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Global Visa Wait Times

Last updated: 1-7-2025

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 37 Days 23 Days   433 Days
Abuja 55 Days 56 Days 56 Days 80 Days
Accra 80 Days 149 Days 93 Days 119 Days
Adana       Closed
Addis Ababa 170 Days 233 Days 61 Days 233 Days
Algiers 91 Days 7 Days 1 Day 121 Days
Almaty 10 Days 10 Days 5 Days 17 Days
Amman 8 Days 16 Days 6 Days 51 Days
Amsterdam 3 Days 6 Days 5 Days 18 Days
Ankara 14 Days 37 Days   560 Days
Antananarivo 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Apia 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Ashgabat 87 Days 87 Days 87 Days 87 Days
Asmara 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Astana 11 Days   5 Days 25 Days
Asuncion 17 Days 17 Days 17 Days 24 Days
Athens 9 Days 1 Day 43 Days 62 Days
Auckland 10 Days 10 Days 25 Days 25 Days
Baghdad       105 Days
Baku 3 Days 1 Day 1 Day 9 Days
Bamako 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 175 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Bangkok 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 31 Days
Bangui       Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul 48 Days 48 Days 42 Days 48 Days
Barcelona       Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing 7 Days 8 Days 7 Days 17 Days
Beirut 28 Days 43 Days 174 Days 174 Days
Belfast 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 82 Days
Belgrade 1 Day 18 Days 1 Day 3 Days
Belmopan 7 Days 7 Days 27 Days 27 Days
Berlin 11 Days 22 Days 4 Days 9 Days
Bern 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Bishkek 14 Days 7 Days   86 Days
Bogota 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 700 Days
Brasilia 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 22 Days
Bratislava 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Brazzaville 78 Days 296 Days 78 Days 296 Days
Bridgetown 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 60 Days
Brussels 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Bucharest 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 150 Days
Budapest 22 Days 25 Days 17 Days 27 Days
Buenos Aires 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 35 Days
Bujumbura 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days
Cairo 30 Days 42 Days 42 Days 42 Days
Calgary 15 Days 31 Days 743 Days 743 Days
Canberra       Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days
Caracas       Closed
Casablanca 44 Days 332 Days 332 Days 332 Days
Chengdu       Closed
Chennai ( Madras) 85 Days 28 Days 9 Days 436 Days
Chiang Mai 4 Days   21 Days 78 Days
Chisinau 9 Days 9 Days 16 Days 37 Days
Ciudad Juarez 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 189 Days
Colombo 45 Days 58 Days 45 Days 114 Days
Conakry 56 Days 56 Days 56 Days 56 Days
Copenhagen 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 14 Days
Cotonou 197 Days 197 Days 197 Days 197 Days
Curacao 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 75 Days
Dakar 10 Days 10 Days 12 Days 43 Days
Damascus       Closed
Dar Es Salaam 43 Days 15 Days 15 Days 77 Days
Dhahran 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Dhaka 243 Days 17 Days 154 Days 353 Days
Dili Same Day     Same Day
Djibouti 20 Days 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days
Doha 2 Days 29 Days 7 Days 73 Days
Dubai 22 Days 22 Days   284 Days
Dublin 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 3 Days
Durban 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Days
Dushanbe 38 Days 38 Days 38 Days 38 Days
Edinburgh       Non-Visa Processing Post
Erbil 10 Days 10 Days 56 Days 56 Days
Florence 14 Days 9 Days 9 Days 34 Days
Frankfurt 24 Days 15 Days 4 Days 25 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 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 13 Days
Guadalajara 7 Days 10 Days 10 Days 196 Days
Guangzhou 2 Days 4 Days 7 Days 49 Days
Guatemala City 2 Days 6 Days 6 Days 65 Days
Guayaquil 30 Days 35 Days 37 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 14 Days 5 Days 5 Days 14 Days
Havana       Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki 17 Days 17 Days 9 Days 65 Days
Hermosillo 4 Days 9 Days 9 Days 248 Days
Ho Chi Minh City 31 Days 17 Days 17 Days 31 Days
Hong Kong 3 Days 3 Days 2 Days 7 Days
Hyderabad 85 Days 15 Days 1 Day 429 Days
Islamabad 26 Days 5 Days 5 Days 298 Days
Istanbul 47 Days 48 Days 70 Days  
Jakarta 13 Days 39 Days 28 Days 32 Days
Jeddah 1 Day 3 Days 1 Day 12 Days
Jerusalem 2 Days 2 Days 176 Days 176 Days
Johannesburg 1 Day 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Juba       Closed
Kabul       Closed
Kampala 120 Days 29 Days 29 Days 254 Days
Kaohsiung       Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi 58 Days 10 Days 10 Days 327 Days
Kathmandu 172 Days 57 Days 8 Days 221 Days
Khartoum       Closed
Kigali 52 Days 85 Days 85 Days 85 Days
Kingston Same Day Same Day Same Day Same Day
Kinshasa 100 Days 7 Days 7 Days 134 Days
Kolkata 375 Days     415 Days
Kolonia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Koror 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days
Krakow 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Kuala Lumpur 14 Days 16 Days 14 Days 14 Days
Kuwait 3 Days 7 Days 7 Days 4 Days
Kyiv       Closed
La Paz 7 Days 7 Days 85 Days 85 Days
Lagos 222 Days 245 Days 245 Days 333 Days
Lahore       Closed
Libreville 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 75 Days
Lilongwe 101 Days 30 Days 30 Days 216 Days
Lima 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 442 Days
Lisbon 81 Days 59 Days 31 Days 57 Days
