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Global Visa Wait Times

Last updated: 12-15-2023

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.

Interview
Interview
Interview Required
Required Interview
Required
Petition-Based Required
City/Post Crew and
Student/Exchange Temporary
Transit (C, D, Visitors (B1/B2)
Visitors (F, M, J) Workers (H, L, O,
C1/D)
P, Q)
Abidjan 65 Days 1 Day 2 Days 196 Days
Abu Dhabi 30 Days 49 Days 4 Days 415 Days
Abuja 106 Days 2 Days 664 Days 664 Days
Accra 223 Days 90 Days 60 Days 266 Days
Adana Closed
Addis Ababa 11 Days 23 Days 23 Days 23 Days
Algiers 51 Days 2 Days 143 Days 143 Days
Almaty 5 Days 7 Days 7 Days 23 Days
Amman 1 Day 2 Days 2 Days 203 Days
Amsterdam 31 Days 3 Days 3 Days 118 Days
Ankara 21 Days 35 Days 183 Days
Antananarivo 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Apia 77 Days 77 Days 77 Days 77 Days
Ashgabat 22 Days 22 Days 22 Days 22 Days
Emergency
Asmara Appointments
Only
Astana 23 Days 1 Day 1 Day 39 Days
Asuncion 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 248 Days
Athens 30 Days 30 Days 35 Days 30 Days
Auckland 6 Days 6 Days 54 Days 54 Days
E
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Emergency
Baghdad Appointments
Only
Baku 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Days
Bamako 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 64 Days
Bandar Seri
7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Begawan
Bangkok 1 Day 2 Days 1 Day 114 Days
Non-Visa
Bangui
Processing Post
Banjul 100 Days 90 Days 90 Days 140 Days
Non-Visa
Barcelona
Processing Post
Beijing 7 Days 8 Days 15 Days 80 Days
Emergency
Beirut Appointments
Only
Belfast 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 110 Days
Belgrade 3 Days 21 Days 5 Days 17 Days
Belmopan 7 Days 7 Days 42 Days 42 Days
Berlin 22 Days 23 Days 22 Days 17 Days
Bern 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Bishkek 16 Days 16 Days 16 Days 106 Days
Bogota 11 Days 13 Days 8 Days 733 Days
Brasilia 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 21 Days
Bratislava 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Brazzaville 57 Days 57 Days 282 Days 282 Days
Bridgetown 1 Day 1 Day 7 Days 22 Days
Brussels 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Bucharest 2 Days 3 Days 2 Days 27 Days
Budapest 40 Days 40 Days 40 Days 150 Days
Buenos Aires 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 316 Days
Bujumbura 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days
Cairo 5 Days 5 Days 93 Days 113 Days
Calgary 35 Days 128 Days 878 Days 878 Days
Non-Visa
Canberra
Processing Post
Cape Town 1 Day 2 Days 2 Days 16 Days
Caracas Closed
Casablanca 16 Days 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days
Chengdu Closed
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Chennai (
65 Days 94 Days 42 Days 444 Days
Madras)
Chiang Mai 7 Days 7 Days 85 Days
Chisinau 7 Days 7 Days 2 Days 49 Days
Ciudad Juarez 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 828 Days
Colombo 14 Days 7 Days 20 Days 20 Days
Conakry 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Copenhagen 16 Days 3 Days 1 Day 17 Days
Cotonou 269 Days 269 Days 269 Days 269 Days
Emergency
Curacao Appointments
Only
Dakar 10 Days 10 Days 12 Days 86 Days
Damascus Closed
Dar Es Salaam 112 Days 112 Days 112 Days 173 Days
Dhahran 2 Days 3 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Dhaka 169 Days 27 Days 53 Days 284 Days
Dili Same Day Same Day
Djibouti 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days 90 Days
Doha 27 Days 5 Days 5 Days 100 Days
Dubai 50 Days 56 Days 394 Days
Dublin 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 9 Days
Durban 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Dushanbe 18 Days 18 Days 18 Days 18 Days
Emergency
Erbil Appointments
Only
Florence 1 Day 1 Day 4 Days 18 Days
Frankfurt 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 3 Days
Freetown 99 Days 99 Days 99 Days 99 Days
Non-Visa
Fukuoka
Processing Post
Gaborone 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
Georgetown Same Day Same Day Same Day 9 Days
Guadalajara 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 833 Days
Guangzhou 4 Days 4 Days 22 Days 157 Days
Guatemala
2 Days 2 Days 10 Days 485 Days
City
Guayaquil 16 Days 28 Days 317 Days 317 Days
Halifax 25 Days 150 Days 609 Days 609 Days
Hamilton 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days 60 Days
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Hanoi 17 Days 17 Days 11 Days 21 Days

