Last updated: 3-16-2023
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) |
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Abidjan | 184 Days | 2 Days | 45 Days | 253 Days |
Abu Dhabi | 85 Days | 84 Days | 7 Days | 497 Days |
Abuja | 212 Days | 56 Days | 409 Days | 409 Days |
Accra | 110 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days | 118 Days |
Adana | Closed | |||
Addis Ababa | 87 Days | 93 Days | 9 Days | 93 Days |
Algiers | 10 Days | 11 Days | 87 Days | 87 Days |
Almaty | 10 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 27 Days |
Amman | 52 Days | 2 Days | 4 Days | 322 Days |
Amsterdam | 7 Days | 14 Days | 7 Days | 31 Days |
Ankara | 144 Days | 40 Days | 193 Days | 193 Days |
Antananarivo | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Apia | 108 Days | 108 Days | 108 Days | 108 Days |
Ashgabat | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Asmara | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Astana | 2 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 30 Days |
Asuncion | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 145 Days |
Athens | 2 Days | 2 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days |
Auckland | 16 Days | 16 Days | 45 Days | 45 Days |
Baghdad | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 366 Days |
Baku | 2 Days | 3 Days | 1 Day | 38 Days |
Bamako | 7 Days | 45 Days | 1 Day | 45 Days |
Bandar Seri Begawan | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Bangkok | 10 Days | 1 Day | 2 Days | 60 Days |
Bangui | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Banjul | 90 Days | 90 Days | 90 Days | 180 Days |
Barcelona | Closed | |||
Beijing | 14 Days | 5 Days | 14 Days | 5 Days |
Beirut | 8 Days | 9 Days | 23 Days | 23 Days |
Belfast | 16 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 100 Days |
Belgrade | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 2 Days |
Belmopan | 7 Days | 7 Days | 36 Days | 36 Days |
Berlin | 11 Days | 29 Days | 3 Days | 91 Days |
Bern | 10 Days | 38 Days | 10 Days | 64 Days |
Bishkek | 9 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days | 88 Days |
Bogota | 40 Days | 11 Days | 11 Days | 885 Days |
Brasilia | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 469 Days |
Bratislava | 15 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days |
Brazzaville | 7 Days | 114 Days | 114 Days | 114 Days |
Bridgetown | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 14 Days |
Brussels | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Bucharest | 3 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | |
Budapest | 40 Days | 40 Days | 40 Days | 140 Days |
Buenos Aires | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 247 Days |
Bujumbura | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Cairo | 5 Days | 5 Days | 112 Days | 112 Days |
Calgary | 9 Days | 91 Days | 513 Days | 513 Days |
Canberra | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Cape Town | 51 Days | 70 Days | 70 Days | 72 Days |
Caracas | Closed | |||
Casablanca | 14 Days | 133 Days | 133 Days | 133 Days |
Chengdu | Closed | |||
Chennai ( Madras) | 80 Days | 172 Days | 60 Days | 680 Days |
Chiang Mai | 21 Days | 1 Day | 34 Days | 34 Days |
Chisinau | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 64 Days |
Ciudad Juarez | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 483 Days |
Colombo | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days |
Conakry | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 78 Days |
Copenhagen | 8 Days | 6 Days | 5 Days | 78 Days |
Cotonou | 259 Days | 259 Days | 259 Days | 259 Days |
Curacao | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Dakar | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days | 175 Days |
Damascus | Closed | |||
Dar Es Salaam | 53 Days | 53 Days | 53 Days | 61 Days |
Dhahran | 7 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 30 Days |
Dhaka | 171 Days | 15 Days | 70 Days | 353 Days |
Dili | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | |
Djibouti | 120 Days | 120 Days | 120 Days | 120 Days |
Doha | 8 Days | 10 Days | 8 Days | 33 Days |
Dubai | 114 Days | 121 Days | 5 Days | 548 Days |
Dublin | 6 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days |
Durban | 2 Days | 22 Days | 22 Days | 24 Days |
Dushanbe | 18 Days | 18 Days | 18 Days | 18 Days |
Erbil | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 366 Days |
Florence | 3 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 14 Days |
Frankfurt | 7 Days | 11 Days | 17 Days | 31 Days |
Freetown | 71 Days | 78 Days | 78 Days | 78 Days |
Fukuoka | 21 Days | 21 Days | 30 Days | |
