Last updated: 11-14-2024

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	93 Days	24 Days	8 Days	280 Days
Abu Dhabi	34 Days	75 Days		343 Days
Abuja	105 Days	30 Days	131 Days	131 Days
Accra	179 Days	87 Days	109 Days	460 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	109 Days	190 Days	88 Days	190 Days
Algiers	109 Days	2 Days	1 Day	129 Days
Almaty	7 Days	7 Days	5 Days	16 Days
Amman	14 Days	4 Days	3 Days	66 Days
Amsterdam	12 Days	11 Days	10 Days	39 Days
Ankara	6 Days	64 Days		588 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Ashgabat	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Asmara	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Astana	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	29 Days
Asuncion	20 Days	5 Days	5 Days	12 Days
Athens	9 Days	1 Day	43 Days	62 Days
Auckland	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Baghdad				Emergency Appointments Only
Baku	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	22 Days
Bamako	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	157 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Bangkok	3 Days	2 Days	10 Days	161 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	100 Days	100 Days	100 Days	100 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	3 Days	3 Days	7 Days	5 Days
Beirut				Closed
Belfast	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	10 Days
Belgrade	1 Day	18 Days	1 Day	3 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Berlin	21 Days	56 Days	3 Days	23 Days
Bern	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Bishkek	2 Days	9 Days		119 Days
Bogota	4 Days	17 Days	5 Days	710 Days
Brasilia	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days	27 Days
Bratislava	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days
Brazzaville	78 Days	331 Days	78 Days	331 Days
Bridgetown	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	89 Days
Brussels	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Bucharest	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	150 Days
Budapest	25 Days	25 Days	23 Days	35 Days
Buenos Aires	3 Days	7 Days	7 Days	49 Days
Bujumbura	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Cairo	26 Days	26 Days	26 Days	26 Days
Calgary	14 Days	62 Days	652 Days	652 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	1 Day
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	49 Days	252 Days	252 Days	252 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	35 Days	55 Days	13 Days	469 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	60 Days
Chisinau	6 Days	6 Days	14 Days	36 Days
Ciudad Juarez	9 Days	7 Days	7 Days	434 Days
Colombo	23 Days	16 Days	29 Days	137 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days
Cotonou	211 Days	211 Days	211 Days	211 Days
Curacao	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	75 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	63 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	30 Days	7 Days	7 Days	78 Days
Dhahran	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Dhaka	258 Days	5 Days	7 Days	325 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	10 Days	50 Days	50 Days	50 Days
Doha	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	109 Days
Dubai	14 Days	18 Days		300 Days
Dublin	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Durban	6 Days	2 Days	2 Days	6 Days
Dushanbe	17 Days	17 Days	17 Days	17 Days
Edinburgh				Accepting Appointments
Erbil				Emergency Appointments Only
Florence	2 Days	2 Days	1 Day	8 Days
Frankfurt	10 Days	3 Days	10 Days	25 Days
Freetown	169 Days	169 Days	169 Days	169 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Georgetown	1 Day	Same Day	1 Day	85 Days
Guadalajara	7 Days	20 Days	20 Days	442 Days
Guangzhou	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	14 Days
Guatemala City	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	87 Days
Guayaquil	16 Days	56 Days	29 Days	225 Days
Halifax	14 Days	14 Days	850 Days	850 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	5 Days	6 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Harare	14 Days	5 Days	14 Days	18 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	8 Days	8 Days	9 Days	21 Days
Hermosillo	3 Days	7 Days	3 Days	324 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	23 Days	20 Days	20 Days	28 Days
Hong Kong	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Hyderabad	8 Days	65 Days	1 Day	421 Days
Islamabad	3 Days	4 Days	4 Days	308 Days
Istanbul	41 Days	76 Days	18 Days	692 Days
Jakarta	21 Days	21 Days	58 Days	73 Days
Jeddah	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	9 Days
Jerusalem				Emergency Appointments Only
Johannesburg	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	6 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	140 Days	14 Days	8 Days	260 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	80 Days	1 Day	1 Day	337 Days
Kathmandu	209 Days	79 Days	58 Days	269 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	52 Days	85 Days	85 Days	85 Days
Kingston	8 Days	1 Day	2 Days	13 Days
Kinshasa	57 Days	7 Days	7 Days	88 Days
Kolkata	142 Days			499 Days
Kolonia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Koror	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Krakow	2 Days	2 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Kuala Lumpur	17 Days	22 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	3 Days	7 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Lagos	222 Days	245 Days	245 Days	332 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	100 Days
Lilongwe	101 Days	101 Days	101 Days	216 Days
