Last updated: 4-24-2024

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	92 Days	1 Day	1 Day	238 Days
Abu Dhabi	24 Days	45 Days		458 Days
Abuja	169 Days	9 Days	448 Days	448 Days
Accra	341 Days	31 Days	3 Days	390 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	51 Days	177 Days	44 Days	177 Days
Algiers	83 Days	1 Day	1 Day	130 Days
Almaty	7 Days	8 Days	8 Days	7 Days
Amman	22 Days	3 Days	2 Days	156 Days
Amsterdam	18 Days	5 Days	13 Days	39 Days
Ankara	49 Days	22 Days		464 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Ashgabat	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Asmara				Emergency Appointments Only
Astana	8 Days	1 Day	1 Day	49 Days
Asuncion	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	176 Days
Athens	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Auckland	10 Days	10 Days	44 Days	44 Days
Baghdad				Emergency Appointments Only
Baku	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	8 Days
Bamako	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	58 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Bangkok	3 Days	4 Days	4 Days	69 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	40 Days	40 Days	40 Days	180 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	10 Days	10 Days	28 Days	45 Days
Beirut	25 Days	30 Days	165 Days	165 Days
Belfast	18 Days	18 Days	18 Days	150 Days
Belgrade	2 Days	21 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Berlin	11 Days	50 Days	3 Days	21 Days
Bern	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	2 Days
Bishkek	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	56 Days
Bogota	10 Days	3 Days	3 Days	685 Days
Brasilia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	21 Days
Bratislava	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Brazzaville	49 Days	49 Days	352 Days	352 Days
Bridgetown	23 Days	7 Days	17 Days	86 Days
Brussels	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Bucharest	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	60 Days
Budapest	40 Days	35 Days	35 Days	160 Days
Buenos Aires	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	101 Days
Bujumbura	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Calgary	29 Days	42 Days	834 Days	834 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	1 Day	8 Days	8 Days	10 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	17 Days	225 Days	225 Days	225 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	333 Days	16 Days	3 Days	505 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	60 Days
Chisinau	9 Days	9 Days	15 Days	14 Days
Ciudad Juarez	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	682 Days
Colombo	21 Days	21 Days	30 Days	85 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	2 Days	2 Days	14 Days	55 Days
Cotonou	207 Days	207 Days	207 Days	207 Days
Curacao	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	45 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	94 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	28 Days	2 Days	2 Days	92 Days
Dhahran	2 Days	3 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Dhaka	275 Days	14 Days	59 Days	281 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Doha	39 Days	5 Days	4 Days	121 Days
Dubai	24 Days	52 Days		345 Days
Dublin	18 Days	11 Days	3 Days	25 Days
Durban	1 Day	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Dushanbe	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Erbil	10 Days	10 Days	365 Days	365 Days
Florence	7 Days	4 Days	7 Days	24 Days
Frankfurt	6 Days	6 Days	13 Days	13 Days
Freetown	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	2 Days	Same Day	1 Day	21 Days
Guadalajara	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	820 Days
Guangzhou	9 Days	6 Days	6 Days	118 Days
Guatemala City	1 Day	8 Days	11 Days	505 Days
Guayaquil	22 Days	84 Days	21 Days	270 Days
Halifax	60 Days	90 Days	877 Days	877 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	6 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Harare	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	60 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	26 Days	21 Days	23 Days	45 Days
Hermosillo	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	638 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	26 Days	20 Days	20 Days	27 Days
Hong Kong	10 Days	3 Days	3 Days	84 Days
Hyderabad	287 Days	15 Days	1 Day	289 Days
Islamabad	2 Days			357 Days
Istanbul	88 Days	104 Days	4 Days	553 Days
Jakarta	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Jeddah	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	14 Days
Jerusalem	106 Days	92 Days	116 Days	116 Days
Johannesburg	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	28 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	75 Days	60 Days	60 Days	180 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	18 Days	4 Days	3 Days	186 Days
Kathmandu	316 Days	1 Day	1 Day	360 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	37 Days	65 Days	65 Days	65 Days
Kingston	9 Days	8 Days	2 Days	15 Days
Kinshasa	150 Days	7 Days	7 Days	101 Days
Kolkata	290 Days			162 Days
Kolonia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Koror	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Krakow	14 Days	16 Days	2 Days	2 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	90 Days	90 Days
Lagos	127 Days	9 Days	435 Days	435 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days
Lilongwe	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	171 Days
Lima	13 Days	13 Days	13 Days	334 Days
