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) |
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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 |