Last updated: 10-25-2024
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) |
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Abidjan | 93 Days | 24 Days | 8 Days | 280 Days |
Abu Dhabi | 22 Days | 95 Days | 348 Days | |
Abuja | 3 Days | 2 Days | 77 Days | 77 Days |
Accra | 179 Days | 87 Days | 109 Days | 460 Days |
Adana | Closed | |||
Addis Ababa | 169 Days | 169 Days | 81 Days | 176 Days |
Algiers | 99 Days | 3 Days | 1 Day | 108 Days |
Almaty | 7 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 17 Days |
Amman | 34 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 78 Days |
Amsterdam | 18 Days | 18 Days | 17 Days | 65 Days |
Ankara | 9 Days | 57 Days | 574 Days | |
Antananarivo | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Apia | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days |
Ashgabat | 120 Days | 120 Days | 120 Days | 120 Days |
Asmara | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days |
Astana | 14 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 30 Days |
Asuncion | 49 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 20 Days |
Athens | 9 Days | 1 Day | 43 Days | 62 Days |
Auckland | 7 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days |
Baghdad | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Baku | 3 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 3 Days |
Bamako | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 141 Days |
Bandar Seri Begawan | 28 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days |
Bangkok | 10 Days | 10 Days | 11 Days | 137 Days |
Bangui | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Banjul | 47 Days | 47 Days | 62 Days | 47 Days |
Barcelona | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Beijing | 4 Days | 4 Days | 7 Days | 11 Days |
Beirut | Closed | |||
Belfast | 17 Days | 17 Days | 17 Days | 8 Days |
Belgrade | 1 Day | 18 Days | 1 Day | 3 Days |
Belmopan | 7 Days | 7 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days |
Berlin | 8 Days | 43 Days | 2 Days | 37 Days |
Bern | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 22 Days |
Bishkek | 7 Days | 7 Days | 111 Days | |
Bogota | 3 Days | 6 Days | 5 Days | 710 Days |
Brasilia | 1 Day | 1 Day | 3 Days | 41 Days |
Bratislava | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 22 Days |
Brazzaville | 84 Days | 310 Days | 84 Days | 310 Days |
Bridgetown | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 56 Days |
Brussels | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Bucharest | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 150 Days |
Budapest | 30 Days | 30 Days | 22 Days | 34 Days |
Buenos Aires | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 55 Days |
Bujumbura | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Cairo | 5 Days | 5 Days | 27 Days | 27 Days |
Calgary | 15 Days | 77 Days | 828 Days | 828 Days |
Canberra | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Cape Town | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 4 Days |
Caracas | Closed | |||
Casablanca | 10 Days | 203 Days | 203 Days | 203 Days |
Chengdu | Closed | |||
Chennai ( Madras) | 46 Days | 42 Days | 35 Days | 484 Days |
Chiang Mai | 7 Days | 7 Days | 21 Days | |
Chisinau | 7 Days | 7 Days | 23 Days | 42 Days |
Ciudad Juarez | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 308 Days |
Colombo | 81 Days | 2 Days | 23 Days | 121 Days |
Conakry | 18 Days | 18 Days | 18 Days | 18 Days |
Copenhagen | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 14 Days |
Cotonou | 208 Days | 208 Days | 208 Days | 208 Days |
Curacao | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 40 Days |
Dakar | 10 Days | 10 Days | 12 Days | 73 Days |
Damascus | Closed | |||
Dar Es Salaam | 64 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 84 Days |
Dhahran | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Dhaka | 236 Days | 11 Days | 6 Days | 313 Days |
Dili | Same Day | Same Day | ||
Djibouti | 10 Days | 50 Days | 50 Days | 50 Days |
Doha | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 107 Days |
Dubai | 14 Days | 30 Days | 293 Days | |
Dublin | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 3 Days |
Durban | 1 Day | 2 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day |
Dushanbe | 25 Days | 25 Days | 25 Days | 25 Days |
Edinburgh | Accepting Appointments | |||
Erbil | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Florence | 2 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day | 8 Days |
Frankfurt | 13 Days | 16 Days | 21 Days | 51 Days |
Freetown | 156 Days | 156 Days | 156 Days | 156 Days |
Fukuoka | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Gaborone | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days |
