Last updated: 4-19-2024

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	37 Days	2 Days	2 Days	231 Days
Abu Dhabi	24 Days	12 Days		416 Days
Abuja	177 Days	2 Days	421 Days	421 Days
Accra	341 Days	31 Days	3 Days	390 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	53 Days	53 Days	2 Days	135 Days
Algiers	89 Days	1 Day	1 Day	185 Days
Almaty	7 Days	8 Days	8 Days	7 Days
Amman	57 Days	7 Days	7 Days	159 Days
Amsterdam	18 Days	5 Days	13 Days	39 Days
Ankara	45 Days	43 Days		472 Days
Antananarivo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Apia	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Ashgabat	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Asmara				Emergency Appointments Only
Astana	8 Days	1 Day	1 Day	49 Days
Asuncion	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	176 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	2 Days
Bamako	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	49 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	42 Days	42 Days	42 Days	42 Days
Bangkok	6 Days	8 Days	1 Day	68 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	40 Days	40 Days	40 Days	180 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	2 Days	2 Days	16 Days	51 Days
Beirut	22 Days	35 Days	162 Days	162 Days
Belfast	18 Days	18 Days	18 Days	150 Days
Belgrade	3 Days	21 Days	3 Days	4 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Berlin	18 Days	50 Days	2 Days	17 Days
Bern	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Bishkek	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	63 Days
Bogota	10 Days	3 Days	3 Days	685 Days
Brasilia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	17 Days
Bratislava	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Brazzaville	49 Days	49 Days	352 Days	352 Days
Bridgetown	23 Days	7 Days	17 Days	86 Days
Brussels	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Bucharest	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	60 Days
Budapest	40 Days	35 Days	35 Days	170 Days
Buenos Aires	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	87 Days
Bujumbura	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days	6 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	43 Days	43 Days
Calgary	22 Days	64 Days	828 Days	828 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	1 Day	3 Days	3 Days	9 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	3 Days	235 Days	235 Days	235 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	340 Days	35 Days	3 Days	507 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	60 Days
Chisinau	9 Days	9 Days	15 Days	14 Days
Ciudad Juarez	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	815 Days
Colombo	21 Days	21 Days	30 Days	85 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	2 Days	2 Days	14 Days	55 Days
Cotonou	300 Days	300 Days	300 Days	300 Days
Curacao	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	45 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	94 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	28 Days	2 Days	2 Days	92 Days
Dhahran	10 Days	10 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Dhaka	275 Days	14 Days	59 Days	281 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Doha	23 Days	8 Days	8 Days	122 Days
Dubai	24 Days	43 Days		350 Days
Dublin	18 Days	14 Days	4 Days	20 Days
Durban	1 Day	10 Days	10 Days	9 Days
Dushanbe	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Erbil	3 Days	365 Days	3 Days	365 Days
Florence	7 Days	4 Days	7 Days	24 Days
Frankfurt	6 Days	6 Days	13 Days	13 Days
Freetown	120 Days	142 Days	142 Days	142 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	1 Day	Same Day	1 Day	7 Days
Guadalajara	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	821 Days
Guangzhou	10 Days	6 Days	5 Days	112 Days
Guatemala City	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days	570 Days
Guayaquil	78 Days	91 Days	21 Days	269 Days
Halifax	60 Days	90 Days	877 Days	877 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	3 Days	5 Days	3 Days	2 Days
Harare	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	50 Days
Havana				Emergency Appointments Only
Helsinki	26 Days	21 Days	23 Days	45 Days
Hermosillo	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	693 Days
Ho Chi Minh City	26 Days	20 Days	20 Days	27 Days
Hong Kong	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	86 Days
Hyderabad	294 Days	16 Days	1 Day	296 Days
Islamabad	2 Days			357 Days
Istanbul	88 Days	104 Days	4 Days	553 Days
Jakarta	4 Days	4 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Jeddah	5 Days	7 Days	7 Days	37 Days
Jerusalem	94 Days	107 Days	108 Days	108 Days
Johannesburg	22 Days	22 Days	22 Days	28 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	75 Days	60 Days	60 Days	180 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	9 Days	3 Days	3 Days	185 Days
Kathmandu	333 Days	8 Days	8 Days	353 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	49 Days	70 Days	70 Days	70 Days
Kingston	9 Days	8 Days	2 Days	15 Days
Kinshasa	266 Days	7 Days	7 Days	108 Days
Kolkata	290 Days			162 Days
Kolonia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Koror	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Krakow	9 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kuala Lumpur	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	7 Days	2 Days	80 Days	80 Days
Lagos	115 Days	14 Days	429 Days	429 Days
Lahore				Closed
Libreville	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days	119 Days
