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Global Visa Wait Times

Last updated: 22-OCTOBER-2025

The Department of State is committed to protecting our nation and its citizens by upholding the highest standards of national security and public safety through our visa process.  We now provide additional information on the average time nonimmigrant visa applicants waited for an interview in the previous month.  We also continue to provide the estimated wait time until the next available interview appointment for visitor visas.  We update visa wait time information monthly.

Our embassies and consulates release additional appointment slots regularly.  Applicants who want an earlier appointment slot after initially scheduling their interview should check back regularly and move their appointment to another available slot.  Detailed instructions are available on the website of the embassy or consulate where the applicant schedules their interview.

The average wait times we report do not guarantee a visa applicant will get an appointment within a specific time. 

Visa Wait Times and How to Check Availability

We calculate months in 30-day increments and half months in 15-day increments.  This includes weekends and holidays when embassies close.

The “Next available appointment” column in the table below predicts when you can expect to receive an appointment at that location.  New appointments are added regularly, so you may get an appointment sooner.  Once you have scheduled your interview, you can check the appointment scheduling system and move to an earlier appointment if a slot becomes available.

The “Average wait time” columns in the table below show how long people typically waited for interviews (measured from fee payment to visa interview date) in the previous month.  Average wait times are provided for B1/B2 visas only in cases where the next available appointment is more than three months away.   Average wait times may differ from the next available appointment.  Because we regularly release new appointments, an applicant can move their appointment to an earlier available slot and ultimately wait less time.  When they do not move their appointment earlier, their average wait time could be longer than the present-day next available appointment.

Embassies and consulates may waive the in-person interview requirement for eligible applicants.  Wait times for these appointments are not reflected in the table below.  Please check the individual embassy or consulate website to find out if a waiver of in-person interview is available.