Georgetown | 2 Days | Same Day | 1 Day | 86 Days |
Guadalajara | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 381 Days |
Guangzhou | 4 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 11 Days |
Guatemala City | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 199 Days |
Guayaquil | 30 Days | 7 Days | 43 Days | 227 Days |
Halifax | 6 Days | 6 Days | 850 Days | 850 Days |
Hamilton | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days |
Hanoi | 5 Days | 5 Days | 2 Days | 5 Days |
Harare | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 33 Days |
Havana | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Helsinki | 20 Days | 21 Days | 20 Days | 52 Days |
Hermosillo | 1 Day | 1 Day | 8 Days | 316 Days |
Ho Chi Minh City | 27 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 27 Days |
Hong Kong | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Hyderabad | 29 Days | 16 Days | 1 Day | 444 Days |
Islamabad | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 312 Days |
Istanbul | 41 Days | 69 Days | 102 Days | 713 Days |
Jakarta | 19 Days | 36 Days | 19 Days | 39 Days |
Jeddah | 1 Day | 10 Days | 3 Days | 8 Days |
Jerusalem | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Johannesburg | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Juba | Closed | |||
Kabul | Closed | |||
Kampala | 198 Days | 22 Days | 29 Days | 274 Days |
Kaohsiung | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Karachi | 30 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 337 Days |
Kathmandu | 222 Days | 85 Days | 64 Days | 316 Days |
Khartoum | Closed | |||
Kigali | 52 Days | 85 Days | 85 Days | 85 Days |
Kingston | 7 Days | 4 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days |
Kinshasa | 140 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 238 Days |
Kolkata | 70 Days | 499 Days | ||
Kolonia | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Koror | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days |
Krakow | 1 Day | 1 Day | 8 Days | 8 Days |
Kuala Lumpur | 9 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Kuwait | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Kyiv | Closed | |||
La Paz | 3 Days | 2 Days | 78 Days | 78 Days |
Lagos | 400 Days | 400 Days | 400 Days | 400 Days |
Lahore | Closed | |||
Libreville | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 100 Days |
Lilongwe | 101 Days | 101 Days | 101 Days | 216 Days |
Lima | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 450 Days |
Lisbon | 2 Days | 2 Days | 3 Days | 1 Day |
Ljubljana | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days |
Lome | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 89 Days |
London | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 73 Days |
Luanda | 5 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 20 Days |
Lusaka | 6 Days | 365 Days | 365 Days | 365 Days |
Luxembourg | 14 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days |
Madrid | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 164 Days |
Majuro | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days |
Malabo | 90 Days | 90 Days | 90 Days | |
Managua | 3 Days | 1 Day | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Manama | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 18 Days |
Manila | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 49 Days |
Maputo | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 14 Days |
Marseille | Closed | |||
Maseru | Closed | |||
Matamoros | 1 Day | 1 Day | 2 Days | 219 Days |
Mbabane | 14 Days | 14 Days | 75 Days | |
Melbourne | 23 Days | 17 Days | 8 Days | 77 Days |
Merida | 1 Day | 7 Days | 7 Days | 297 Days |
Mexicali Tpf | Closed | |||
Mexico City | 1 Day | 8 Days | 8 Days | 263 Days |
Milan | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 10 Days |
Minsk | Closed | |||
Monrovia | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Monterrey | 1 Day | 2 Days | 1 Day | 350 Days |
Montevideo | 1 Day | 1 Day | 71 Days | 71 Days |
Montreal | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Moscow | Closed | |||
Mumbai (Bombay) | 64 Days | 16 Days | 468 Days | |
Munich | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 21 Days |
Muscat | 168 Days | 168 Days | 168 Days | 168 Days |
N`Djamena | 39 Days | 185 Days | 185 Days | 185 Days |
Naha | 4 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days |
Nairobi | 63 Days | 22 Days | 51 Days | 98 Days |
Naples | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 10 Days |
Nassau | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 14 Days |
New Delhi | 43 Days | 51 Days | 444 Days | |
Niamey | 78 Days | 78 Days | 78 Days | |