Lilongwe	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	171 Days
Lima	13 Days	13 Days	13 Days	334 Days
Lisbon	23 Days	38 Days	58 Days	1 Day
Ljubljana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	120 Days
London	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	150 Days
Luanda	20 Days	1 Day	1 Day	19 Days
Lusaka	68 Days	239 Days	239 Days	239 Days
Luxembourg	28 Days	19 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Madrid	24 Days	32 Days	37 Days	738 Days
Majuro				Emergency Appointments Only
Malabo	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days
Managua	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Manama	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	18 Days
Manila	26 Days	29 Days	23 Days	50 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	2 Days	8 Days	2 Days	633 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Melbourne	29 Days	16 Days	22 Days	78 Days
Merida	24 Days	2 Days	1 Day	792 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	3 Days	9 Days	9 Days	833 Days
Milan	7 Days	1 Day	2 Days	21 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Monterrey	8 Days	1 Day	1 Day	735 Days
Montevideo	17 Days	8 Days	68 Days	68 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	311 Days		2 Days	477 Days
Munich	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	28 Days
Muscat	133 Days	133 Days	133 Days	133 Days
N`Djamena	32 Days	178 Days	178 Days	178 Days
Naha	1 Day	3 Days	3 Days	30 Days
Nairobi	25 Days	14 Days	13 Days	36 Days
Naples	7 Days	1 Day	2 Days	21 Days
Nassau	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	66 Days
New Delhi	212 Days		87 Days	169 Days
Niamey	176 Days		176 Days	176 Days
Nicosia	2 Days	4 Days	2 Days	3 Days
Nogales	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	679 Days
Nouakchott	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Nuevo Laredo	17 Days	3 Days	659 Days	659 Days
Osaka/Kobe	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	87 Days
Oslo	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ottawa	60 Days	90 Days	150 Days	913 Days
Ouagadougou	283 Days	283 Days	283 Days	283 Days
Panama City	8 Days	2 Days	99 Days	477 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Paris	7 Days	57 Days	10 Days	515 Days
Perth	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Phnom Penh	14 Days	19 Days	19 Days	19 Days
Podgorica	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ponta Delgada				Non-Visa Processing Post
Port Au Prince				Emergency Appointments Only
Port Louis	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
Port Moresby	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Port Of Spain	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	24 Days
Porto Alegre	3 Days	3 Days	1 Day	15 Days
Prague	9 Days	49 Days	38 Days	38 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	101 Days
Pretoria				Non-Visa Processing Post
Pristina		57 Days		57 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	48 Days
Reykjavik	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	52 Days
Riyadh	38 Days	16 Days	73 Days	73 Days
Rome	7 Days	1 Day	2 Days	21 Days
San Jose	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	493 Days
San Salvador	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	189 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days
Santo Domingo	7 Days	3 Days	2 Days	183 Days
Sao Paulo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	115 Days
Sapporo	60 Days
Sarajevo	79 Days	10 Days	10 Days	110 Days
Seoul	2 Days	1 Day	28 Days	28 Days
Shanghai	17 Days	2 Days	17 Days	119 Days
Shenyang	2 Days	3 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Singapore	12 Days	18 Days	8 Days	43 Days
Skopje	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days
Sofia	10 Days	15 Days	20 Days	18 Days
St Georges				Closed
St Petersburg				Closed
Stockholm	1 Day	3 Days	3 Days	68 Days
Surabaya	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	7 Days
Suva	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days	38 Days
Sydney	18 Days	17 Days	17 Days	75 Days
Taipei	27 Days	14 Days	5 Days	112 Days
Tallinn	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days
Tashkent	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Tbilisi	25 Days	4 Days	7 Days	196 Days
Tegucigalpa	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	862 Days
Tel Aviv	7 Days	1 Day	1 Day	169 Days
Tijuana	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	870 Days
Tijuana Tpf	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	870 Days
Tirana	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	107 Days
Tokyo	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	43 Days
Toronto	58 Days	56 Days	844 Days	844 Days
Tripoli				Closed
Tunis	8 Days	1 Day	8 Days	150 Days
Ulaanbaatar	47 Days	26 Days	26 Days	137 Days
Usun-New York	7 Days	7 Days		7 Days
Valletta	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Vancouver	23 Days	51 Days	51 Days	745 Days
Vienna	50 Days	10 Days	30 Days	66 Days
Vientiane	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Vilnius	10 Days	2 Days	2 Days	10 Days
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	17 Days
Windhoek	37 Days	37 Days	37 Days	37 Days
Yaounde	6 Days	6 Days	58 Days	58 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	22 Days	27 Days	27 Days	148 Days
Zagreb	2 Days	9 Days	2 Days	9 Days

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