Harare 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 7 Days
Emergency
Havana Appointments
Only
Helsinki 15 Days 2 Days 16 Days 55 Days
Hermosillo 4 Days 8 Days 1 Day 738 Days
Ho Chi Minh
12 Days 5 Days 5 Days 14 Days
City
Hong Kong 2 Days 16 Days 3 Days 101 Days
Hyderabad 165 Days 52 Days 1 Day 269 Days
Islamabad 2 Days 339 Days
Istanbul 405 Days 55 Days 46 Days 363 Days
Jakarta 2 Days 2 Days 7 Days 21 Days
Jeddah 17 Days 9 Days 9 Days 17 Days
Jerusalem 3 Days 3 Days 247 Days 247 Days
Johannesburg 1 Day 2 Days 1 Day 2 Days
Juba Closed
Kabul Closed
Kampala 120 Days 120 Days 90 Days 516 Days
Non-Visa
Kaohsiung
Processing Post
Karachi 31 Days 7 Days 9 Days 147 Days
Kathmandu 157 Days 30 Days 8 Days 361 Days
Khartoum Closed
Kigali 44 Days 57 Days
Kingston 8 Days 7 Days 10 Days 36 Days
Kinshasa 266 Days 7 Days 7 Days 108 Days
Kolkata 167 Days 186 Days
Kolonia 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Koror 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days
Krakow 7 Days 3 Days 1 Day 1 Day
Kuala Lumpur 2 Days 2 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Kuwait 1 Day 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Kyiv Closed
La Paz 7 Days 2 Days 90 Days 90 Days
Lagos 48 Days 27 Days 428 Days 428 Days
Lahore Closed
Libreville 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 190 Days
Lilongwe 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 171 Days
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Lima 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 268 Days

Lisbon 17 Days 24 Days 4 Days 1 Day
Ljubljana 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Lome 21 Days 21 Days 21 Days 120 Days
London 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 110 Days
Luanda 16 Days 6 Days 6 Days 70 Days
Lusaka 2 Days 304 Days 304 Days 304 Days
Luxembourg 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days 12 Days
Madrid 26 Days 26 Days 38 Days 438 Days
Majuro 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Malabo 20 Days 20 Days 20 Days 20 Days
Managua 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Manama 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 48 Days
Manila 22 Days 25 Days 22 Days 39 Days
Maputo 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Marseille Closed
Maseru Closed
Matamoros 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 726 Days
Mbabane 7 Days 35 Days 35 Days 35 Days
Melbourne 4 Days 36 Days 2 Days 50 Days
Merida 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 762 Days
Mexicali Tpf Closed
Mexico City 8 Days 36 Days 36 Days 854 Days
Milan 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Minsk Closed
Monrovia 18 Days 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days
Monterrey 3 Days 2 Days 2 Days 771 Days
Montevideo 1 Day 3 Days 123 Days 123 Days
Emergency
Montreal Appointments
Only
Moscow Closed
Mumbai
217 Days 21 Days 213 Days
(Bombay)
Munich 15 Days 15 Days 15 Days 17 Days
Muscat 63 Days 63 Days 63 Days 63 Days
N`Djamena 47 Days 170 Days 170 Days 170 Days
Naha 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Nairobi 191 Days 61 Days 106 Days 229 Days
Naples 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
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Nassau 3 Days 5 Days 3 Days 19 Days

