Last updated: 5-2-2024

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	42 Days	1 Day	1 Day	233 Days
Abu Dhabi	38 Days	24 Days		451 Days
Abuja	189 Days	4 Days	435 Days	435 Days
Accra	206 Days	32 Days	3 Days	418 Days
Adana				Closed
Addis Ababa	51 Days	177 Days	44 Days	177 Days
Algiers	83 Days	1 Day	1 Day	130 Days
Almaty	6 Days	8 Days	8 Days	10 Days
Amman	25 Days	17 Days	17 Days	172 Days
Amsterdam	18 Days	5 Days	13 Days	39 Days
Ankara	25 Days	8 Days		466 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	52 Days
Bandar Seri Begawan	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Bangkok	3 Days	37 Days	39 Days	71 Days
Bangui				Non-Visa Processing Post
Banjul	40 Days	40 Days	40 Days	180 Days
Barcelona				Non-Visa Processing Post
Beijing	7 Days	7 Days	33 Days	70 Days
Beirut	20 Days	20 Days	160 Days	160 Days
Belfast	19 Days	19 Days	19 Days	105 Days
Belgrade	2 Days	21 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Belmopan	7 Days	7 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Berlin	10 Days	27 Days	1 Day	22 Days
Bern	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	3 Days
Bishkek	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	56 Days
Bogota	17 Days	17 Days	17 Days	649 Days
Brasilia	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	21 Days
Bratislava	15 Days	8 Days	8 Days	7 Days
Brazzaville	49 Days	49 Days	352 Days	352 Days
Bridgetown	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	41 Days
Brussels	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Bucharest	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	60 Days
Budapest	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	160 Days
Buenos Aires	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	105 Days
Bujumbura	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Cairo	5 Days	5 Days	78 Days	78 Days
Calgary	29 Days	42 Days	834 Days	834 Days
Canberra				Non-Visa Processing Post
Cape Town	3 Days	9 Days	9 Days	17 Days
Caracas				Closed
Casablanca	10 Days	190 Days	190 Days	190 Days
Chengdu				Closed
Chennai ( Madras)	326 Days	35 Days	3 Days	507 Days
Chiang Mai	7 Days		7 Days	60 Days
Chisinau	9 Days	21 Days	16 Days	70 Days
Ciudad Juarez	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	805 Days
Colombo	21 Days	14 Days	30 Days	90 Days
Conakry	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Copenhagen	2 Days	2 Days	14 Days	55 Days
Cotonou	132 Days	132 Days	132 Days	132 Days
Curacao	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	45 Days
Dakar	10 Days	10 Days	12 Days	95 Days
Damascus				Closed
Dar Es Salaam	28 Days	2 Days	2 Days	92 Days
Dhahran	2 Days	2 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Dhaka	303 Days	11 Days	38 Days	282 Days
Dili	Same Day			Same Day
Djibouti	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days	35 Days
Doha	94 Days	7 Days	7 Days	120 Days
Dubai	38 Days	57 Days		367 Days
Dublin	6 Days	16 Days	3 Days	26 Days
Durban	1 Day	21 Days	21 Days	17 Days
Dushanbe	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Erbil				Emergency Appointments Only
Florence	7 Days	4 Days	7 Days	24 Days
Frankfurt	16 Days	10 Days	17 Days	24 Days
Freetown	71 Days	71 Days	71 Days	71 Days
Fukuoka				Non-Visa Processing Post
Gaborone	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Georgetown	1 Day	Same Day	1 Day	29 Days
Guadalajara	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	826 Days
Guangzhou	7 Days	7 Days	3 Days	117 Days
Guatemala City	3 Days	3 Days	14 Days	568 Days
Guayaquil	16 Days	84 Days	112 Days	269 Days
Halifax	60 Days	90 Days	877 Days	877 Days
Hamilton	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Hanoi	6 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 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	26 Days	20 Days	20 Days	27 Days
Hong Kong	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	84 Days
Hyderabad	280 Days	15 Days	1 Day	282 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	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days
Jerusalem	107 Days	72 Days	31 Days	31 Days
Johannesburg	14 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Juba				Closed
Kabul				Closed
Kampala	75 Days	60 Days	60 Days	220 Days
Kaohsiung				Non-Visa Processing Post
Karachi	30 Days	4 Days	3 Days	183 Days
Kathmandu	316 Days	8 Days	15 Days	386 Days
Khartoum				Closed
Kigali	57 Days	64 Days	64 Days	64 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	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Koror	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Krakow	14 Days	16 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Kuala Lumpur	3 Days	9 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Kuwait	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kyiv				Closed
