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Global Visa Wait Times

Last updated: 9-22-2023

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 77 Days 1 Day 1 Day 77 Days
Abu Dhabi 4 Days 3 Days 7 Days 507 Days
Abuja 251 Days 46 Days 557 Days 557 Days
Accra 88 Days 237 Days 410 Days 410 Days
Adana       Closed
Addis Ababa 37 Days 39 Days 39 Days 39 Days
Algiers 17 Days 2 Days 50 Days 50 Days
Almaty 5 Days 9 Days 9 Days 49 Days
Amman 24 Days 7 Days 1 Day 260 Days
Amsterdam 3 Days 5 Days 6 Days 192 Days
Ankara 50 Days 58 Days   331 Days
Antananarivo 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days
Apia 49 Days 49 Days 49 Days 55 Days
Ashgabat 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Asmara       Emergency Appointments Only
Astana 24 Days 3 Days 3 Days 41 Days
Asuncion 47 Days 2 Days 2 Days 210 Days
Athens 5 Days 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days
Auckland 9 Days 23 Days 93 Days 93 Days
Baghdad 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 370 Days
Baku 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 4 Days
Bamako 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 31 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Bangkok 1 Day 1 Day 7 Days 42 Days
Bangui       Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul 90 Days 100 Days 100 Days 180 Days
Barcelona       Closed
Beijing 26 Days 33 Days 30 Days 103 Days
Beirut 25 Days 40 Days 126 Days 126 Days
Belfast 11 Days 11 Days 11 Days 110 Days
Belgrade 1 Day 3 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Belmopan 7 Days 7 Days 55 Days 55 Days
Berlin 3 Days 8 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Bern 7 Days 8 Days 7 Days 8 Days
Bishkek 31 Days 31 Days 31 Days 78 Days
Bogota 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 788 Days
Brasilia 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 17 Days
Bratislava 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 7 Days
Brazzaville 45 Days 214 Days 214 Days 214 Days
Bridgetown 1 Day 2 Days 1 Day 11 Days
Brussels 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Bucharest 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 14 Days
Budapest 35 Days 45 Days 45 Days 160 Days
Buenos Aires 2 Days 4 Days 2 Days 287 Days
Bujumbura 7 Days 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days
Cairo 5 Days 5 Days 93 Days 91 Days
Calgary 49 Days 156 Days 815 Days 815 Days
Canberra       Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town 2 Days 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days
Caracas       Closed
Casablanca 12 Days 140 Days 140 Days 140 Days
Chengdu       Closed
Chennai ( Madras) 29 Days 4 Days 15 Days 506 Days
Chiang Mai 21 Days   115 Days 115 Days
Chisinau 7 Days 7 Days 16 Days 42 Days
Ciudad Juarez 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 742 Days
Colombo 5 Days 5 Days 14 Days 35 Days
Conakry 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days
Copenhagen 14 Days 3 Days 14 Days 42 Days
Cotonou 391 Days 391 Days 391 Days 391 Days
Curacao 180 Days 180 Days 180 Days 180 Days
Dakar 10 Days 10 Days 12 Days 143 Days
Damascus       Closed
Dar Es Salaam 112 Days 112 Days 112 Days 173 Days
Dhahran 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 16 Days
Dhaka 238 Days 12 Days 40 Days 343 Days
Dili Same Day     Same Day
Djibouti 70 Days 70 Days 70 Days 70 Days
Doha 1 Day 2 Days 2 Days 84 Days
Dubai 29 Days 52 Days 5 Days 533 Days
Dublin 18 Days 18 Days 18 Days 26 Days
Durban 1 Day 2 Days 2 Days 30 Days
Dushanbe 39 Days 39 Days 39 Days 39 Days
Erbil 7 Days 7 Days 14 Days 367 Days
Florence 1 Day 1 Day 4 Days 18 Days
Frankfurt 7 Days 8 Days 16 Days 7 Days
Freetown 170 Days 4 Days 4 Days 170 Days
Fukuoka       Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Georgetown 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 36 Days