Gaborone | 14 Days | 14 Days | 1 Day | 14 Days |
Georgetown | 1 Day | 1 Day | 23 Days | 52 Days |
Guadalajara | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 637 Days |
Guangzhou | 14 Days | 14 Days | 19 Days | 188 Days |
Guatemala City | 1 Day | 3 Days | 3 Days | 372 Days |
Guayaquil | 3 Days | 168 Days | 213 Days | 213 Days |
Halifax | 9 Days | 89 Days | 477 Days | 477 Days |
Hamilton | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days |
Hanoi | 3 Days | 9 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Harare | 3 Days | 3 Days | 1 Day | 100 Days |
Havana | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Helsinki | 6 Days | 17 Days | 26 Days | 54 Days |
Hermosillo | 1 Day | 2 Days | 1 Day | 498 Days |
Ho Chi Minh City | 13 Days | 6 Days | 13 Days | 34 Days |
Hong Kong | 2 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 18 Days |
Hyderabad | 81 Days | 163 Days | 614 Days | |
Islamabad | 21 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 323 Days |
Istanbul | 151 Days | 4 Days | 57 Days | 345 Days |
Jakarta | 4 Days | 2 Days | 5 Days | 8 Days |
Jeddah | 1 Day | 2 Days | 2 Days | 74 Days |
Jerusalem | 1 Day | 1 Day | 180 Days | 180 Days |
Johannesburg | 8 Days | 22 Days | 22 Days | 30 Days |
Juba | Closed | |||
Kabul | Closed | |||
Kampala | 21 Days | 21 Days | 30 Days | 240 Days |
Kaohsiung | Closed | |||
Karachi | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 303 Days |
Kathmandu | 164 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 533 Days |
Khartoum | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Kigali | 43 Days | 10 Days | 1 Day | 31 Days |
Kingston | 36 Days | 61 Days | 52 Days | 106 Days |
Kinshasa | 55 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 80 Days |
Kolkata | 52 Days | 175 Days | 557 Days | 557 Days |
Kolonia | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Koror | 60 Days | 60 Days | 1 Day | 60 Days |
Krakow | 3 Days | 1 Day | 16 Days | 16 Days |
Kuala Lumpur | 2 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days |
Kuwait | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Kyiv | Closed | |||
La Paz | 7 Days | 7 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days |
Lagos | 10 Days | 37 Days | 487 Days | 487 Days |
Lahore | Closed | |||
Libreville | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 155 Days |
Lilongwe | 15 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days | 71 Days |
Lima | 68 Days | 20 Days | 3 Days | 840 Days |
Lisbon | 18 Days | 17 Days | 18 Days | 58 Days |
Ljubljana | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Lome | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 70 Days |
London | 4 Days | 36 Days | 3 Days | 96 Days |
Luanda | 27 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 29 Days |
Lusaka | 27 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days |
Luxembourg | 26 Days | 33 Days | 33 Days | 61 Days |
Madrid | 2 Days | 44 Days | 45 Days | 240 Days |
Majuro | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Malabo | 90 Days | 90 Days | 140 Days | |
Managua | 3 Days | 25 Days | 25 Days | 143 Days |
Manama | 4 Days | 11 Days | 4 Days | 28 Days |
Manila | 7 Days | 21 Days | 8 Days | 148 Days |
Maputo | 41 Days | 41 Days | 41 Days | 41 Days |
Marseille | Closed | |||
Maseru | Closed | |||
Matamoros | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 457 Days |
Mbabane | 3 Days | 36 Days | 36 Days | 36 Days |
Melbourne | 36 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days | 64 Days |
Merida | 30 Days | 23 Days | 23 Days | 560 Days |
Mexicali Tpf | Closed | |||
Mexico City | 1 Day | 21 Days | 21 Days | 694 Days |
Milan | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 17 Days |
Minsk | Closed | |||
Monrovia | 8 Days | 98 Days | 98 Days | 98 Days |
Monterrey | 2 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 448 Days |
Montevideo | 7 Days | 7 Days | 53 Days | 53 Days |
Montreal | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Moscow | Closed | |||
Mumbai (Bombay) | 80 Days | 49 Days | 30 Days | 714 Days |
Munich | 24 Days | 35 Days | 35 Days | 56 Days |
Muscat | 35 Days | 35 Days | 35 Days | 35 Days |
N`Djamena | 80 Days | 80 Days | 1 Day | 80 Days |
Naha | 2 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days |
Nairobi | 119 Days | 70 Days | 64 Days | 176 Days |
Naples | 3 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 14 Days |
Nassau | 21 Days | 70 Days | ||
New Delhi | 81 Days | 25 Days | 52 Days | 662 Days |
Niamey | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Nicosia | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 35 Days |
Nogales | 3 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 696 Days |
