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

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