La Paz	5 Days	2 Days	90 Days	90 Days
Lagos	148 Days	9 Days	437 Days	437 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	8 Days	9 Days	9 Days	2 Days
Ljubljana	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days
Lome	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	120 Days
London	13 Days	15 Days	15 Days	105 Days
Luanda	14 Days	1 Day	1 Day	15 Days
Lusaka	37 Days	248 Days	248 Days	248 Days
Luxembourg	9 Days	13 Days	9 Days	9 Days
Madrid	21 Days	46 Days	44 Days	746 Days
Majuro				Emergency Appointments Only
Malabo	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days	323 Days
Managua	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	8 Days
Manama	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	16 Days
Manila	30 Days	22 Days	14 Days	56 Days
Maputo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Marseille				Closed
Maseru				Closed
Matamoros	2 Days	7 Days	3 Days	633 Days
Mbabane	14 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days
Melbourne	30 Days	8 Days	16 Days	63 Days
Merida	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	794 Days
Mexicali Tpf				Closed
Mexico City	1 Day	14 Days	14 Days	878 Days
Milan	3 Days	4 Days	4 Days	14 Days
Minsk				Closed
Monrovia	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Monterrey	7 Days	3 Days	1 Day	654 Days
Montevideo	3 Days	1 Day	63 Days	63 Days
Montreal				Emergency Appointments Only
Moscow				Closed
Mumbai (Bombay)	947 Days		2 Days	498 Days
Munich	24 Days	24 Days	24 Days	28 Days
Muscat	135 Days	135 Days	135 Days	135 Days
N`Djamena	32 Days	178 Days	178 Days	178 Days
Naha	1 Day	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days
Nairobi	22 Days	16 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Naples	3 Days	4 Days	4 Days	14 Days
Nassau	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	76 Days
New Delhi	205 Days		95 Days	162 Days
Niamey	98 Days		98 Days	98 Days
Nicosia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Nogales	1 Day	7 Days	7 Days	680 Days
Nouakchott	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Nuevo Laredo	1 Day	1 Day	659 Days	659 Days
Osaka/Kobe	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	131 Days
Oslo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ottawa	60 Days	90 Days	150 Days	913 Days
Ouagadougou	269 Days	237 Days	265 Days	274 Days
Panama City	9 Days	8 Days	8 Days	461 Days
Paramaribo	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days
Paris	4 Days	8 Days	4 Days	519 Days
Perth	63 Days	63 Days	63 Days	63 Days
Phnom Penh	8 Days	29 Days	29 Days	29 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	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Port Of Spain	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	18 Days
Porto Alegre	4 Days	4 Days	3 Days	43 Days
Prague	15 Days	31 Days	40 Days	40 Days
Praia	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	91 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	22 Days
Reykjavik	64 Days	64 Days	64 Days	64 Days
Riga	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Rio De Janeiro	9 Days	6 Days	13 Days	90 Days
Riyadh	58 Days	25 Days	59 Days	59 Days
Rome	3 Days	4 Days	4 Days	14 Days
San Jose	7 Days	4 Days	7 Days	498 Days
San Salvador	4 Days	4 Days	19 Days	198 Days
Sanaa				Closed
Santiago	14 Days	3 Days	3 Days	14 Days
Santo Domingo	7 Days	6 Days	13 Days	209 Days
Sao Paulo	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	63 Days
Sapporo	60 Days
Sarajevo	79 Days	10 Days	10 Days	110 Days
Seoul	1 Day	2 Days	18 Days	18 Days
Shanghai	15 Days	79 Days	35 Days	113 Days
Shenyang	2 Days	3 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Singapore	14 Days	17 Days	10 Days	70 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	1 Day	3 Days	3 Days	68 Days
Surabaya	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	22 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	25 Days	4 Days	7 Days	196 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	102 Days
Tokyo	8 Days	2 Days	8 Days	63 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	20 Days	33 Days	66 Days
Vientiane	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Vilnius	1 Day	7 Days	1 Day	7 Days
Vladivostok				Closed
Warsaw	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days
Windhoek	51 Days	51 Days	51 Days	51 Days
Wuhan	5 Days	11 Days	11 Days
Yaounde	30 Days	6 Days	58 Days	40 Days
Yekaterinburg				Closed
Yerevan	22 Days	27 Days	27 Days	127 Days
Zagreb	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day

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