City/Post Interview Required
(B1/B2)
Average wait times		 Interview Required
(B1/B2)
Next available appointment		 Interview Required
(F,M,J)
Next available appointment		 Interview Required
Petition-Base (H,L,O,P,Q)
Next available appointment		 Interview Required
Crew and Transit
(C,D,C1/D)
Next available appointment
Abidjan 4 Months 5.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Abu Dhabi < 0.5 month 17.5 months < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month
Abuja 10 Months 10.5 months 8.5 months 2 months 1 month
Accra < 0.5 month 8 months 4 months 2 months 3 months
Adana NA NA NA NA NA
Addis Ababa 4.5 Months 4.5 months 2 months 4.5 months 3.5 months
Algiers 4.5 Months 7 months 3 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Almaty NA 2 months 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Amman NA 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Amsterdam NA 2 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Ankara 5 Months < 0.5 month 2 months 3 months NA
Antananarivo NA < 0.5 month 0 monhts < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Apia NA 3.5 months 2 months 2 months 2 months
Ashgabat NA 1 month 2 months 2 months 2 months
Asmara NA 1.5 months 2 months 2 months 2 months
Astana NA 2 months NA NA < 0.5 month
Asuncion NA 4.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Athens NA 3.5 months 2 months 1 month 1 month
Auckland 1.5 Months 1.5 months < 0.5 month 2 months 2 months
Baghdad NA 2 months NA NA NA
Baku NA 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bamako NA 6 months NA NA NA
Bandar Seri Begawan NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bangkok NA 0.5 months 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Bangui NA Non-Visa Processing Post  NA NA NA
Banjul NA 2.5 months 3 months 3 months 3 months
Barcelona NA Non-Visa Processing Post  NA NA NA
Beijing NA 0.5 months 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Beirut 3.5 Months 4.5 months 2 months 1 month 2 months
Belfast NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Belgrade NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Belmopan NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Berlin NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bern NA < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bishkek NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bogota 11 month 7.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Brasilia NA 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bratislava NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Brazzaville NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bridgetown NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Brussels NA < 0.5 month NA 1 month 1 month
Bucharest NA 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Budapest NA 1 month 2 months 1 month 1 month
Buenos Aires NA 2.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Bujumbura NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Cairo NA 1.5 months 2 months 2 months 2 months
Calgary 5 Months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Canberra NA NA NA NA NA
Cape Town NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Caracas NA NA NA NA NA
Casablanca 7 Months 6 months 1 month 3 months 4.5 months
Chengdu NA NA NA NA NA
Chennai (Madras) 5 Months 5 months 2 months 1 month 1 month
Chiang Mai NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month
Chisinau NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Ciudad Juarez 6 Months 15 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Colombo NA <0.5 month 3 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Conakry NA 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Copenhagen NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Cotonou NA <0.5 month 2 months 2 months 2 months
Curacao NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Dakar NA <0.5 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Damascus NA NA NA NA NA
Dar Es Salaam NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Department NA NA NA NA NA
Dhahran NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Dhaka 6 Months 8.5 months 5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Dili NA NA NA NA NA
Djibouti NA <0.5 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Doha NA 1.5 months 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Dubai 1.5 Months 12.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month NA
Dublin NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Durban NA 1 month < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month
Dushanbe NA 2.5 months 3 months 3 months 3 months
Edinburgh NA NA NA NA NA
Erbil NA NA NA NA NA
Florence NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Frankfurt NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Freetown 5 Months 5 months 5 months 7 months 5.5 months
Fukuoka NA NA NA NA NA
Gaborone NA <0.5 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Georgetown NA <0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Guadalajara 9.5 months 12.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Guangzhou 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Guatemala City 9 Months 2.5 months NA < 0.5 month 1 month
Guayaquil 5 Months 5 months 1 month 1 month 4 months
Halifax 4 Months 12 months < 0.5 month 1 month 12 months
Hamilton NA <0.5 month NA NA NA
Hanoi NA <0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Harare NA NA NA NA NA
Havana NA NA NA NA NA
Helsinki NA 2 months 2 month 1 month 1 month
Hermosillo 6.5 Months 10 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Ho Chi Minh City NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Hong Kong NA < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Hyderabad 4.5 Months 4.5 months 2 months 3 months < 0.5 month
Islamabad 5.5 Months 5.5 months 2 months 1 month < 0.5 month
Istanbul 6 Months 1.5 months 2 months 1 month < 0.5 month
Jakarta NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 1 month
Jeddah NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Jerusalem 4 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Johannesburg NA 2.5 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Juba NA NA NA NA NA
Kabul NA NA NA NA NA
Kampala 7.5 Months 5.5 months 4 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Kaohsiung NA NA NA NA NA
Karachi 7.5 Months 6.5 months 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Kathmandu NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Khartoum NA NA NA NA NA
Kigali NA 1.5 months 2 months 2 months 2 months
Kingston NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Kinshasa NA NA NA NA NA
Kolkata 5.5 Months 5.5 months 2 months NA NA
Kolonia NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Koror NA < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Krakow NA < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Kuala Lumpur NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Kuwait NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Kyiv NA NA NA NA NA
La Paz NA 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 2 months
Lagos 11 month 10 months 11 month 1 month 1 month
Lahore NA NA NA NA NA
Libreville NA 1.5 months 2 months 2 months NA
Lilongwe NA 4.5 months 3 months 1 month 1 month
