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Global Visa Wait Times

Last updated: 27-MARCH-2026

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 < 0.5 Month 8 Months 1 Month 6 Months 1 Month
Abu Dhabi NA 14.5 Months 14.5 Months 14.5 Months 14.5 Months
Abuja NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Accra NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Adana NA NA NA NA NA
Addis Ababa NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month < 0.5 Month
Algiers NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Almaty NA 1.5 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months
Amman NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Amsterdam NA 2 Months 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Ankara NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month NA
Antananarivo NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Apia NA 3.5 Months 2.5 Months < 0.5 Month 1.5 Months
Ashgabat NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Asmara NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Astana NA 3.5 Months NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Asuncion NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Athens NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1.5 Months
Auckland 1 Month 3 Months 1 Month 1.5 Months 2 Months
Baghdad NA 2 Months NA NA NA
Baku NA < 0.5 Month 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Bamako NA 4 Months NA NA NA
Bandar Seri Begawan NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Bangkok NA 2 Months 1 Month 1.5 Months 1.5 Months
Bangui NA NA NA NA NA
Banjul NA 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months
Barcelona NA NA NA NA NA
Beijing NA < 0.5 Month 2 Months 2.5 Months 1 Month
Beirut NA 4 Months 2 Months 2 Months NA
Belfast NA 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Belgrade NA 1.5 Months 1 Month < 0.5 Month 1 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 1.5 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months
Bishkek NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Bogota 10.5 Months 9 Months 2.5 Months 1 Month < 0.5 Month
Brasilia NA 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Bratislava NA 1 Month 1.5 Months < 0.5 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 < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Bucharest NA 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1 Month
Budapest NA 1 Month 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Buenos Aires NA 1 Month NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Bujumbura NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Cairo NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Calgary 12.5 Months 22 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Canberra NA NA NA NA NA
Cape Town NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month 2 Months 2 Months
Caracas NA NA NA NA NA
Casablanca 2 Months 3 Months 1 Month 3 Months 1 Month
Chengdu NA NA NA NA NA
Chennai (Madras) 3.5 Months 3 Months NA NA NA
Chiang Mai NA 1.5 Months 2 Months NA 1.5 Months
Chisinau NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Ciudad Juarez 5 Months 11.5 Months < 0.5 Month 2 Months 2 Months
Colombo NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Conakry NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Copenhagen NA 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month 1.5 Months 1.5 Months
Cotonou NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Curacao NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Dakar NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 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 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months NA
Dhaka 5.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1 Month 1.5 Months
Dili NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month NA NA
Djibouti NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Doha NA 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months
Dubai NA 12 Months 1 Month 1 Month NA
Dublin NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Durban NA 2.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Dushanbe NA 2.5 Months 2.5 Months 2.5 Months 2.5 Months
Edinburgh NA NA NA NA NA
Erbil NA 4 Months 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 < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Freetown NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Fukuoka NA < 0.5 Month NA NA NA
Gaborone NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Georgetown NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Guadalajara 6 Months 3 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Guangzhou NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Guatemala City NA 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month NA
Guayaquil 4 Months 4.5 Months 1 Month 1 Month < 0.5 Month
Halifax 3.5 Months 11.5 Months 1 Month 1 Month 11.5 Months
Hamilton NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
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 < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Hermosillo 4 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months < 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 < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Hyderabad 6.5 Months 8 Months 2.5 Months 3 Months < 0.5 Month
Islamabad 6.5 Months 7 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months 7.5 Months
Istanbul NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Jakarta NA 1 Month 2 Months 1 Month 1.5 Months
Jeddah NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Jerusalem NA 4 Months 1 Month 2 Months 4 Months
Johannesburg NA 2.5 Months 1 Month 1.5 Months 1.5 Months
Juba NA NA NA NA NA
Kabul NA NA NA NA NA
Kampala 4 Months 6 Months 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Kaohsiung NA NA NA NA NA
Karachi NA 9.5 Months 2 Months 1 Month 1 Month
Kathmandu NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Khartoum NA NA NA NA NA
Kigali NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Kingston NA 3 Months 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Kinshasa 10 Months 11.5 Months NA 3.5 Months NA
Kolkata 6.5 Months 6.5 Months 2.5 Months 1.5 Months NA
Kolonia NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Koror NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Krakow NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month NA