Nouakchott | 21 Days | 21 Days | 1 Day | 21 Days |
Nuevo Laredo | 3 Days | 3 Days | 360 Days | 360 Days |
Osaka/Kobe | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 17 Days |
Oslo | 2 Days | 7 Days | 1 Day | 7 Days |
Ottawa | 5 Days | 89 Days | 89 Days | 477 Days |
Ouagadougou | 419 Days | 5 Days | 8 Days | 419 Days |
Panama City | 10 Days | 22 Days | 52 Days | 360 Days |
Paramaribo | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 104 Days |
Paris | 3 Days | 9 Days | 2 Days | 30 Days |
Perth | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days |
Phnom Penh | 8 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days |
Podgorica | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days |
Ponta Delgada | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Port Au Prince | 26 Days | 26 Days | 400 Days | 400 Days |
Port Louis | 42 Days | 42 Days | 42 Days | 42 Days |
Port Moresby | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Port Of Spain | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 102 Days |
Porto Alegre | 4 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day | 271 Days |
Prague | 10 Days | 7 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days |
Praia | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 43 Days |
Pretoria | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Pristina | 9 Days | 99 Days | 99 Days | 99 Days |
Quebec | 17 Days | 89 Days | 89 Days | 477 Days |
Quito | 88 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 271 Days |
Rangoon | 115 Days | 115 Days | 115 Days | 115 Days |
Recife | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 400 Days |
Reykjavik | 45 Days | 45 Days | 45 Days | 45 Days |
Riga | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Rio De Janeiro | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 451 Days |
Riyadh | 11 Days | 11 Days | 11 Days | 37 Days |
Rome | 3 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 14 Days |
San Jose | 8 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days | 387 Days |
San Salvador | 4 Days | 4 Days | 12 Days | 185 Days |
Sanaa | Closed | |||
Santiago | 114 Days | 182 Days | 182 Days | 360 Days |
Santo Domingo | 3 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 545 Days |
Sao Paulo | 4 Days | 3 Days | 7 Days | 549 Days |
Sapporo | 15 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days | |
Sarajevo | 7 Days | 7 Days | 5 Days | 7 Days |
Seoul | 14 Days | 3 Days | 9 Days | 10 Days |
Shanghai | 28 Days | 16 Days | 11 Days | 42 Days |
Shenyang | 5 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 15 Days |
Singapore | 11 Days | 3 Days | 9 Days | 50 Days |
Skopje | 16 Days | 16 Days | 16 Days | 16 Days |
Sofia | 9 Days | 20 Days | 21 Days | 13 Days |
St Georges | Closed | |||
St Petersburg | Closed | |||
Stockholm | 7 Days | 8 Days | 21 Days | 57 Days |
Surabaya | 1 Day | 1 Day | 2 Days | 3 Days |
Suva | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 4 Days |
Sydney | 10 Days | 44 Days | 10 Days | 120 Days |
Taipei | 32 Days | 5 Days | 6 Days | 56 Days |
Tallinn | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Tashkent | 21 Days | 30 Days | 5 Days | 100 Days |
Tbilisi | 49 Days | 16 Days | 9 Days | 199 Days |
Tegucigalpa | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Tel Aviv | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 189 Days |
Tijuana | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 572 Days |
Tijuana Tpf | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 527 Days |
Tirana | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 256 Days |
Tokyo | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 14 Days |
Toronto | 50 Days | 62 Days | 3 Days | 515 Days |
Tripoli | Closed | |||
Tunis | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 140 Days |
Ulaanbaatar | 49 Days | 35 Days | 35 Days | 239 Days |
Usun-New York | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | |
Valletta | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Vancouver | 9 Days | 140 Days | 140 Days | 454 Days |
Vienna | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 133 Days |
Vientiane | 9 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days | 105 Days |
Vilnius | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Vladivostok | Closed | |||
Warsaw | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days |
Windhoek | 37 Days | 37 Days | 37 Days | 37 Days |
Yaounde | 40 Days | 40 Days | 40 Days | 85 Days |
Yekaterinburg | Closed | |||
Yerevan | 204 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 235 Days |
Zagreb | 15 Days | 17 Days | 3 Days | 23 Days |