Last updated: 5-13-2024

The estimated wait time to receive an interview appointment at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate can change weekly and is based on actual incoming workload and staffing. These are estimates only and do not guarantee the availability of an appointment.

Note: Embassies and Consulates may have a separate process for visa cases where the in-person interview requirement is waived.  In general wait times for those cases are shorter, but they are not reflected in the table below.  Please check the individual Embassy or Consulate website to determine if your case is eligible for a waiver of the in-person interview. 

Applicants scheduling visa appointments in a location different from their place of residence should check post websites for nonresident wait times.

City/Post	Interview Required Student/Exchange Visitors (F, M, J)	Interview Required Petition-Based Temporary Workers (H, L, O, P, Q)	Interview Required Crew and Transit (C, D, C1/D)	Interview Required Visitors (B1/B2)
Abidjan	38 Days	1 Day	1 Day	38 Days
Abu Dhabi		26 Days		423 Days
Abuja	147 Days	8 Days	476 Days	476 Days
Accra	215 Days	17 Days	11 Days	426 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	93 Days	163 Days	65 Days	163 Days
Algiers	80 Days	1 Day	1 Day	80 Days
Almaty	17 Days	8 Days	8 Days	17 Days
Amman	21 Days	7 Days	7 Days	175 Days
Amsterdam	18 Days	5 Days	13 Days	39 Days
Ankara	87 Days	81 Days		486 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Ashgabat	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Asmara				Emergency Appointments Only
Astana	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	38 Days
Asuncion	8 Days	21 Days	7 Days	192 Days
Athens	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Auckland	10 Days	10 Days	44 Days	44 Days
Baghdad				Emergency Appointments Only
Baku	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	23 Days
Bamako	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	63 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Bangkok	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	66 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	200 Days	40 Days	40 Days	200 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	7 Days	9 Days	28 Days	66 Days
Beirut	20 Days	40 Days	160 Days	160 Days
Belfast	21 Days	26 Days	21 Days	105 Days
Belgrade	2 Days	21 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Berlin	11 Days	64 Days	3 Days	28 Days
Bern	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Bishkek	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	35 Days
Bogota	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	640 Days
Brasilia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	21 Days
Bratislava	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days
Brazzaville	64 Days	64 Days	325 Days	325 Days
Bridgetown	38 Days	12 Days	19 Days	75 Days
Brussels	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days
Bucharest	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	60 Days
Budapest	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	150 Days
Buenos Aires	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	91 Days
Bujumbura	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Calgary	31 Days	45 Days	847 Days	847 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	8 Days	22 Days	22 Days	21 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	4 Days	171 Days	171 Days	171 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	312 Days	113 Days	7 Days	515 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	30 Days
Chisinau	13 Days	13 Days	15 Days	64 Days
Ciudad Juarez	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	808 Days
Colombo	30 Days	21 Days	30 Days	105 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	35 Days	1 Day	1 Day	37 Days
Cotonou	190 Days	190 Days	190 Days	190 Days
Curacao	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	45 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	99 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	13 Days	6 Days	6 Days	92 Days
Dhahran	2 Days	3 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Dhaka	303 Days	11 Days	38 Days	282 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	10 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Doha	43 Days	8 Days	9 Days	33 Days
Dubai	44 Days	50 Days		379 Days
Dublin	6 Days	16 Days	3 Days	26 Days
Durban	14 Days	23 Days	23 Days	23 Days
Dushanbe	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Erbil				Emergency Appointments Only
Florence	7 Days	4 Days	7 Days	24 Days
Frankfurt	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	39 Days
Freetown	82 Days	82 Days	82 Days	82 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	1 Day	Same Day	2 Days	30 Days
Guadalajara	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	819 Days
Guangzhou	11 Days	8 Days	11 Days	108 Days
Guatemala City	4 Days	3 Days	14 Days	547 Days
Guayaquil	10 Days	77 Days	91 Days	268 Days
Halifax	60 Days	90 Days	877 Days	877 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days	4 Days
Harare	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	60 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	26 Days	21 Days	23 Days	45 Days
Hermosillo	7 Days	3 Days	3 Days	702 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	21 Days	13 Days	13 Days	28 Days
Hong Kong	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	84 Days
Hyderabad	266 Days	2 Days	1 Day	268 Days
Islamabad	18 Days			345 Days
Istanbul	108 Days	118 Days	98 Days	496 Days
Jakarta	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days	21 Days
Jeddah	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	17 Days
Jerusalem	107 Days	72 Days	31 Days	31 Days
Johannesburg	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	1 Day
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	75 Days	60 Days	60 Days	220 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	28 Days	1 Day	3 Days	220 Days
Kathmandu	298 Days	8 Days	1 Day	298 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	73 Days	78 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Kingston	9 Days	8 Days	2 Days	15 Days
Kinshasa	150 Days	7 Days	7 Days	101 Days
Kolkata	266 Days			137 Days