Kuala Lumpur NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Kuwait NA 4 Months 4 Months 4 Months 4 Months
Kyiv NA NA NA NA NA
La Paz NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Lagos NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Lahore NA NA NA NA NA
Libreville NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month NA
Lilongwe NA 4.5 Months 4.5 Months 4.5 Months 4.5 Months
Lima 8.5 Months 9 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Lisbon NA 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1 Month
Ljubljana NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Lome NA 1 Month 1 Month 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 7.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Luxembourg NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Madrid NA 2.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Majuro NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Malabo NA 3 Months 3 Months 3 Months NA
Managua NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Manama NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Manila NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Maputo NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Marseille NA NA NA NA NA
Maseru NA NA NA NA NA
Matamoros 10.5 Months 6.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Mbabane NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Melbourne 3.5 Months 12.5 Months 2.5 Months 1 Month 1.5 Months
Merida NA 2.5 Months 1.5 Months 1 Month 1 Month
Mexicali Tpf NA NA NA NA NA
Mexico City 5.5 Months 1.5 Months 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Milan NA 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Minsk NA NA NA NA NA
Monrovia 2 Months 9 Months 2 Months 1 Month 1 Month
Monterrey 8 Months 6.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month NA
Montevideo NA 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1.5 Months
Montreal NA NA NA NA NA
Moscow NA NA NA NA NA
Mumbai (Bombay) 9 Months 9 Months 2 Months 1 Month 1 Month
Munich NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Muscat NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
N`Djamena NA NA NA NA NA
Naha NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Nairobi NA 2.5 Months 3 Months 1.5 Months 2.5 Months
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 5.5 Months 7 Months < 0.5 Month 1 Month < 0.5 Month
Niamey NA NA NA NA NA
Nicosia NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Nogales NA 1 Month < 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 4.5 Months 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Osaka/Kobe NA < 0.5 Month NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Oslo NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Ottawa 11 Months 11.5 Months < 0.5 Month 5.5 Months < 0.5 Month
Ouagadougou NA NA NA NA NA
Panama City NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Paramaribo NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Paris NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Perth 1.5 Months 2 Months 2.5 Months 1 Month < 0.5 Month
Phnom Penh NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month 2 Months 2 Months
Podgorica NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Ponta Delgada NA NA NA NA NA
Port Au Prince NA NA NA NA NA
Port Louis NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Port Moresby NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Port Of Spain NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Porto Alegre NA 2.5 Months 1.5 Months 1.5 Months 2.5 Months
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 NA NA NA NA
Pristina NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Quebec NA 11.5 Months 7 Months 5.5 Months < 0.5 Month
Quito NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Rangoon NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Recife NA < 0.5 Month < 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 < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Riyadh NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Rome NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
San Jose 6 Months 13 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
San Salvador NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Sanaa NA NA NA NA NA
Santiago 4 Months 4 Months 1.5 Months 2 Months 1.5 Months
Santo Domingo 6 Months 16 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Sao Paulo NA 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Sapporo NA NA NA NA NA
Sarajevo NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Seoul NA 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Shanghai NA 3.5 Months 3.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Shenyang NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1 Month < 0.5 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 Month < 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 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1 Month
Suva NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Sydney 4 Months 14 Months 2.5 Months 2 Months 1.5 Months
Taipei NA 1 Month 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month 1 Month
Tallinn NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Tashkent NA 4 Months 2 Months < 0.5 Month 1.5 Months
Tbilisi NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Tegucigalpa NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month 1 Month
Tel Aviv NA 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months 2 Months
Tijuana NA 1 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Tirana NA 3 Months 1 Month < 0.5 Month NA
Tokyo NA 2 Months < 0.5 Month 1 Month 1 Month
Toronto 17 Months 17 Months 4 Months 1.5 Months 1 Month
Tripoli NA NA NA NA NA
Tunis NA 2.5 Months 1 Month 1 Month < 0.5 Month
Ulaanbaatar NA 3 Months 5.5 Months < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Valletta NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Vancouver 12.5 Months 13 Months 4.5 Months 3 Months 1 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 < 0.5 Month 1 Month NA
Yaounde NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month
Yekaterinburg NA NA NA NA NA
Yerevan NA 1 Month 1.5 Months < 0.5 Month 2 Months
Zagreb NA < 0.5 Month NA < 0.5 Month < 0.5 Month

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