Last updated: 3-23-2023

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	199 Days	7 Days	52 Days	262 Days
Abu Dhabi	105 Days	57 Days	7 Days	450 Days
Abuja	212 Days	56 Days	409 Days	409 Days
Accra	110 Days	60 Days	60 Days	118 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	81 Days	81 Days	1 Day	106 Days
Algiers	10 Days	15 Days	85 Days	85 Days
Almaty	10 Days	6 Days	6 Days	27 Days
Amman	49 Days	2 Days	2 Days	353 Days
Amsterdam	2 Days	14 Days	2 Days	29 Days
Ankara	144 Days	40 Days	193 Days	193 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	101 Days	101 Days	101 Days	101 Days
Ashgabat	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days
Asmara				Emergency Appointments Only
Astana	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	30 Days
Asuncion	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	164 Days
Athens	2 Days	2 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Auckland	52 Days	52 Days	52 Days	52 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	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	65 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	6 Days	2 Days	16 Days	16 Days
Belfast	17 Days	35 Days	35 Days	100 Days
Belgrade	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	36 Days	36 Days
Berlin	11 Days	36 Days	3 Days	87 Days
Bern	22 Days	45 Days	22 Days	78 Days
Bishkek	20 Days	20 Days	20 Days	106 Days
Bogota	26 Days	26 Days	26 Days	886 Days
Brasilia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	469 Days
Bratislava	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days	28 Days
Brazzaville	7 Days	142 Days	142 Days	142 Days
Bridgetown	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	28 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	3 Days	7 Days	7 Days	294 Days
Bujumbura	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	112 Days	112 Days
Calgary	10 Days	86 Days	562 Days	562 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	44 Days	45 Days	45 Days	71 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	8 Days	132 Days	132 Days	132 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	58 Days	162 Days	45 Days	680 Days
Chiang Mai	21 Days		49 Days	49 Days
Chisinau	7 Days	7 Days	23 Days	78 Days
Ciudad Juarez	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	513 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	77 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	56 Days	56 Days	56 Days	85 Days
Dhahran	9 Days	2 Days	2 Days	31 Days
Dhaka	165 Days	39 Days	23 Days	322 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	109 Days	121 Days	5 Days	576 Days
Dublin	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Durban	5 Days	8 Days	8 Days	52 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	7 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Freetown	36 Days	72 Days	72 Days	72 Days
Fukuoka	21 Days	21 Days		30 Days
Gaborone	14 Days	14 Days	1 Day	14 Days
Georgetown	1 Day	1 Day	23 Days	45 Days
Guadalajara	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	664 Days
Guangzhou	14 Days	14 Days	19 Days	188 Days
Guatemala City	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	371 Days
Guayaquil	3 Days	154 Days	219 Days	219 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	10 Days	9 Days	14 Days	55 Days
Hermosillo	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	490 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	13 Days	6 Days	6 Days	40 Days
Hong Kong	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	37 Days
Hyderabad	27 Days	196 Days		246 Days
Islamabad	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	323 Days
Istanbul	148 Days	9 Days	50 Days	303 Days
Jakarta	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	14 Days
Jeddah	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	80 Days
Jerusalem	29 Days	1 Day	184 Days	184 Days
Johannesburg	8 Days	22 Days	22 Days	30 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	40 Days	21 Days	30 Days	240 Days
Kaohsiung				Closed
Karachi	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	324 Days
Kathmandu	164 Days	7 Days	7 Days	533 Days
Khartoum				Emergency Appointments Only
Kigali	36 Days	3 Days	1 Day	52 Days
Kingston	32 Days	49 Days	66 Days	283 Days
Kinshasa	55 Days	7 Days	7 Days	80 Days
Kolkata	78 Days	150 Days	357 Days	357 Days
Kolonia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Koror	60 Days	60 Days	1 Day	60 Days
Krakow	1 Day	9 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Kuala Lumpur	9 Days	2 Days	17 Days	17 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	7 Days
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	7 Days	7 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Lagos	13 Days	2 Days		486 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	155 Days
Lilongwe	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	148 Days
Lima	3 Days	2 Days	3 Days	344 Days
Lisbon	18 Days	17 Days	18 Days	58 Days
