Last updated: 7-26-2024

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)
Abidjan	78 Days	1 Day	2 Days	266 Days
Abu Dhabi	35 Days	43 Days		416 Days
Abuja	190 Days	28 Days	521 Days	521 Days
Accra	390 Days	75 Days	117 Days	440 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	93 Days	156 Days	54 Days	156 Days
Algiers	54 Days	1 Day	1 Day	72 Days
Almaty	28 Days	15 Days	8 Days
Amman	60 Days	4 Days	7 Days	196 Days
Amsterdam	32 Days	3 Days	27 Days	118 Days
Ankara	61 Days	84 Days		617 Days
Antananarivo	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Apia	90 Days	90 Days	90 Days	90 Days
Ashgabat	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days
Asmara	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Astana	42 Days	22 Days	22 Days	44 Days
Asuncion	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Athens	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Auckland	10 Days	10 Days	32 Days	32 Days
Baghdad				Emergency Appointments Only
Baku	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	17 Days
Bamako	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	101 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	49 Days	49 Days	49 Days	49 Days
Bangkok	16 Days	1 Day	1 Day	90 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	90 Days	90 Days	90 Days	180 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	9 Days	7 Days	14 Days	30 Days
Beirut	27 Days	35 Days	168 Days	168 Days
Belfast	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	110 Days
Belgrade	4 Days	24 Days	3 Days	7 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	27 Days	27 Days
Berlin	4 Days	50 Days	3 Days	35 Days
Bern	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	10 Days
Bishkek	15 Days	3 Days	3 Days	101 Days
Bogota	3 Days	3 Days	12 Days	697 Days
Brasilia	1 Day	Same Day	3 Days	49 Days
Bratislava	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Brazzaville	90 Days	90 Days	427 Days	427 Days
Bridgetown	21 Days	6 Days	20 Days	104 Days
Brussels	26 Days	26 Days	26 Days	26 Days
Bucharest	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	175 Days
Budapest	40 Days	40 Days	40 Days	145 Days
Buenos Aires	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	85 Days
Bujumbura	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	70 Days	70 Days
Calgary	38 Days	53 Days	879 Days	879 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	7 Days	10 Days	10 Days	21 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	21 Days	262 Days	262 Days	262 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	25 Days	93 Days	63 Days	486 Days
Chiang Mai	4 Days		2 Days	44 Days
Chisinau	7 Days	7 Days	9 Days	51 Days
Ciudad Juarez	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	605 Days
Colombo	65 Days	60 Days	90 Days	140 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	18 Days	3 Days	3 Days	35 Days
Cotonou	164 Days	164 Days	164 Days	164 Days
Curacao	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	40 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	91 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	6 Days	4 Days	4 Days	151 Days
Dhahran	3 Days	3 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Dhaka	236 Days	19 Days	63 Days	281 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	10 Days	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days
Doha	24 Days	3 Days	3 Days	126 Days
Dubai	2 Days	36 Days		375 Days
Dublin	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	33 Days
Durban	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	8 Days
Dushanbe	65 Days	65 Days	65 Days	65 Days
Edinburgh				Accepting Appointments
Erbil				Emergency Appointments Only
Florence	8 Days	5 Days	3 Days	21 Days
Frankfurt	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	49 Days
Freetown	86 Days	148 Days	148 Days	148 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	2 Days	Same Day	1 Day	81 Days
Guadalajara	7 Days	44 Days	44 Days	639 Days
Guangzhou	8 Days	8 Days	5 Days	62 Days
Guatemala City	4 Days	3 Days	7 Days	625 Days
Guayaquil	25 Days	35 Days	49 Days	260 Days
Halifax	48 Days	150 Days	150 Days	840 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	5 Days	7 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Harare	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	60 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	36 Days	20 Days	13 Days	100 Days
Hermosillo	1 Day	8 Days	10 Days	581 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	12 Days	6 Days	6 Days	19 Days
Hong Kong	2 Days	2 Days	5 Days	56 Days
Hyderabad	28 Days	50 Days	1 Day	408 Days
Islamabad	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	309 Days
Istanbul	70 Days	132 Days	63 Days	781 Days
Jakarta	14 Days	21 Days	21 Days	42 Days
Jeddah	10 Days	3 Days	2 Days	45 Days
Jerusalem				Emergency Appointments Only
Johannesburg	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	9 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	7 Days	60 Days	14 Days	300 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	241 Days
Kathmandu	311 Days	64 Days	29 Days	325 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	59 Days	80 Days	80 Days	80 Days
Kingston	14 Days	1 Day	1 Day	33 Days
Kinshasa	60 Days			434 Days
Kolkata	29 Days			394 Days
Kolonia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Koror				Closed
Krakow	5 Days	5 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Kuala Lumpur	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	7 Days	2 Days	83 Days	83 Days
Lagos	44 Days	1 Day	455 Days	455 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days