Nicosia | 5 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Nogales | 1 Day | 7 Days | 6 Days | 245 Days |
Nouakchott | 28 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days |
Nuevo Laredo | 1 Day | 1 Day | 235 Days | 235 Days |
Osaka/Kobe | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 101 Days |
Oslo | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Ottawa | 28 Days | 81 Days | 850 Days | 850 Days |
Ouagadougou | 340 Days | 90 Days | 340 Days | |
Panama City | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 133 Days |
Paramaribo | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 12 Days |
Paris | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 150 Days |
Perth | 132 Days | 134 Days | 134 Days | 134 Days |
Phnom Penh | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days |
Podgorica | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Ponta Delgada | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Port Au Prince | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Port Louis | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Port Moresby | 29 Days | 29 Days | 29 Days | 29 Days |
Port Of Spain | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Porto Alegre | 15 Days | 11 Days | 7 Days | 23 Days |
Prague | 1 Day | 4 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Praia | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 68 Days |
Pretoria | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Pristina | 17 Days | 65 Days | 65 Days | |
Quebec | 28 Days | 81 Days | 850 Days | 850 Days |
Quito | 17 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 238 Days |
Rangoon | 150 Days | 150 Days | 150 Days | 150 Days |
Recife | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Reykjavik | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Riga | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Rio De Janeiro | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 77 Days |
Riyadh | 16 Days | 11 Days | 17 Days | 17 Days |
Rome | 2 Days | 2 Days | 1 Day | 8 Days |
San Jose | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 380 Days |
San Salvador | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 93 Days |
Sanaa | Closed | |||
Santiago | 7 Days | 16 Days | 16 Days | 16 Days |
Santo Domingo | 7 Days | 28 Days | 2 Days | 233 Days |
Sao Paulo | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 49 Days |
Sapporo | 27 Days | |||
Sarajevo | 10 Days | 3 Days | 5 Days | 19 Days |
Seoul | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Shanghai | 2 Days | 3 Days | 2 Days | 59 Days |
Shenyang | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Singapore | 4 Days | 2 Days | 8 Days | 4 Days |
Skopje | 11 Days | 11 Days | 11 Days | 11 Days |
Sofia | 9 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days | 22 Days |
St Georges | Closed | |||
St Petersburg | Closed | |||
Stockholm | 9 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days | 49 Days |
Surabaya | 1 Day | 1 Day | 8 Days | 13 Days |
Suva | 30 Days | 30 Days | 15 Days | 30 Days |
Sydney | 25 Days | 32 Days | 15 Days | 246 Days |
Taipei | 3 Days | 10 Days | 43 Days | 1 Day |
Tallinn | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Tashkent | 8 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days |
Tbilisi | 7 Days | 3 Days | 75 Days | |
Tegucigalpa | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 365 Days |
Tel Aviv | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 30 Days |
Tijuana | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 260 Days |
Tijuana Tpf | 1 Day | 8 Days | 1 Day | 280 Days |
Tirana | 3 Days | 2 Days | 87 Days | |
Tokyo | 3 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 25 Days |
Toronto | 31 Days | 49 Days | 746 Days | 746 Days |
Tripoli | Closed | |||
Tunis | 7 Days | 3 Days | 2 Days | 150 Days |
Ulaanbaatar | 22 Days | 41 Days | 41 Days | 89 Days |
Usun-New York | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | |
Valletta | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Vancouver | 6 Days | 86 Days | 48 Days | 701 Days |
Vienna | 14 Days | 14 Days | 2 Days | 11 Days |
Vientiane | 6 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days |
Vilnius | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Vladivostok | Closed | |||
Warsaw | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Washington Refugee Processing Center | 54 Days | 54 Days | 54 Days | 54 Days |
Windhoek | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 35 Days |
Wuhan | 8 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days | 37 Days |
Yaounde | 37 Days | 23 Days | 37 Days | 37 Days |
Yekaterinburg | Closed | |||
Yerevan | 90 Days | 47 Days | 47 Days | 77 Days |
Zagreb | 6 Days | 6 Days | 1 Day | 6 Days |