Ljubljana	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	70 Days
London	7 Days	35 Days	12 Days	89 Days
Luanda	28 Days	7 Days	7 Days	29 Days
Lusaka	27 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Luxembourg	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	49 Days
Madrid	8 Days	70 Days	45 Days	329 Days
Majuro	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Malabo	90 Days	90 Days		140 Days
Managua	3 Days	25 Days	25 Days	130 Days
Manama	11 Days	4 Days	4 Days	42 Days
Manila	7 Days	7 Days	31 Days	152 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	22 Days	2 Days	9 Days	120 Days
Merida	2 Days	20 Days	20 Days	574 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	27 Days	29 Days	29 Days	695 Days
Milan	3 Days	2 Days	3 Days	10 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	9 Days	81 Days	81 Days	81 Days
Monterrey	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	364 Days
Montevideo	2 Days	2 Days	199 Days	199 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	73 Days	44 Days	29 Days	332 Days
Munich	10 Days	28 Days	21 Days	50 Days
Muscat	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days
N`Djamena	80 Days	80 Days	1 Day	80 Days
Naha	2 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Nairobi	126 Days	76 Days	60 Days	213 Days
Naples	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days
Nassau	21 Days			70 Days
New Delhi	74 Days	22 Days	40 Days	247 Days
Niamey				Emergency Appointments Only
Nicosia	7 Days	7 Days	10 Days	30 Days
Nogales	3 Days	6 Days	6 Days	666 Days
Nouakchott	21 Days	21 Days	1 Day	21 Days
Nuevo Laredo	2 Days	3 Days	379 Days	379 Days
Osaka/Kobe	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	17 Days
Oslo	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	2 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	3 Days	3 Days	50 Days
Perth	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Phnom Penh	7 Days	8 Days	8 Days	7 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	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Port Moresby	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Port Of Spain	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	102 Days
Porto Alegre	2 Days	4 Days	1 Day	377 Days
Prague	7 Days	7 Days	28 Days	16 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	71 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	2 Days	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days
Quebec	17 Days	89 Days	89 Days	477 Days
Quito	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	310 Days
Rangoon	115 Days	115 Days	115 Days	115 Days
Recife	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	406 Days
Reykjavik	49 Days	49 Days	49 Days	49 Days
Riga	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Rio De Janeiro	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	449 Days
Riyadh	11 Days	11 Days	11 Days	37 Days
Rome	3 Days	2 Days	3 Days	10 Days
San Jose	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	290 Days
San Salvador	4 Days	4 Days	12 Days	193 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	9 Days	39 Days	39 Days	360 Days
Santo Domingo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	563 Days
Sao Paulo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	554 Days
Sapporo	60 Days	60 Days		60 Days
Sarajevo	7 Days	7 Days	5 Days	7 Days
Seoul	14 Days	8 Days	16 Days	28 Days
Shanghai	14 Days	36 Days	15 Days	63 Days
Shenyang	5 Days	2 Days	2 Days	15 Days
Singapore	9 Days	10 Days	10 Days	50 Days
Skopje	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Sofia	9 Days	20 Days	21 Days	13 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	13 Days	1 Day	27 Days	63 Days
Surabaya	2 Days	2 Days	11 Days	11 Days
Suva	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Sydney	3 Days	34 Days	3 Days	55 Days
Taipei	3 Days	3 Days	2 Days	63 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	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	9 Days
Tel Aviv	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	177 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	541 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	541 Days
Tirana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	333 Days
Tokyo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	4 Days
Toronto	88 Days	50 Days	3 Days	612 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	140 Days
Ulaanbaatar	49 Days	50 Days	50 Days	225 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	16 Days	135 Days	135 Days	469 Days
Vienna	22 Days	8 Days	55 Days	127 Days
Vientiane	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	106 Days
Vilnius	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Windhoek	37 Days	37 Days	37 Days	37 Days
Yaounde	47 Days	47 Days	47 Days	90 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	211 Days	2 Days	2 Days	221 Days
Zagreb	8 Days	22 Days	8 Days	22 Days

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