New Delhi 28 Days 7 Days 52 Days 197 Days
Emergency
Niamey Appointments
Only
Nicosia 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days 4 Days
Nogales 1 Day 7 Days 7 Days 763 Days
Nouakchott 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Nuevo Laredo 11 Days 3 Days 668 Days 668 Days
Osaka/Kobe 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 30 Days
Oslo 2 Days 1 Day 1 Day 3 Days
Ottawa 60 Days 90 Days 150 Days 698 Days
Emergency
Ouagadougou Appointments
Only
Panama City 24 Days 2 Days 218 Days 443 Days
Paramaribo 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 90 Days
Paris 3 Days 7 Days 1 Day 210 Days
Perth 52 Days 52 Days 52 Days 52 Days
Phnom Penh 45 Days 35 Days 35 Days 35 Days
Podgorica 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Non-Visa
Ponta Delgada
Processing Post
Emergency
Port Au Prince Appointments
Only
Port Louis 51 Days 51 Days 51 Days 51 Days
Port Moresby 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Port Of Spain 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 67 Days
Porto Alegre 25 Days 2 Days 43 Days
Prague 4 Days 4 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Praia 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 118 Days
Non-Visa
Pretoria
Processing Post
Pristina 2 Days 86 Days 50 Days
Quebec 43 Days 150 Days 150 Days 675 Days
Quito 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 424 Days
Rangoon 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days 150 Days
Recife Same Day 2 Days 2 Days 238 Days
Reykjavik 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
Riga 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
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Rio De Janeiro 28 Days 30 Days 16 Days 49 Days
Riyadh 11 Days 2 Days 24 Days 24 Days
Rome 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days 2 Days
San Jose 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 451 Days
San Salvador 11 Days 7 Days 7 Days 326 Days
Sanaa Closed
Santiago 16 Days 3 Days 3 Days 31 Days
Santo
22 Days 3 Days 3 Days 252 Days
Domingo
Sao Paulo 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 22 Days
Sapporo 60 Days
Sarajevo 10 Days 10 Days 10 Days 17 Days
Seoul 4 Days 16 Days 49 Days 49 Days
Shanghai 2 Days 8 Days 18 Days 175 Days
Shenyang 3 Days 8 Days 50 Days 50 Days
Singapore 2 Days 8 Days 11 Days 2 Days
Skopje 18 Days 18 Days 18 Days 18 Days
Sofia 4 Days 2 Days 6 Days 1 Day
St Georges Closed
St Petersburg Closed
Stockholm 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 78 Days
Surabaya 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 22 Days
Suva 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days 5 Days
Sydney 5 Days 35 Days 14 Days 91 Days
Taipei 24 Days 22 Days 22 Days 51 Days
Tallinn 7 Days 7 Days 7 Days 10 Days
Tashkent 14 Days 30 Days 7 Days 60 Days
Tbilisi 28 Days 28 Days 28 Days 333 Days
Tegucigalpa 2 Days 2 Days 4 Days 787 Days
Tel Aviv 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 49 Days
Tijuana 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 826 Days
Tijuana Tpf 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 819 Days
Tirana 14 Days 14 Days 14 Days 88 Days
Tokyo 3 Days 4 Days 4 Days 23 Days
Toronto 105 Days 85 Days 774 Days 774 Days
Tripoli Closed
Tunis 8 Days 8 Days 8 Days 150 Days
Ulaanbaatar 15 Days 13 Days 13 Days 129 Days
Usun-New
7 Days 7 Days 7 Days
York
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York
Valletta 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days
Vancouver 7 Days 408 Days 408 Days 762 Days
Vienna 28 Days 65 Days 16 Days 70 Days
Vientiane 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 20 Days
Vilnius 2 Days 16 Days 2 Days 2 Days
Vladivostok Closed
Warsaw 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days
Windhoek 55 Days 55 Days 55 Days 55 Days
Yaounde 38 Days 38 Days 38 Days 38 Days
Yekaterinburg Closed
Yerevan 211 Days 28 Days 28 Days 226 Days
Zagreb 2 Days 10 Days 3 Days 10 Days

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