Last updated: 12-6-2024

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	93 Days	24 Days	8 Days	280 Days
Abu Dhabi	55 Days	64 Days		335 Days
Abuja	82 Days	12 Days	12 Days	459 Days
Accra	183 Days	119 Days	119 Days	111 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	156 Days	208 Days	82 Days	208 Days
Algiers	85 Days	1 Day	1 Day	92 Days
Almaty	7 Days	7 Days	5 Days	10 Days
Amman	27 Days	1 Day	1 Day	65 Days
Amsterdam	5 Days		3 Days	18 Days
Ankara	6 Days	45 Days		561 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Ashgabat	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Asmara	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Astana	25 Days	1 Day	1 Day	39 Days
Asuncion	17 Days	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days
Athens	9 Days	1 Day	43 Days	62 Days
Auckland	7 Days	7 Days	38 Days	38 Days
Baghdad				Emergency Appointments Only
Baku	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days
Bamako	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	167 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Bangkok	29 Days	2 Days	5 Days	32 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	100 Days	100 Days	100 Days	100 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	5 Days	5 Days	7 Days	20 Days
Beirut				Closed
Belfast	9 Days	8 Days	6 Days	69 Days
Belgrade	1 Day	18 Days	1 Day	3 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Berlin	11 Days	50 Days	2 Days	10 Days
Bern	2 Days	6 Days	7 Days	13 Days
Bishkek	18 Days	14 Days		112 Days
Bogota	6 Days	8 Days	8 Days	706 Days
Brasilia	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days	21 Days
Bratislava	25 Days	25 Days	25 Days	25 Days
Brazzaville	54 Days	318 Days	54 Days	318 Days
Bridgetown	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	74 Days
Brussels	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Bucharest	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	150 Days
Budapest	24 Days	26 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Buenos Aires	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	42 Days
Bujumbura	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Cairo	21 Days	21 Days	32 Days	32 Days
Calgary	14 Days	57 Days	713 Days	713 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	7 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	16 Days	248 Days	248 Days	248 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	28 Days	70 Days	14 Days	499 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	63 Days
Chisinau	7 Days	7 Days	16 Days	56 Days
Ciudad Juarez	7 Days	2 Days	2 Days	291 Days
Colombo	8 Days	8 Days	45 Days	86 Days
Conakry	47 Days	47 Days	47 Days	47 Days
Copenhagen	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days
Cotonou	208 Days	208 Days	208 Days	208 Days
Curacao	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	75 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	63 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	30 Days	7 Days	7 Days	78 Days
Dhahran	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Dhaka	211 Days	40 Days	7 Days	334 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	10 Days	25 Days	25 Days	25 Days
Doha	5 Days	2 Days	2 Days	78 Days
Dubai	14 Days	18 Days		351 Days
Dublin	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	7 Days
Durban	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Dushanbe	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days
Edinburgh				Non-Visa Processing Post
Erbil				Emergency Appointments Only
Florence	2 Days	2 Days	1 Day	8 Days
Frankfurt	14 Days	8 Days	7 Days	42 Days
Freetown	170 Days	170 Days	170 Days	170 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	2 Days	Same Day	2 Days	107 Days
Guadalajara	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	304 Days
Guangzhou	2 Days	16 Days	6 Days	19 Days
Guatemala City	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	67 Days
Guayaquil	36 Days	35 Days	16 Days	220 Days
Halifax	12 Days	14 Days	647 Days	647 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	8 Days
Harare	8 Days	5 Days	7 Days	8 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	17 Days	17 Days	9 Days	65 Days
Hermosillo	2 Days	11 Days	11 Days	304 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	27 Days	13 Days	13 Days	28 Days
Hong Kong	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Hyderabad	8 Days	63 Days	1 Day	435 Days
Islamabad	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	307 Days
Istanbul	63 Days	69 Days	200 Days	692 Days
Jakarta	8 Days	3 Days	39 Days	53 Days
Jeddah	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	8 Days
Jerusalem				Emergency Appointments Only
Johannesburg	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	8 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	128 Days	9 Days	9 Days	267 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	67 Days	10 Days	10 Days	337 Days
Kathmandu	181 Days	72 Days	43 Days	275 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	52 Days	85 Days	85 Days	85 Days
Kingston	1 Day	2 Days	Same Day	6 Days
Kinshasa	57 Days	7 Days	7 Days	88 Days
Kolkata	87 Days			444 Days
Kolonia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Koror	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Krakow	2 Days	2 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Kuala Lumpur	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	2 Days
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	7 Days	7 Days	85 Days	85 Days
Lagos	222 Days	245 Days	245 Days	332 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	75 Days
Lilongwe	101 Days	101 Days	101 Days	216 Days
