Last updated: 5-20-2024

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	38 Days	1 Day	1 Day	38 Days
Abu Dhabi	22 Days	22 Days		444 Days
Abuja	147 Days	8 Days	476 Days	476 Days
Accra	276 Days	31 Days	6 Days	431 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	60 Days	138 Days	53 Days	138 Days
Algiers	77 Days	1 Day	1 Day	77 Days
Almaty	17 Days	8 Days	8 Days	17 Days
Amman	21 Days	7 Days	7 Days	175 Days
Amsterdam	18 Days	5 Days	13 Days	39 Days
Ankara	56 Days	87 Days		508 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Ashgabat	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Asmara	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Astana	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	38 Days
Asuncion	8 Days	21 Days	7 Days	192 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	35 Days
Bamako	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	70 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	42 Days	42 Days	42 Days	42 Days
Bangkok	1 Day	1 Day	2 Days	71 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	200 Days	40 Days	40 Days	200 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	7 Days	9 Days	28 Days	66 Days
Beirut	12 Days	30 Days	150 Days	150 Days
Belfast	16 Days	23 Days	23 Days	120 Days
Belgrade	2 Days	21 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Berlin	11 Days	64 Days	3 Days	28 Days
Bern	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days
Bishkek	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	29 Days
Bogota	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	689 Days
Brasilia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	21 Days
Bratislava	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days
Brazzaville	64 Days	64 Days	325 Days	325 Days
Bridgetown	38 Days	12 Days	19 Days	75 Days
Brussels	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days
Bucharest	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	180 Days
Budapest	50 Days	35 Days	35 Days	150 Days
Buenos Aires	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	91 Days
Bujumbura	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	102 Days	102 Days
Calgary	36 Days	67 Days	864 Days	864 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	10 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	4 Days	171 Days	171 Days	171 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	14 Days	14 Days	15 Days	521 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	30 Days
Chisinau	20 Days	20 Days	22 Days	55 Days
Ciudad Juarez	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	812 Days
Colombo	30 Days	21 Days	30 Days	105 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	35 Days	1 Day	1 Day	37 Days
Cotonou	190 Days	190 Days	190 Days	190 Days
Curacao	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	45 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	99 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	13 Days	6 Days	6 Days	92 Days
Dhahran	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	8 Days
Dhaka	303 Days	11 Days	38 Days	282 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	10 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Doha	35 Days	14 Days	10 Days	127 Days
Dubai	42 Days	49 Days		311 Days
Dublin	9 Days	10 Days	5 Days	18 Days
Durban	16 Days	17 Days	17 Days	21 Days
Dushanbe	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Erbil				Emergency Appointments Only
Florence	7 Days	4 Days	7 Days	24 Days
Frankfurt	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	39 Days
Freetown	113 Days	134 Days	134 Days	134 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	3 Days	Same Day	3 Days	30 Days
Guadalajara	7 Days	3 Days	3 Days	813 Days
Guangzhou	13 Days	11 Days	12 Days	109 Days
Guatemala City	15 Days	24 Days	17 Days	574 Days
Guayaquil	57 Days	77 Days	119 Days	267 Days
Halifax	60 Days	90 Days	877 Days	877 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	4 Days	6 Days	2 Days	5 Days
Harare	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	38 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	26 Days	21 Days	23 Days	45 Days
Hermosillo	7 Days	3 Days	3 Days	702 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	21 Days	10 Days	10 Days	28 Days
Hong Kong	8 Days	3 Days	2 Days	82 Days
Hyderabad	249 Days	39 Days	1 Day	261 Days
Islamabad	18 Days			345 Days
Istanbul	105 Days	111 Days	84 Days	613 Days
Jakarta	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days	21 Days
Jeddah	1 Day	4 Days	1 Day	14 Days
Jerusalem	107 Days	72 Days	31 Days	31 Days
Johannesburg	42 Days	42 Days	42 Days	43 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	75 Days	60 Days	60 Days	220 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	28 Days	1 Day	3 Days	220 Days
Kathmandu	333 Days	22 Days	22 Days	361 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	73 Days	78 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Kingston	9 Days	8 Days	2 Days	15 Days
Kinshasa	150 Days	7 Days	7 Days	101 Days
Kolkata	19 Days			122 Days
Kolonia	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Koror	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Krakow	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kuala Lumpur	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	2 Days
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	5 Days	2 Days	90 Days	90 Days
