Last updated: 5-8-2024
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) |
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Abidjan | 64 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 252 Days |
Abu Dhabi | 32 Days | 3 Days | 455 Days | |
Abuja | 147 Days | 8 Days | 476 Days | 476 Days |
Accra | 215 Days | 17 Days | 11 Days | 426 Days |
Adana | Closed | |||
Addis Ababa | 93 Days | 163 Days | 65 Days | 163 Days |
Algiers | 148 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 178 Days |
Almaty | 6 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days | 10 Days |
Amman | 21 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 175 Days |
Amsterdam | 18 Days | 5 Days | 13 Days | 39 Days |
Ankara | 87 Days | 81 Days | 486 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 | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Astana | 24 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 70 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 | 9 Days |
Bamako | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 66 Days |
Bandar Seri Begawan | 42 Days | 42 Days | 42 Days | 42 Days |
Bangkok | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 70 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 | 15 Days | 15 Days | 157 Days | 157 Days |
Belfast | 21 Days | 26 Days | 21 Days | 105 Days |
Belgrade | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Belmopan | 7 Days | 7 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days |
Berlin | 9 Days | 64 Days | 2 Days | 24 Days |
Bern | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Bishkek | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 42 Days |
Bogota | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 640 Days |
Brasilia | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 22 Days |
Bratislava | 8 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days | 8 Days |
Brazzaville | 22 Days | 22 Days | 283 Days | 283 Days |
Bridgetown | 4 Days | 4 Days | 16 Days | 32 Days |
Brussels | 24 Days | 24 Days | 24 Days | 24 Days |
Bucharest | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 60 Days |
Budapest | 35 Days | 35 Days | 35 Days | 160 Days |
Buenos Aires | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 99 Days |
Bujumbura | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days |
Cairo | 5 Days | 5 Days | 78 Days | 78 Days |
Calgary | 31 Days | 45 Days | 847 Days | 847 Days |
Canberra | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Cape Town | 9 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 16 Days |
Caracas | Closed | |||
Casablanca | 8 Days | 184 Days | 184 Days | 184 Days |
Chengdu | Closed | |||
Chennai ( Madras) | 15 Days | 70 Days | 15 Days | 512 Days |
Chiang Mai | 7 Days | 7 Days | 30 Days | |
Chisinau | 13 Days | 13 Days | 15 Days | 64 Days |
Ciudad Juarez | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 808 Days |
Colombo | 10 Days | 14 Days | 30 Days | 90 Days |
Conakry | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Copenhagen | 35 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 37 Days |
Cotonou | 162 Days | 162 Days | 162 Days | 162 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 | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 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 | 94 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 120 Days |
Dubai | 37 Days | 53 Days | 379 Days | |
Dublin | 6 Days | 16 Days | 3 Days | 26 Days |
Durban | 1 Day | 21 Days | 21 Days | 17 Days |
Dushanbe | 9 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days |
Erbil | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Florence | 7 Days | 4 Days | 7 Days | 24 Days |
Frankfurt | 28 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days | 39 Days |
Freetown | 82 Days | 82 Days | 82 Days | 82 Days |
Fukuoka | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Gaborone | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Georgetown | 1 Day | Same Day | 2 Days | 30 Days |
Guadalajara | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 819 Days |
Guangzhou | 12 Days | 7 Days | 12 Days | 112 Days |
Guatemala City | 4 Days | 3 Days | 14 Days | 547 Days |
Guayaquil | 10 Days | 77 Days | 91 Days | 268 Days |
Halifax | 60 Days | 90 Days | 877 Days | 877 Days |
Hamilton | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days | 12 Days |
Hanoi | 2 Days | 2 Days | 3 Days | 4 Days |
Harare | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 60 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 | 13 Days | 13 Days | 28 Days |
Hong Kong | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 84 Days |
Hyderabad | 273 Days | 8 Days | 1 Day | 275 Days |
Islamabad | 20 Days | 364 Days | ||
Istanbul | 108 Days | 118 Days | 98 Days | 496 Days |
Jakarta | 7 Days | 7 Days | 14 Days | 21 Days |
Jeddah | 1 Day | 2 Days | 2 Days | 14 Days |
Jerusalem | 107 Days | 72 Days | 31 Days | 31 Days |
Johannesburg | 1 Day | 7 Days | 7 Days | 1 Day |
Juba | Closed | |||
Kabul | Closed | |||
Kampala | 75 Days | 60 Days | 60 Days | 220 Days |
Kaohsiung | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Karachi | 45 Days | 4 Days | 3 Days | 177 Days |
Kathmandu | 274 Days | 7 Days | 8 Days | 400 Days |
Khartoum | Closed | |||
Kigali | 65 Days | 77 Days | 77 Days | 77 Days |
Kingston | 9 Days | 8 Days | 2 Days | 15 Days |
Kinshasa | 150 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 101 Days |
Kolkata | 275 Days | 147 Days | ||
Kolonia | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days |
Koror | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Krakow | 14 Days | 16 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Kuala Lumpur | 2 Days | 7 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days |
Kuwait | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Kyiv | Closed | |||
La Paz | 5 Days | 2 Days | 90 Days | 90 Days |
Lagos | 157 Days | 1 Day | 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 | 7 Days | 6 Days | 6 Days | 324 Days |
Lisbon | 9 Days | 10 Days | 16 Days | 1 Day |