Kolonia	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Koror	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Krakow	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kuala Lumpur	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	5 Days	2 Days	90 Days	90 Days
Lagos	163 Days	7 Days	423 Days	423 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days
Lilongwe	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	171 Days
Lima	14 Days	11 Days	11 Days	336 Days
Lisbon	2 Days	10 Days	30 Days	1 Day
Ljubljana	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	120 Days
London	13 Days	13 Days	14 Days	100 Days
Luanda	12 Days	1 Day	1 Day	27 Days
Lusaka	35 Days	245 Days	245 Days	245 Days
Luxembourg	28 Days	6 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Madrid	3 Days	9 Days	17 Days	289 Days
Majuro				Emergency Appointments Only
Malabo	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days
Managua	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Manama	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	21 Days
Manila	38 Days	24 Days	17 Days	68 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	3 Days	7 Days	3 Days	652 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Melbourne	24 Days	3 Days	22 Days	66 Days
Merida	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	792 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	11 Days	22 Days	22 Days	849 Days
Milan	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	4 Days		4 Days	4 Days
Monterrey	7 Days	7 Days	1 Day	672 Days
Montevideo	7 Days	3 Days	64 Days	64 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	144 Days		30 Days	506 Days
Munich	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	43 Days
Muscat	136 Days	136 Days	136 Days	136 Days
N`Djamena	32 Days	178 Days	178 Days	178 Days
Naha	1 Day	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Nairobi	22 Days	16 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Naples	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days
Nassau	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	76 Days
New Delhi	253 Days		115 Days	147 Days
Niamey	147 Days		147 Days	147 Days
Nicosia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Nogales	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	693 Days
Nouakchott	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Nuevo Laredo	7 Days	2 Days	651 Days	651 Days
Osaka/Kobe	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	131 Days
Oslo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days
Ottawa	60 Days	90 Days	150 Days	913 Days
Ouagadougou	255 Days			291 Days
Panama City	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	463 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days
Paris	29 Days	143 Days	1 Day	529 Days
Perth	78 Days	784 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Phnom Penh	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days
Podgorica	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ponta Delgada				Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days
Port Moresby	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Port Of Spain	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	16 Days
Porto Alegre				Closed
Prague	22 Days	31 Days	58 Days	58 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	89 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	3 Days	65 Days		65 Days
Quebec	60 Days	150 Days	150 Days	710 Days
Quito	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	420 Days
Rangoon	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days
Recife	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	58 Days
Reykjavik	64 Days	64 Days	64 Days	64 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	10 Days	14 Days	4 Days	77 Days
Riyadh	50 Days	15 Days	62 Days	62 Days
Rome	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days
San Jose	4 Days	4 Days	7 Days	504 Days
San Salvador	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	64 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	10 Days	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Santo Domingo	3 Days	3 Days	8 Days	217 Days
Sao Paulo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	45 Days
Sapporo	60 Days
Sarajevo	79 Days	10 Days	10 Days	110 Days
Seoul	1 Day	1 Day	21 Days	21 Days
Shanghai	30 Days	60 Days	30 Days	106 Days
Shenyang	2 Days	2 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Singapore	17 Days	31 Days	8 Days	40 Days
Skopje	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Sofia	10 Days	15 Days	20 Days	18 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	7 Days	7 Days	2 Days	78 Days
Surabaya	2 Days	3 Days	2 Days	24 Days
Suva	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days	38 Days
Sydney	15 Days	17 Days	15 Days	74 Days
Taipei	29 Days	22 Days	15 Days	92 Days
Tallinn	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days
Tashkent	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Tbilisi	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	110 Days
Tegucigalpa	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	857 Days
Tel Aviv	7 Days	2 Days	2 Days	31 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	3 Days	1 Day	862 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	3 Days	1 Day	862 Days
Tirana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	98 Days
Tokyo	2 Days	3 Days	2 Days	65 Days
Toronto	51 Days	42 Days	748 Days	748 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	8 Days	1 Day	8 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	45 Days	54 Days	54 Days	160 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	49 Days	35 Days	35 Days	775 Days
Vienna	53 Days	17 Days	40 Days	69 Days
Vientiane	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Vilnius	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	2 Days
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	1 Day
Windhoek	51 Days	51 Days	51 Days	51 Days
Wuhan	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Yaounde	40 Days	6 Days	53 Days	54 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	168 Days	34 Days	34 Days	101 Days
Zagreb	27 Days	27 Days	14 Days	27 Days

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