Lima	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	449 Days
Lisbon	22 Days	2 Days	29 Days	27 Days
Ljubljana	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Lome	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
London	3 Days	2 Days	2 Days	83 Days
Luanda	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	20 Days
Lusaka	7 Days	363 Days	363 Days	363 Days
Luxembourg	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Madrid	20 Days	9 Days	9 Days	200 Days
Majuro	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Malabo	90 Days	90 Days		90 Days
Managua	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Manama	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	11 Days
Manila	13 Days	14 Days	3 Days	30 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	14 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	1 Day	7 Days	1 Day	211 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	14 Days		75 Days
Melbourne	30 Days	50 Days	14 Days	82 Days
Merida	1 Day	13 Days	13 Days	315 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	1 Day	8 Days	8 Days	358 Days
Milan	8 Days	2 Days	2 Days	23 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Monterrey	1 Day	7 Days	1 Day	262 Days
Montevideo	3 Days	1 Day	14 Days	14 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	66 Days		44 Days	419 Days
Munich	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	10 Days
Muscat	176 Days	176 Days	176 Days	176 Days
N`Djamena	39 Days	185 Days	185 Days	185 Days
Naha	4 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Nairobi	63 Days	29 Days	71 Days	79 Days
Naples	8 Days	2 Days	2 Days	23 Days
Nassau	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	5 Days
New Delhi	35 Days		44 Days	446 Days
Niamey	82 Days		82 Days	82 Days
Nicosia	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	2 Days
Nogales	2 Days	7 Days	7 Days	266 Days
Nouakchott	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Nuevo Laredo	2 Days	2 Days	262 Days	262 Days
Osaka/Kobe	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	101 Days
Oslo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ottawa	1 Day	174 Days	655 Days	655 Days
Ouagadougou	340 Days	90 Days		340 Days
Panama City	5 Days	12 Days	12 Days	104 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Paris	25 Days	60 Days	25 Days	180 Days
Perth	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days	127 Days
Phnom Penh	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Podgorica	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Ponta Delgada				Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Port Moresby	75 Days	75 Days	75 Days	75 Days
Port Of Spain	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	9 Days
Porto Alegre	14 Days	3 Days	1 Day	23 Days
Prague	Same Day	3 Days	135 Days	136 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	64 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina	2 Days	64 Days		64 Days
Quebec	28 Days	81 Days	850 Days	850 Days
Quito	13 Days	5 Days	3 Days	281 Days
Rangoon	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days	150 Days
Recife	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Reykjavik	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	1 Day	5 Days	1 Day	64 Days
Riyadh	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rome	4 Days	3 Days	3 Days	21 Days
San Jose	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	202 Days
San Salvador	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	102 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	2 Days	30 Days	30 Days	29 Days
Santo Domingo	17 Days	27 Days	6 Days	246 Days
Sao Paulo	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	57 Days
Sapporo	14 Days
Sarajevo	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	10 Days
Seoul	1 Day	7 Days	8 Days	9 Days
Shanghai	6 Days	59 Days	10 Days	57 Days
Shenyang	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Singapore	2 Days	7 Days	3 Days	9 Days
Skopje	13 Days	13 Days	13 Days	13 Days
Sofia	3 Days	5 Days	7 Days	14 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	2 Days	1 Day	2 Days	30 Days
Surabaya	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days	30 Days
Suva	30 Days	30 Days	15 Days	30 Days
Sydney	28 Days	30 Days	24 Days	92 Days
Taipei	21 Days	51 Days	42 Days	51 Days
Tallinn	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Tashkent	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	12 Days
Tbilisi	3 Days	3 Days		40 Days
Tegucigalpa	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	365 Days
Tel Aviv	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days	56 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	266 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	266 Days
Tirana	10 Days	24 Days		63 Days
Tokyo	7 Days	13 Days	3 Days	35 Days
Toronto	14 Days	61 Days	684 Days	684 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	7 Days	3 Days	2 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	17 Days	34 Days	34 Days	90 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	1 Day	83 Days	48 Days	236 Days
Vienna	14 Days	14 Days	2 Days	11 Days
Vientiane	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Vilnius	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Washington Refugee Processing Center	54 Days	54 Days	54 Days	54 Days
Windhoek	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	55 Days
Wuhan	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	37 Days
Yaounde	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	69 Days	61 Days	61 Days	93 Days
Zagreb	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days

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