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Global Visa Wait Times

Last updated: 12-17-2024

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 93 Days 24 Days 8 Days 280 Days
Abu Dhabi 42 Days 59 Days   388 Days
Abuja 55 Days 56 Days 56 Days 80 Days
Accra 183 Days 119 Days 119 Days 111 Days
Adana       Closed
Addis Ababa 163 Days 226 Days 75 Days 226 Days
Algiers 80 Days 1 Day 1 Day 99 Days
Almaty 10 Days 10 Days 5 Days 17 Days
Amman 19 Days 19 Days 14 Days 41 Days
Amsterdam 5 Days 12 Days 6 Days 32 Days
Ankara 13 Days 63 Days   437 Days
Antananarivo 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Apia 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Ashgabat 67 Days 67 Days 67 Days 67 Days
Asmara 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Astana 21 Days 1 Day 1 Day 30 Days
Asuncion 17 Days 17 Days 17 Days 24 Days
Athens 9 Days 1 Day 43 Days 62 Days
Auckland 7 Days 7 Days 38 Days 38 Days
Baghdad       35 Days
Baku 3 Days 1 Day 1 Day 14 Days
Bamako 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 168 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Bangkok 3 Days 3 Days 7 Days 36 Days
Bangui       Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul 100 Days 100 Days 100 Days 100 Days
Barcelona       Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing 6 Days 7 Days 7 Days 24 Days
Beirut 10 Days 15 Days 115 Days 115 Days
Belfast 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 69 Days
Belgrade 1 Day 18 Days 1 Day 3 Days
Belmopan 7 Days 7 Days 27 Days 27 Days
Berlin 4 Days 29 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Bern 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Days
Bishkek 3 Days 2 Days   93 Days
Bogota 7 Days 8 Days 7 Days 701 Days
Brasilia 1 Day 1 Day 3 Days 17 Days
Bratislava 25 Days 25 Days 25 Days 25 Days
Brazzaville 54 Days 318 Days 54 Days 318 Days
Bridgetown 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 71 Days
Brussels 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Bucharest 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 150 Days
Budapest 28 Days 23 Days 23 Days 27 Days
Buenos Aires 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 42 Days
Bujumbura 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Cairo 30 Days 45 Days 45 Days 45 Days
Calgary 22 Days 46 Days 676 Days 676 Days
Canberra       Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town 20 Days 21 Days 21 Days 20 Days
Caracas       Closed
Casablanca 16 Days 248 Days 248 Days 248 Days
Chengdu       Closed
Chennai ( Madras) 106 Days 65 Days 17 Days 479 Days
Chiang Mai 7 Days     65 Days
Chisinau 7 Days 7 Days 28 Days 51 Days
Ciudad Juarez 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 238 Days
Colombo 31 Days 38 Days 39 Days 149 Days
Conakry 40 Days 40 Days 40 Days 40 Days
Copenhagen 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 14 Days
Cotonou 204 Days 204 Days 204 Days 204 Days
Curacao 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 75 Days
Dakar 10 Days 10 Days 12 Days 50 Days
Damascus       Closed
Dar Es Salaam 52 Days 3 Days 3 Days 65 Days
Dhahran 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Days
Dhaka 246 Days 51 Days 51 Days 329 Days
Dili Same Day     Same Day
Djibouti 10 Days 25 Days 25 Days 25 Days
Doha 2 Days 29 Days 7 Days 73 Days
Dubai 14 Days 18 Days   351 Days
Dublin 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 16 Days
Durban 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Dushanbe 66 Days 66 Days 66 Days 66 Days
Edinburgh       Non-Visa Processing Post
Erbil 3 Days 3 Days 36 Days 36 Days
Florence 2 Days 2 Days 1 Day 8 Days
Frankfurt 3 Days 17 Days 4 Days 29 Days
Freetown 176 Days 176 Days 176 Days 176 Days
Fukuoka       Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days
Georgetown 2 Days Same Day 1 Day 57 Days
Guadalajara 10 Days 24 Days   307 Days
Guangzhou 2 Days 16 Days 6 Days 19 Days
Guatemala City 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 70 Days
Guayaquil 29 Days 28 Days 28 Days 220 Days
Halifax 38 Days 36 Days 710 Days 710 Days
Hamilton 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days
Hanoi 2 Days 9 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Harare 8 Days 5 Days 7 Days 8 Days
Havana       Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki 17 Days 17 Days 9 Days 65 Days
Hermosillo 17 Days 18 Days 18 Days 273 Days
Ho Chi Minh City 27 Days 27 Days 27 Days 27 Days
Hong Kong 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Hyderabad 115 Days 50 Days 1 Day 429 Days
Islamabad 11 Days 4 Days 4 Days 351 Days
Istanbul 69 Days 83 Days 53 Days 672 Days
Jakarta 8 Days 3 Days 39 Days 53 Days
Jeddah 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 10 Days
Jerusalem       Emergency Appointments Only
Johannesburg 1 Day 29 Days 29 Days 29 Days
Juba       Closed
Kabul       Closed
Kampala 114 Days 22 Days 23 Days 261 Days
Kaohsiung       Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi 66 Days 22 Days 10 Days 320 Days
Kathmandu 196 Days 4 Days 29 Days 227 Days
Khartoum       Closed
Kigali 52 Days 85 Days 85 Days 85 Days
Kingston Same Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Days
Kinshasa 144 Days 7 Days 7 Days 144 Days
Kolkata 143 Days     436 Days
Kolonia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Koror 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days
Krakow 8 Days 7 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Kuala Lumpur 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Kuwait 2 Days 3 Days 3 Days 9 Days
Kyiv       Closed
La Paz 7 Days 7 Days 85 Days 85 Days
Lagos 222 Days 245 Days 245 Days 332 Days
Lahore       Closed
Libreville 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 75 Days
Lilongwe 101 Days 101 Days 101 Days 216 Days
Lima 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 444 Days
