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)
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

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