Lisbon	30 Days	45 Days	1 Day	1 Day
Ljubljana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	120 Days
London	13 Days	15 Days	15 Days	105 Days
Luanda	15 Days	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days
Lusaka	96 Days	246 Days	246 Days	246 Days
Luxembourg	16 Days	13 Days	16 Days	16 Days
Madrid	25 Days	31 Days	32 Days	745 Days
Majuro				Emergency Appointments Only
Malabo	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days
Managua	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Manama	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	21 Days
Manila	26 Days	24 Days	21 Days	50 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	2 Days	7 Days	3 Days	633 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Melbourne	29 Days	10 Days	22 Days	42 Days
Merida	24 Days	2 Days	1 Day	792 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	1 Day	14 Days	14 Days	878 Days
Milan	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	11 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Monterrey	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	629 Days
Montevideo	17 Days	8 Days	68 Days	68 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	913 Days		7 Days	494 Days
Munich	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	28 Days
Muscat	133 Days	133 Days	133 Days	133 Days
N`Djamena	32 Days	178 Days	178 Days	178 Days
Naha	1 Day	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days
Nairobi	22 Days	24 Days	22 Days	16 Days
Naples	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	11 Days
Nassau	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	30 Days
New Delhi	205 Days		7 Days	162 Days
Niamey	176 Days		176 Days	176 Days
Nicosia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Nogales	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	638 Days
Nouakchott	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Nuevo Laredo	10 Days	1 Day	646 Days	646 Days
Osaka/Kobe	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	131 Days
Oslo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	7 Days
Ottawa	60 Days	90 Days	150 Days	913 Days
Ouagadougou	261 Days	261 Days	261 Days	261 Days
Panama City	8 Days	2 Days	99 Days	477 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Paris	3 Days	3 Days	2 Days	518 Days
Perth	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Phnom Penh	14 Days	16 Days	16 Days	16 Days
Podgorica	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ponta Delgada				Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days
Port Moresby	11 Days	11 Days	11 Days	11 Days
Port Of Spain	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	21 Days
Porto Alegre	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Prague	9 Days	49 Days	38 Days	38 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	90 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	3 Days	53 Days		53 Days
Quebec	60 Days	150 Days	150 Days	710 Days
Quito	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	420 Days
Rangoon	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days
Recife	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	16 Days
Reykjavik	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	13 Days	10 Days	8 Days	72 Days
Riyadh	27 Days	9 Days	37 Days	37 Days
Rome	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	11 Days
San Jose	4 Days	4 Days	7 Days	498 Days
San Salvador	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	186 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	2 Days	2 Days	1 Day	5 Days
Santo Domingo	8 Days	10 Days	8 Days	196 Days
Sao Paulo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	140 Days
Sapporo	60 Days
Sarajevo	79 Days	10 Days	10 Days	110 Days
Seoul	3 Days	1 Day	28 Days	28 Days
Shanghai	15 Days	4 Days	10 Days	101 Days
Shenyang	2 Days	3 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Singapore	12 Days	17 Days	8 Days	43 Days
Skopje	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Sofia	10 Days	15 Days	20 Days	18 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	1 Day	3 Days	3 Days	68 Days
Surabaya	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	22 Days
Suva	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days	38 Days
Sydney	11 Days	17 Days	10 Days	87 Days
Taipei	30 Days	9 Days	8 Days	113 Days
Tallinn	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days
Tashkent	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	28 Days
Tbilisi	25 Days	4 Days	7 Days	196 Days
Tegucigalpa	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	827 Days
Tel Aviv	31 Days	3 Days	3 Days	31 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	869 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	869 Days
Tirana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	106 Days
Tokyo	2 Days	3 Days	4 Days	70 Days
Toronto	51 Days	42 Days	748 Days	748 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	8 Days	1 Day	8 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	47 Days	26 Days	26 Days	137 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	23 Days	51 Days	51 Days	745 Days
Vienna	53 Days	10 Days	26 Days	66 Days
Vientiane	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Vilnius	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Windhoek	51 Days	51 Days	51 Days	51 Days
Wuhan	13 Days
Yaounde	30 Days	6 Days	58 Days	40 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	22 Days	27 Days	27 Days	127 Days
Zagreb	3 Days	8 Days	3 Days	8 Days

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