Lisbon 51 Days 52 Days 37 Days 43 Days
Ljubljana 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days
Lome 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
London 3 Days 2 Days 2 Days 69 Days
Luanda 3 Days 1 Day 1 Day 20 Days
Lusaka 9 Days 322 Days 322 Days 322 Days
Luxembourg 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days
Madrid 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 115 Days
Majuro 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Malabo 90 Days 90 Days   90 Days
Managua 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Manama 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 10 Days
Manila 7 Days 17 Days 2 Days 29 Days
Maputo       Emergency Appointments Only
Marseille       Closed
Maseru       Closed
Matamoros 1 Day 1 Day 3 Days 220 Days
Mbabane 7 Days 7 Days 31 Days 31 Days
Melbourne 18 Days 43 Days 22 Days 77 Days
Merida 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 275 Days
Mexicali Tpf       Closed
Mexico City 3 Days 28 Days 28 Days 245 Days
Milan 8 Days 2 Days 2 Days 42 Days
Minsk       Closed
Monrovia 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Monterrey 7 Days 7 Days 1 Day 238 Days
Montevideo 10 Days 36 Days 38 Days 38 Days
Montreal       Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow       Closed
Mumbai (Bombay) 193 Days   17 Days 438 Days
Munich 17 Days 17 Days 17 Days 20 Days
Muscat 179 Days 179 Days 179 Days 179 Days
N`Djamena 39 Days 185 Days 185 Days 185 Days
Naha 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Nairobi 80 Days 43 Days 66 Days 79 Days
Naples 14 Days 8 Days 2 Days 31 Days
Nassau 3 Days 3 Days 1 Day 12 Days
New Delhi 150 Days   51 Days 441 Days
Niamey 95 Days   95 Days 95 Days
Nicosia 5 Days 11 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Nogales 1 Day 21 Days 21 Days 147 Days
Nouakchott 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Nuevo Laredo 10 Days 22 Days 213 Days 213 Days
Osaka/Kobe 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 101 Days
Oslo 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Ottawa 1 Day 208 Days 710 Days 710 Days
Ouagadougou 91 Days 30 Days   161 Days
Panama City 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 28 Days
Paramaribo 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days
Paris 11 Days 38 Days 38 Days 150 Days
Perth 22 Days 3 Days 25 Days 134 Days
Phnom Penh 22 Days 8 Days 8 Days 22 Days
Podgorica 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Ponta Delgada       Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince       Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis 23 Days 23 Days 23 Days 23 Days
Port Moresby 46 Days 46 Days 46 Days 46 Days
Port Of Spain 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 1 Day
Porto Alegre 3 Days 4 Days 4 Days 17 Days
Prague 14 Days 14 Days 45 Days 45 Days
Praia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 40 Days
Pretoria       Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina 3 Days     37 Days
Quebec 5 Days 187 Days 714 Days 714 Days
Quito 13 Days 5 Days 3 Days 281 Days
Rangoon 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days
Recife 1 Day 3 Days 1 Day 10 Days
Reykjavik 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days
Riga 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Rio De Janeiro 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 31 Days
Riyadh 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 21 Days
Rome 14 Days 8 Days 2 Days 31 Days
San Jose 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 247 Days
San Salvador 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 93 Days
Sanaa       Closed
Santiago 13 Days 14 Days 14 Days 29 Days
Santo Domingo 37 Days 28 Days 1 Day 232 Days
Sao Paulo 1 Day 8 Days 1 Day 36 Days
Sapporo 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days  
Sarajevo 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Seoul 14 Days 31 Days 17 Days 38 Days
Shanghai 17 Days 18 Days 18 Days 50 Days
Shenyang 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Singapore 2 Days 4 Days 4 Days 2 Days
Skopje 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days
Sofia 8 Days 5 Days 8 Days 7 Days
St Georges       Closed
St Petersburg       Closed
Stockholm 1 Day 2 Days 2 Days 38 Days
Surabaya 1 Day 2 Days 3 Days 30 Days
Suva 30 Days 30 Days 15 Days 30 Days
Sydney 15 Days 29 Days 15 Days 210 Days
Taipei 8 Days 42 Days 21 Days 56 Days
Tallinn 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Tashkent 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 4 Days
Tbilisi 3 Days 3 Days   10 Days
Tegucigalpa 2 Days 2 Days 9 Days 458 Days
Tel Aviv 2 Days 1 Day 1 Day 25 Days
Tijuana 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 210 Days
Tijuana Tpf 1 Day 2 Days 1 Day 210 Days
Tirana 5 Days 10 Days   73 Days
Tokyo 3 Days 10 Days 10 Days 22 Days
Toronto 20 Days 45 Days 685 Days 685 Days
Tripoli       Closed
Tunis 3 Days 3 Days 2 Days 150 Days
Ulaanbaatar 11 Days 17 Days 17 Days 66 Days
Usun-New York 7 Days 7 Days   7 Days
Valletta 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days
Vancouver 3 Days 79 Days 48 Days 684 Days
Vienna 4 Days 5 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Vientiane 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days
Vilnius 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 6 Days
Vladivostok       Closed
Warsaw 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 4 Days
Washington Refugee Processing Center 54 Days 54 Days 54 Days 54 Days
Windhoek 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 51 Days
Wuhan 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 37 Days
Yaounde 43 Days 43 Days 43 Days 43 Days
Yekaterinburg       Closed
Yerevan 42 Days 55 Days 55 Days 113 Days
Zagreb 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days