Lilongwe	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	203 Days
Lima	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	346 Days
Lisbon	7 Days	9 Days	3 Days	1 Day
Ljubljana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	110 Days
London	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	110 Days
Luanda	18 Days	1 Day	1 Day	20 Days
Lusaka	35 Days	348 Days	348 Days	348 Days
Luxembourg	21 Days	9 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Madrid	8 Days	15 Days	15 Days	200 Days
Majuro	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Malabo				Emergency Appointments Only
Managua	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Manama	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	21 Days
Manila	18 Days	23 Days	17 Days	105 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	51 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	7 Days	10 Days	10 Days	394 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	14 Days		70 Days
Melbourne	8 Days	17 Days	8 Days	150 Days
Merida	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	590 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	8 Days	36 Days	36 Days	609 Days
Milan	3 Days	8 Days	8 Days	18 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	11 Days	17 Days	17 Days	17 Days
Monterrey	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	490 Days
Montevideo	3 Days	10 Days	3 Days	64 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	31 Days		43 Days	466 Days
Munich	18 Days	18 Days	18 Days	42 Days
Muscat	86 Days	86 Days	86 Days	86 Days
N`Djamena	39 Days	185 Days	185 Days	185 Days
Naha	26 Days	47 Days	47 Days	47 Days
Nairobi	86 Days	35 Days	78 Days	170 Days
Naples	3 Days	8 Days	8 Days	18 Days
Nassau	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	86 Days
New Delhi	29 Days		70 Days	168 Days
Niamey	85 Days		85 Days	85 Days
Nicosia	3 Days	5 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Nogales	3 Days	7 Days	7 Days	492 Days
Nouakchott	16 Days	16 Days	16 Days	16 Days
Nuevo Laredo	10 Days	10 Days	434 Days	434 Days
Osaka/Kobe	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	101 Days
Oslo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days
Ottawa	92 Days	196 Days	150 Days	850 Days
Ouagadougou	196 Days	7 Days	7 Days	294 Days
Panama City	8 Days	2 Days	2 Days	469 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	5 Days
Paris	2 Days	2 Days	1 Day	222 Days
Perth	44 Days	44 Days	44 Days	44 Days
Phnom Penh	28 Days	23 Days	23 Days	23 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				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Of Spain	7 Days	1 Day	1 Day	38 Days
Porto Alegre	4 Days	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day
Prague	17 Days	17 Days	66 Days	66 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	32 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	10 Days	66 Days		66 Days
Quebec	60 Days	150 Days	150 Days	710 Days
Quito	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	400 Days
Rangoon	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days
Recife	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	78 Days
Reykjavik	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	8 Days	8 Days	20 Days	42 Days
Riyadh	6 Days	2 Days	32 Days	32 Days
Rome	3 Days	8 Days	8 Days	18 Days
San Jose	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	494 Days
San Salvador	3 Days	10 Days	3 Days	23 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	16 Days	13 Days	13 Days	66 Days
Santo Domingo	7 Days	3 Days	1 Day	211 Days
Sao Paulo	7 Days	1 Day	7 Days	37 Days
Sapporo	60 Days
Sarajevo	79 Days	10 Days	10 Days	110 Days
Seoul	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Shanghai	45 Days	52 Days	43 Days	92 Days
Shenyang	2 Days	2 Days	37 Days	37 Days
Singapore	3 Days	15 Days	14 Days	17 Days
Skopje	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Sofia	20 Days	10 Days	10 Days	29 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	9 Days	15 Days	21 Days	52 Days
Surabaya	6 Days	1 Day	6 Days	33 Days
Suva	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days	38 Days
Sydney	31 Days	37 Days	31 Days	127 Days
Taipei	32 Days	53 Days	25 Days	60 Days
Tallinn	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Tashkent	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Tbilisi	7 Days	3 Days	3 Days	120 Days
Tegucigalpa	7 Days	7 Days	4 Days	533 Days
Tel Aviv	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	149 Days
Tijuana	3 Days	2 Days	1 Day	444 Days
Tijuana Tpf	3 Days	2 Days	1 Day	444 Days
Tirana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	63 Days
Tokyo	4 Days	28 Days	7 Days	42 Days
Toronto	40 Days	49 Days	900 Days	900 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	10 Days	3 Days	2 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	22 Days	26 Days	23 Days	40 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	15 Days	43 Days	43 Days	861 Days
Vienna	57 Days	16 Days	16 Days	63 Days
Vientiane	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days
Vilnius	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	14 Days
Washington Refugee Processing Center	54 Days	54 Days	54 Days	54 Days
Windhoek	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	58 Days
Wuhan	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	45 Days
Yaounde	40 Days	6 Days	53 Days	54 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	112 Days	48 Days	48 Days	87 Days
Zagreb	2 Days	3 Days	2 Days	3 Days

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