Ljubljana 9 Days 9 Days 9 Days 9 Days
Lome 28 Days 7 Days 28 Days 28 Days
London 3 Days 7 Days 2 Days 82 Days
Luanda 2 Days 1 Day 1 Day 20 Days
Lusaka 44 Days 266 Days 266 Days 266 Days
Luxembourg 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days
Madrid 3 Days 3 Days 8 Days 95 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 32 Days
Manila 7 Days 17 Days 2 Days 29 Days
Maputo       Emergency Appointments Only
Marseille       Closed
Maseru       Closed
Matamoros 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 210 Days
Mbabane 7 Days 7 Days 31 Days 31 Days
Melbourne 8 Days 29 Days 8 Days 149 Days
Merida 16 Days 16 Days 16 Days 277 Days
Mexicali Tpf       Closed
Mexico City 10 Days 21 Days 21 Days 262 Days
Milan 16 Days 29 Days 18 Days 34 Days
Minsk       Closed
Monrovia 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Monterrey 8 Days 1 Day 2 Days 232 Days
Montevideo 7 Days 3 Days 69 Days 69 Days
Montreal       Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow       Closed
Mumbai (Bombay) 302 Days   10 Days 444 Days
Munich 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 14 Days
Muscat 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days
N`Djamena 39 Days 185 Days 185 Days 185 Days
Naha 1 Day 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Nairobi 59 Days 43 Days 63 Days 80 Days
Naples 14 Days 9 Days 9 Days 34 Days
Nassau 4 Days 6 Days 4 Days 8 Days
New Delhi 85 Days   37 Days 442 Days
Niamey 95 Days   95 Days 95 Days
Nicosia 2 Days 4 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Nogales 7 Days 15 Days 15 Days 156 Days
Nouakchott 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Nuevo Laredo 1 Day 3 Days 217 Days 217 Days
Osaka/Kobe 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 101 Days
Oslo 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days
Ottawa 13 Days 208 Days 710 Days 710 Days
Ouagadougou 56 Days 30 Days 56 Days 70 Days
Panama City 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 28 Days
Paramaribo 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Paris 1 Day 8 Days 8 Days 155 Days
Perth 19 Days 54 Days 13 Days 13 Days
Phnom Penh 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Podgorica 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Ponta Delgada       Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince       Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Port Moresby 46 Days 46 Days 46 Days 46 Days
Port Of Spain 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 1 Day
Porto Alegre 15 Days 1 Day 1 Day 24 Days
Prague 10 Days 2 Days 36 Days 36 Days
Praia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 46 Days
Pretoria       Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina 17 Days 36 Days   36 Days
Quebec 13 Days 208 Days 710 Days 710 Days
Quito 13 Days 5 Days 3 Days 281 Days
Rangoon 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days
Recife 1 Day 4 Days 1 Day 2 Days
Reykjavik 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days
Riga 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Rio De Janeiro 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 28 Days
Riyadh 1 Day 1 Day 10 Days 10 Days
Rome 14 Days 9 Days 9 Days 34 Days
San Jose 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 269 Days
San Salvador 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 51 Days
Sanaa       Closed
Santiago 18 Days 18 Days 18 Days 28 Days
Santo Domingo 15 Days 15 Days 1 Day 227 Days
Sao Paulo 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 31 Days
Sapporo 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days 60 Days
Sarajevo 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 12 Days
Seoul 2 Days 7 Days 10 Days 11 Days
Shanghai 7 Days 3 Days 7 Days 79 Days
Shenyang 2 Days 2 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Singapore 10 Days 15 Days 10 Days 15 Days
Skopje 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Sofia 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days
St Georges       Closed
St Petersburg       Closed
Stockholm 6 Days 1 Day 1 Day 20 Days
Surabaya 1 Day 4 Days 1 Day 24 Days
Suva 30 Days 30 Days 15 Days 30 Days
Sydney 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 224 Days
Taipei 15 Days 4 Days 8 Days 4 Days
Tallinn 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Tashkent 3 Days 6 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Tbilisi 3 Days 3 Days   10 Days
Tegucigalpa 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 463 Days
Tel Aviv 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 30 Days
Tijuana 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 91 Days
Tijuana Tpf 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 91 Days
Tirana 5 Days 10 Days   61 Days
Tokyo 2 Days 10 Days 8 Days 11 Days
Toronto 20 Days 41 Days 691 Days 691 Days
Tripoli       Closed
Tunis 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 150 Days
Ulaanbaatar 46 Days 24 Days 24 Days 62 Days
Usun-New York 7 Days 7 Days   7 Days
Valletta 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days
Vancouver 6 Days 58 Days 48 Days 610 Days
Vienna 4 Days 5 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Vientiane 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days 6 Days
Vilnius 1 Day 2 Days 1 Day 2 Days
Vladivostok       Closed
Warsaw 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 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 43 Days 43 Days 43 Days 43 Days
Yekaterinburg       Closed
Yerevan 32 Days 66 Days 66 Days 110 Days
Zagreb 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days