Ljubljana | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days |
Lome | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 120 Days |
London | 15 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days | 105 Days |
Luanda | 12 Days | 1 Day | 1 Day | 27 Days |
Lusaka | 35 Days | 245 Days | 245 Days | 245 Days |
Luxembourg | 28 Days | 6 Days | 28 Days | 28 Days |
Madrid | 17 Days | 45 Days | 46 Days | 511 Days |
Majuro | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Malabo | 323 Days | 323 Days | 323 Days | 323 Days |
Managua | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Manama | 4 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 16 Days |
Manila | 30 Days | 24 Days | 8 Days | 60 Days |
Maputo | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Marseille | Closed | |||
Maseru | Closed | |||
Matamoros | 3 Days | 7 Days | 3 Days | 652 Days |
Mbabane | 14 Days | 45 Days | 45 Days | 45 Days |
Melbourne | 16 Days | 1 Day | 10 Days | 64 Days |
Merida | 1 Day | 7 Days | 7 Days | 792 Days |
Mexicali Tpf | Closed | |||
Mexico City | 11 Days | 22 Days | 22 Days | 849 Days |
Milan | 3 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 15 Days |
Minsk | Closed | |||
Monrovia | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days |
Monterrey | 7 Days | 7 Days | 1 Day | 672 Days |
Montevideo | 7 Days | 3 Days | 64 Days | 64 Days |
Montreal | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Moscow | Closed | |||
Mumbai (Bombay) | 15 Days | 2 Days | 499 Days | |
Munich | 21 Days | 21 Days | 21 Days | 29 Days |
Muscat | 136 Days | 136 Days | 136 Days | 136 Days |
N`Djamena | 32 Days | 178 Days | 178 Days | 178 Days |
Naha | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Nairobi | 22 Days | 16 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days |
Naples | 3 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 15 Days |
Nassau | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 76 Days |
New Delhi | 205 Days | 121 Days | 150 Days | |
Niamey | 98 Days | 98 Days | 98 Days | |
Nicosia | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 8 Days |
Nogales | 1 Day | 7 Days | 7 Days | 693 Days |
Nouakchott | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days | 14 Days |
Nuevo Laredo | 7 Days | 2 Days | 651 Days | 651 Days |
Osaka/Kobe | 5 Days | 5 Days | 5 Days | 131 Days |
Oslo | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Ottawa | 60 Days | 90 Days | 150 Days | 913 Days |
Ouagadougou | 269 Days | 237 Days | 265 Days | 274 Days |
Panama City | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 463 Days |
Paramaribo | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 9 Days |
Paris | 7 Days | 17 Days | 1 Day | 528 Days |
Perth | 64 Days | 64 Days | 64 Days | 64 Days |
Phnom Penh | 14 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days | 15 Days |
Podgorica | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Ponta Delgada | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Port Au Prince | Emergency Appointments Only | |||
Port Louis | 23 Days | 23 Days | 23 Days | 23 Days |
Port Moresby | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Port Of Spain | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 16 Days |
Porto Alegre | 4 Days | 4 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days |
Prague | 15 Days | 30 Days | 46 Days | 46 Days |
Praia | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 92 Days |
Pretoria | Non-Visa Processing Post | |||
Pristina | 16 Days | 56 Days | 56 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 | 64 Days | 64 Days | 64 Days | 64 Days |
Riga | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Rio De Janeiro | 10 Days | 14 Days | 4 Days | 77 Days |
Riyadh | 50 Days | 15 Days | 62 Days | 62 Days |
Rome | 3 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 15 Days |
San Jose | 4 Days | 4 Days | 7 Days | 504 Days |
San Salvador | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | 64 Days |
Sanaa | Closed | |||
Santiago | 10 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days | 9 Days |
Santo Domingo | 3 Days | 3 Days | 8 Days | 217 Days |
Sao Paulo | 3 Days | 3 Days | 3 Days | 45 Days |
Sapporo | 60 Days | |||
Sarajevo | 79 Days | 10 Days | 10 Days | 110 Days |
Seoul | 2 Days | 6 Days | 24 Days | 24 Days |
Shanghai | 28 Days | 74 Days | 28 Days | 108 Days |
Shenyang | 2 Days | 3 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Singapore | 17 Days | 31 Days | 8 Days | 40 Days |
Skopje | 23 Days | 23 Days | 23 Days | 23 Days |
Sofia | 10 Days | 15 Days | 20 Days | 18 Days |
St Georges | Closed | |||
St Petersburg | Closed | |||
Stockholm | 7 Days | 7 Days | 2 Days | 78 Days |
Surabaya | 8 Days | 8 Days | 7 Days | 28 Days |
Suva | 31 Days | 31 Days | 31 Days | 38 Days |
Sydney | 15 Days | 17 Days | 15 Days | 74 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 | 7 Days | 4 Days | 4 Days | 90 Days |
Tegucigalpa | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 857 Days |
Tel Aviv | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 34 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 | 99 Days |
Tokyo | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 59 Days |
Toronto | 51 Days | 42 Days | 748 Days | 748 Days |
Tripoli | Closed | |||
Tunis | 8 Days | 1 Day | 8 Days | 150 Days |
Ulaanbaatar | 42 Days | 61 Days | 61 Days | 137 Days |
Usun-New York | 7 Days | 7 Days | 7 Days | |
Valletta | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
Vancouver | 35 Days | 61 Days | 61 Days | 763 Days |
Vienna | 53 Days | 17 Days | 40 Days | 69 Days |
Vientiane | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Vilnius | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day | 1 Day |
Vladivostok | Closed | |||
Warsaw | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days | 2 Days |
Windhoek | 51 Days | 51 Days | 51 Days | 51 Days |
Wuhan | 5 Days | 11 Days | 11 Days | |
Yaounde | 40 Days | 6 Days | 53 Days | 54 Days |
Yekaterinburg | Closed | |||
Yerevan | 168 Days | 34 Days | 34 Days | 101 Days |
Zagreb | 27 Days | 27 Days | 14 Days | 27 Days |