Guadalajara 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 826 Days
Guangzhou 28 Days 32 Days 6 Days 199 Days
Guatemala City 1 Day 3 Days 3 Days 259 Days
Guayaquil 1 Day 22 Days 343 Days 343 Days
Halifax 100 Days 80 Days 750 Days 750 Days
Hamilton 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Hanoi 17 Days 17 Days 11 Days 21 Days
Harare 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 71 Days
Havana       Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki 9 Days 16 Days 9 Days 60 Days
Hermosillo 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 687 Days
Ho Chi Minh City 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Hong Kong 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 76 Days
Hyderabad 71 Days 44 Days 1 Day 441 Days
Islamabad 8 Days 12 Days 12 Days 357 Days
Istanbul 42 Days 58 Days 42 Days 437 Days
Jakarta 3 Days 3 Days 14 Days 30 Days
Jeddah 1 Day 2 Days 3 Days 31 Days
Jerusalem 107 Days 107 Days 184 Days 184 Days
Johannesburg 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 7 Days
Juba       Closed
Kabul       Closed
Kampala 120 Days 120 Days 90 Days 460 Days
Kaohsiung       Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi 3 Days 2 Days 4 Days 150 Days
Kathmandu 120 Days 31 Days 43 Days 631 Days
Khartoum       Closed
Kigali 59 Days 59 Days   59 Days
Kingston 14 Days 17 Days 75 Days 141 Days
Kinshasa 266 Days 7 Days 7 Days 108 Days
Kolkata 102 Days 13 Days 543 Days 543 Days
Kolonia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Koror 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Krakow 7 Days 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Kuala Lumpur 3 Days 9 Days 24 Days 24 Days
Kuwait 1 Day 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Kyiv       Closed
La Paz 1 Day 1 Day 75 Days 75 Days
Lagos 14 Days 1 Day 442 Days 442 Days
Lahore       Closed
Libreville 7 Days 7 Days 260 Days 260 Days
Lilongwe 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 167 Days
Lima 8 Days   7 Days 217 Days
Lisbon 23 Days 38 Days 34 Days 89 Days
Ljubljana 14 Days 14 Days 21 Days 21 Days
Lome 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 115 Days
London 15 Days 15 Days 21 Days 110 Days
Luanda 20 Days 10 Days 10 Days 35 Days
Lusaka 10 Days 168 Days 168 Days 168 Days
Luxembourg 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days 19 Days
Madrid 3 Days 3 Days 65 Days 389 Days
Majuro 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Malabo 111 Days 111 Days 111 Days 111 Days
Managua 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 22 Days
Manama 11 Days 11 Days 11 Days 81 Days
Manila 15 Days 15 Days 10 Days 155 Days
Maputo 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days
Marseille       Closed
Maseru       Closed
Matamoros 3 Days 1 Day 1 Day 623 Days
Mbabane 7 Days 130 Days 130 Days 130 Days
Melbourne 7 Days 2 Days 2 Days 157 Days
Merida 1 Day 4 Days 4 Days 710 Days
Mexicali Tpf       Closed
Mexico City 14 Days 17 Days 17 Days 819 Days
Milan 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 11 Days
Minsk       Closed
Monrovia 10 Days 74 Days 74 Days 74 Days
Monterrey 1 Day 9 Days 1 Day 715 Days
Montevideo 15 Days 3 Days 201 Days 201 Days
Montreal       Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow       Closed
Mumbai (Bombay) 56 Days 18 Days 49 Days 574 Days
Munich 4 Days 4 Days 15 Days 32 Days
Muscat 81 Days 81 Days 81 Days 81 Days
N`Djamena 144 Days 144 Days 144 Days 144 Days
Naha 2 Days 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Nairobi 87 Days 6 Days 44 Days 140 Days
Naples 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 11 Days
Nassau Same Day Same Day Same Day 24 Days
New Delhi 17 Days 3 Days 66 Days 534 Days
Niamey       Emergency Appointments Only
Nicosia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Nogales 3 Days 6 Days 6 Days 703 Days