Lagos	163 Days	7 Days	423 Days	423 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days
Lilongwe	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	171 Days
Lima	14 Days	11 Days	11 Days	336 Days
Lisbon	2 Days	10 Days	30 Days	1 Day
Ljubljana	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	120 Days
London	13 Days	13 Days	14 Days	100 Days
Luanda	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	20 Days
Lusaka	33 Days	264 Days	264 Days	264 Days
Luxembourg	17 Days	12 Days	17 Days	17 Days
Madrid	3 Days	9 Days	17 Days	289 Days
Majuro				Emergency Appointments Only
Malabo	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days
Managua	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Manama	3 Days	10 Days	3 Days	15 Days
Manila	38 Days	24 Days	17 Days	68 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	3 Days	2 Days	2 Days	651 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Melbourne	36 Days	8 Days	22 Days	77 Days
Merida	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	793 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	7 Days	28 Days	28 Days	842 Days
Milan	1 Day	9 Days	8 Days	10 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	4 Days		4 Days	4 Days
Monterrey	3 Days	2 Days	1 Day	658 Days
Montevideo	7 Days	3 Days	64 Days	64 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	265 Days		43 Days	506 Days
Munich	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	43 Days
Muscat	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days
N`Djamena	32 Days	178 Days	178 Days	178 Days
Naha		17 Days	17 Days	17 Days
Nairobi	22 Days	16 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Naples	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days
Nassau	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	76 Days
New Delhi	51 Days		110 Days	137 Days
Niamey	147 Days		147 Days	147 Days
Nicosia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Nogales	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	703 Days
Nouakchott	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Nuevo Laredo	1 Day	1 Day	648 Days	648 Days
Osaka/Kobe	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	131 Days
Oslo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days
Ottawa	60 Days	90 Days	150 Days	913 Days
Ouagadougou	248 Days			308 Days
Panama City	7 Days	2 Days	7 Days	469 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days
Paris	29 Days	143 Days	1 Day	529 Days
Perth	78 Days	784 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Phnom Penh	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Podgorica	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ponta Delgada				Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Port Moresby	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Port Of Spain	1 Day	1 Day	4 Days	22 Days
Porto Alegre				Closed
Prague	16 Days	24 Days	64 Days	64 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	94 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	3 Days	65 Days		65 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	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	44 Days
Reykjavik	64 Days	64 Days	64 Days	64 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	4 Days	17 Days	12 Days	84 Days
Riyadh	22 Days	11 Days	38 Days	38 Days
Rome	1 Day	9 Days	8 Days	10 Days
San Jose	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	506 Days
San Salvador	7 Days	4 Days	12 Days	74 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	24 Days
Santo Domingo	7 Days	10 Days	8 Days	239 Days
Sao Paulo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	66 Days
Sapporo	60 Days
Sarajevo	79 Days	10 Days	10 Days	110 Days
Seoul	1 Day	1 Day	21 Days	21 Days
Shanghai	29 Days	73 Days	24 Days	63 Days
Shenyang	2 Days	2 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Singapore	10 Days	24 Days	3 Days	24 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	21 Days	23 Days	2 Days	72 Days
Surabaya	2 Days	3 Days	2 Days	24 Days
Suva	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days	38 Days
Sydney	38 Days	48 Days	38 Days	48 Days
Taipei	26 Days	50 Days	4 Days	74 Days
Tallinn	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days
Tashkent	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Tbilisi	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	110 Days
Tegucigalpa	9 Days	8 Days	8 Days	868 Days
Tel Aviv	11 Days	11 Days	11 Days	11 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	3 Days	1 Day	862 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	3 Days	1 Day	862 Days
Tirana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	95 Days
Tokyo	2 Days	3 Days	10 Days	78 Days
Toronto	51 Days	42 Days	748 Days	748 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	8 Days	1 Day	8 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	45 Days	54 Days	54 Days	160 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	26 Days	37 Days	37 Days	813 Days
Vienna	53 Days	17 Days	40 Days	69 Days
Vientiane	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	2 Days
Vilnius	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Windhoek	56 Days	56 Days	56 Days	56 Days
Wuhan	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Yaounde	40 Days	6 Days	53 Days	54 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	140 Days	34 Days	34 Days	101 Days
Zagreb	20 Days	3 Days	20 Days	3 Days

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