Lima 7.5 Months 7.5 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Lisbon NA 1.5 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Ljubljana NA < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Lome NA 2.5 months 3 months 1 month 1 month
London NA 1.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Luanda NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Lusaka 4.5 Months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 10 months < 0.5 month
Luxembourg NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Madrid NA < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Majuro NA 0.5 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Malabo NA 2.5 months 3 months 3 months NA
Managua NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Manama NA < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Manila NA < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Maputo NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Marseille NA Closed NA NA NA
Maseru NA Closed NA NA NA
Matamoros 6.5 Months 10 months < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Mbabane NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 2 months
Melbourne 2 Months 7 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Merida 10 Months 12 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Mexicali Tpf NA Closed NA NA NA
Mexico City 9.5 months 9.5 months NA 1 month 1 month
Milan NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Minsk NA Closed NA NA NA
Monrovia NA 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Monterrey 10.5 Months 12 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Montevideo 2 Months 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 1 month
Montreal NA Emergency Appointments Only NA NA NA
Moscow NA Closed NA NA NA
Mumbai (Bombay) 11 Month 11 month 2 months 1 month 1 month
Munich NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Muscat NA 1 month < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month
N`Djamena NA Closed NA NA NA
Naha NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month
Nairobi NA 1.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Naples NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Nassau NA 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
New Delhi 6.5 Months 11 month 2 months NA < 0.5 month
Niamey NA Closed NA NA NA
Nicosia NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Nogales 4 Months 5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Nouakchott NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Nuevo Laredo 10.5 Months 9 months 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Osaka/Kobe NA Emergency Appointments Only NA NA NA
Oslo NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Ottawa 12 Months 12 months 14.5 months 4 months < 0.5 month
Ouagadougou NA Closed < 0.5 month < 0.5 month NA
Panama City 1.5 Months 2 months NA 1 month 1 month
Paramaribo NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Paris 4 Months 4 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Perth 3.5 months 1 month < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month
Phnom Penh NA 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Podgorica NA 1 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Ponta Delgada NA Non-Visa Processing Post NA NA NA
Port Au Prince NA Emergency Appointments Only NA NA NA
Port Louis NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Port Moresby NA 1.5 months 2 months 2 months 2 months
Port Of Spain NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Porto Alegre NA 1.5 months 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Prague NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Praia NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Pretoria NA Non-Visa Processing Post NA NA NA
Pristina NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Quebec NA 12 months NA NA NA
Quito 9.5 Months 9 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Rangoon NA 5.5 months 6 months 6 months 6 months
Recife NA 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Reykjavik NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Riga NA < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Rio De Janeiro NA 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Riyadh NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Rome NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
San Jose 8.5 Months 19 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
San Salvador NA 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Sanaa NA Closed NA NA NA
Santiago 3 Months 3 months 1 month 2 months 1 month
Santo Domingo 6.5 Months 13.5 months 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Sao Paulo NA 1.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Sapporo NA 0.5 months NA NA NA
Sarajevo NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Seoul NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Shanghai NA < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Shenyang NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 1 month
Singapore NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Skopje NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Sofia NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
St Georges NA NA NA NA NA
St Petersburg NA NA NA NA NA
Stockholm NA 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Surabaya NA 0.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 1 month
Suva NA 1 month 2 months NA 1 month
Sydney 4 Months 5.5 months 1 month < 0.5 month 1 month
Taipei NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Tallinn NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Tashkent NA 1 month < 0.5 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Tbilisi NA < 0.5 month 1 month 1 month 1 month
Tegucigalpa 14.5 Months 14.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month 1 month
Tel Aviv NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Tijuana 5.5 Months 5.5 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Tirana NA 1 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month NA
Tokyo NA 2.5 months 1 month 1 month 1 month
Toronto 14 Months 14 months 1 month 1 month < 0.5 month
Tripoli NA NA NA NA NA
Tunis NA 2 months < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Ulaanbaatar NA 3.5 months 2 months 2 months 2 months
Valletta NA < 0.5 month NA 1 month 1 month
Vancouver 9 months 9 months 2 months 2 months < 0.5 month
Vienna NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Vientiane NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Vilnius NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Vladivostok NA NA NA NA NA
Warsaw NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Windhoek NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Wuhan NA < 0.5 month NA NA NA
Yaounde NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month < 0.5 month
Yekaterinburg NA NA NA NA NA
Yerevan NA 2 months < 0.5 month 5 months 5 months
Zagreb NA < 0.5 month NA < 0.5 month < 0.5 month

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We update interview appointment wait time information monthly.  Average wait times do not guarantee the availability of an appointment.

 

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