Nouakchott 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days
Nuevo Laredo 1 Day 1 Day 630 Days 630 Days
Osaka/Kobe 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 7 Days
Oslo Same Day Same Day Same Day 14 Days
Ottawa 120 Days 80 Days 75 Days 750 Days
Ouagadougou       Emergency Appointments Only
Panama City 16 Days 2 Days 58 Days 108 Days
Paramaribo 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 90 Days
Paris 15 Days 36 Days 15 Days 165 Days
Perth 57 Days 57 Days 57 Days 57 Days
Phnom Penh 36 Days 57 Days 57 Days 57 Days
Podgorica 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Ponta Delgada       Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince       Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis 37 Days 37 Days 37 Days 37 Days
Port Moresby 34 Days 34 Days 34 Days 34 Days
Port Of Spain 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 107 Days
Porto Alegre 10 Days 8 Days 8 Days 208 Days
Prague 16 Days 16 Days 58 Days 45 Days
Praia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 102 Days
Pretoria       Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina 4 Days 92 Days   92 Days
Quebec 20 Days 80 Days 80 Days 750 Days
Quito 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 400 Days
Rangoon 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days
Recife Same Day 2 Days 2 Days 177 Days
Reykjavik 36 Days 36 Days 36 Days 36 Days
Riga 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days
Rio De Janeiro   2 Days 1 Day 45 Days
Riyadh 23 Days 4 Days 44 Days 44 Days
Rome 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 11 Days
San Jose 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 445 Days
San Salvador 4 Days 8 Days 18 Days 311 Days
Sanaa       Closed
Santiago 8 Days 39 Days 39 Days 42 Days
Santo Domingo 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 344 Days
Sao Paulo 2 Days 3 Days 2 Days 169 Days
Sapporo 60 Days      
Sarajevo 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 18 Days
Seoul 2 Days 1 Day 30 Days 30 Days
Shanghai 25 Days 36 Days 30 Days 51 Days
Shenyang 7 Days 10 Days 85 Days 85 Days
Singapore 2 Days 8 Days 7 Days 9 Days
Skopje 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days
Sofia 3 Days 7 Days 8 Days 7 Days
St Georges       Closed
St Petersburg       Closed
Stockholm 7 Days 10 Days 7 Days 64 Days
Surabaya 1 Day 1 Day 3 Days 14 Days
Suva 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Sydney 30 Days 31 Days 31 Days 121 Days
Taipei 7 Days 7 Days 14 Days 62 Days
Tallinn 1 Day 3 Days 3 Days 7 Days
Tashkent 14 Days 30 Days 7 Days 70 Days
Tbilisi 3 Days 2 Days 14 Days 294 Days
Tegucigalpa 7 Days 7 Days 8 Days 708 Days
Tel Aviv 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 71 Days
Tijuana 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 714 Days
Tijuana Tpf 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 706 Days
Tirana 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 114 Days
Tokyo 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 1 Day
Toronto 48 Days 41 Days 773 Days 773 Days
Tripoli       Closed
Tunis 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 150 Days
Ulaanbaatar 25 Days 39 Days 39 Days 105 Days
Usun-New York 7 Days 7 Days   7 Days
Valletta 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days
Vancouver 37 Days 430 Days 430 Days 709 Days
Vienna 20 Days 13 Days 20 Days 73 Days
Vientiane 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 69 Days
Vilnius 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Vladivostok       Closed
Warsaw 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 22 Days
Windhoek 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days
Yaounde 9 Days 34 Days 34 Days 34 Days
Yekaterinburg       Closed
Yerevan 154 Days 43 Days 51 Days 227 Days
Zagreb 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 21 Days