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

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