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) |
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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 |