US Department of State announced that the US visa refusal rate for Cypriot citizens for 2024 is 2.16%. US Ambassador to Cyprus, Julie Fisher in a post on X , noted that this is “a critical milestone bringing Cyprus one step closer to membership in the Visa Waiver Program and visa free travel to the US for Cypriots.”
According to the statistics announced by the US Department of State, the visa refusal rate for Cypriot citizens for 2024 is 2.16%, below the 3% threshold.
In a post on “X”, Deputy Minister to the President Irene Piki states that “a key prerequisite” for Cyprus’ inclusion in the US Visa Waiver Program “has been met”.
“We continue to focus on the goal of achieving Cyprus’ inclusion to the Visa Waiver Program as soon as possible, within 2025, and we will methodically work towards this goal so that Cypriot citizens will soon be able to travel to the US, for tourism and business purposes, without the obligation to issue a visa,” she says.