Lima	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	445 Days
Lisbon	16 Days	3 Days	16 Days	42 Days
Ljubljana	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Lome	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
London	3 Days	2 Days	2 Days	69 Days
Luanda	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	20 Days
Lusaka	2 Days	65 Days	65 Days	65 Days
Luxembourg	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Madrid	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	130 Days
Majuro	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Malabo	90 Days	90 Days		90 Days
Managua	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Manama	34 Days	8 Days	3 Days	13 Days
Manila	14 Days	14 Days	3 Days	37 Days
Maputo	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	238 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	14 Days		75 Days
Melbourne	11 Days	43 Days	9 Days	85 Days
Merida	3 Days	22 Days	22 Days	164 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	3 Days	28 Days	28 Days	120 Days
Milan	17 Days	42 Days	37 Days	51 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Monterrey	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	242 Days
Montevideo	1 Day	1 Day	71 Days	71 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	57 Days		36 Days	430 Days
Munich	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	6 Days
Muscat	179 Days	179 Days	179 Days	179 Days
N`Djamena	39 Days	185 Days	185 Days	185 Days
Naha	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Nairobi	85 Days	70 Days	66 Days	74 Days
Naples	9 Days	2 Days	2 Days	43 Days
Nassau	3 Days	3 Days	1 Day	12 Days
New Delhi	31 Days		46 Days	435 Days
Niamey	84 Days		84 Days	84 Days
Nicosia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Nogales	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	247 Days
Nouakchott	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Nuevo Laredo	1 Day	1 Day	207 Days	207 Days
Osaka/Kobe	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	101 Days
Oslo	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Ottawa	1 Day	160 Days	459 Days	459 Days
Ouagadougou	91 Days	30 Days		161 Days
Panama City	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	70 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Paris	40 Days	40 Days	50 Days	150 Days
Perth	128 Days	128 Days	128 Days	128 Days
Phnom Penh	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days
Podgorica	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Ponta Delgada				Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Port Moresby	75 Days	75 Days	75 Days	75 Days
Port Of Spain	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	3 Days
Porto Alegre	29 Days	57 Days	10 Days	38 Days
Prague	2 Days	3 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	57 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	17 Days			52 Days
Quebec	7 Days	7 Days	647 Days	647 Days
Quito	13 Days	5 Days	3 Days	281 Days
Rangoon	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days
Recife	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	8 Days
Reykjavik	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	34 Days
Riyadh	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day
Rome	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	28 Days
San Jose	4 Days	4 Days	1 Day	231 Days
San Salvador	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	115 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	29 Days
Santo Domingo	28 Days	1 Day	1 Day	217 Days
Sao Paulo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	31 Days
Sapporo	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Sarajevo	5 Days	12 Days	5 Days	10 Days
Seoul	16 Days	24 Days	4 Days	22 Days
Shanghai	16 Days	46 Days	7 Days	100 Days
Shenyang	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Singapore	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	9 Days
Skopje	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Sofia	8 Days	5 Days	8 Days	7 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	15 Days
Surabaya	3 Days	3 Days	8 Days	42 Days
Suva	30 Days	30 Days	15 Days	30 Days
Sydney	11 Days	29 Days	11 Days	210 Days
Taipei	17 Days	43 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Tallinn	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Tashkent	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	32 Days
Tbilisi	7 Days	3 Days		21 Days
Tegucigalpa	2 Days	2 Days	9 Days	458 Days
Tel Aviv	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	11 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	185 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	185 Days
Tirana	10 Days	10 Days		70 Days
Tokyo	8 Days	10 Days	1 Day	11 Days
Toronto	13 Days	55 Days	647 Days	647 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	3 Days	3 Days	2 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	11 Days	17 Days	17 Days	66 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	90 Days	90 Days	90 Days	90 Days
Vancouver	3 Days	70 Days	48 Days	667 Days
Vienna	4 Days	5 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Vientiane	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Vilnius	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Washington Refugee Processing Center	54 Days	54 Days	54 Days	54 Days
Windhoek	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	57 Days
Wuhan	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	37 Days
Yaounde	43 Days	43 Days	43 Days	43 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	49 Days	62 Days	62 Days	99 Days
Zagreb	3 Days	3 Days	2 Days	3 Days

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