008 Cases
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>180 (>6 months)
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6%
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5%
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N/A
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150-179 (5-6 months)
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2%
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2%
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N/A
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120-149 (4-5 months)
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4%
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5%
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1%
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90-119 (3-4 months)
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10%
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7%
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30%
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60-89 (2-3 months)
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14%
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17%
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8%
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30-59 (1-2 months)
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41%
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44%
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18%
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<30 (<1 month)
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23%
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19%
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3%
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Average Delay by Visa Category
Visa Category
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2006
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2007
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2008
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B1/B2 visitor for business/tourism
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58
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114
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111
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F-1 student
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48
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85
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105
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H-1B temporary specialty worker
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108
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114
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174
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J-1 exchange visitor
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41
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88
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82
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Other/Unknown
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53
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168
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79
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Average Delay by Field of Research or Study
Field
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2006
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2007
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2008
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Bioscience
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91
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97
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45
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Chemical Sciences
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43
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53
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56
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Computer Science
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35
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51
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52
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Engineering
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58
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143
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58
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Geosciences
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59
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37
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42
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Information and Communication Sciences
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71
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28
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35
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Medicine/Health
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98
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91
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62
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Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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31
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63
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49
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Social Sciences
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52
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48
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43
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Non-science
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15
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103
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83
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Not answered
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20
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7
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25
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