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Global Visa Wait Times

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)

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