Visa Appointment Wait Times (2024)

Country	Interview Required Students/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)	Interview Waiver Students/Exchange Visitors (F, M, J)	Interview Waiver Petition-Based Temporary Workers (H, L, O, P, Q)	Interview Waiver Crew and Transit (C, D, C1/D)	Interview Waiver Visitors (B1/B2)
Guatemala (Guatemala City)	1 Day	3 Days	3 Days	371 Days	1 Day	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Suriname (Paramaribo)	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	104 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Timor Leste (Dili)	1 Day	1 Day	–	1 Day	–	–	–	–
Brazil (Sao Paulo)	6 Days	6 Days	2 Days	547 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	63 Days
Côte D’ivoire (Abidjan)	170 Days	2 Days	49 Days	245 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
El Salvador (San Salvador)	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	178 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Latvia (Riga)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Poland (Warsaw)	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	16 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Republic Of Congo (Brazzaville)	7 Days	114 Days	114 Days	114 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Angola (Luanda)	11 Days	3 Days	3 Days	27 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Burundi (Bujumbura)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
China (Beijing)	4 Days	5 Days	10 Days	32 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Estonia (Tallinn)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Fiji (Suva)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	13 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Ireland (Dublin)	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	6 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Micronesia (Kolonia)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Thailand (Bangkok)	2 Days	2 Days	21 Days	30 Days	1 Day	1 Day	2 Days	5 Days
Romania (Bucharest)	3 Days	5 Days		5 Days	5 Days	5 Days		5 Days
Bosnia And Herzegovina (Sarajevo)	7 Days	7 Days	5 Days	8 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Egypt (Cairo)	5 Days	5 Days	112 Days	112 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
Belize (Belmopan)	7 Days	7 Days	38 Days	38 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Bolivia (La Paz)	7 Days	7 Days	60 Days	60 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Bulgaria (Sofia)	2 Days	8 Days	13 Days	12 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)	419 Days	5 Days	8 Days	419 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days	8 Days
Cabo Verde (Praia)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	99 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Haiti (Port Au Prince)	17 Days	17 Days	400 Days	400 Days	400 Days	400 Days	400 Days	400 Days
Japan (Tokyo)	2 Days	10 Days	1 Day	36 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Moldova (Chisinau)	21 Days	21 Days	16 Days	100 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Montenegro (Podgorica)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	10 Days
Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby)	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Cameroon (Yaounde)	40 Days	40 Days	40 Days	107 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Croatia (Zagreb)	2 Days	17 Days	7 Days	17 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days
Germany (Berlin)	11 Days	29 Days	3 Days	91 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Paraguay (Asuncion)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	145 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Vietnam (Hanoi)	3 Days	9 Days	3 Days	3 Days	7 Days	7 Days	1 Days	7 Days
Argentina (Buenos Aires)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	241 Days	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days	31 Days
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	546 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Nicaragua (Managua)	5 Days	25 Days	25 Days	130 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Serbia (Belgrade)	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Bangladesh (Dhaka)	174 Days	7 Days	47 Days	337 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Cambodia (Phnom Penh)	8 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Honduras (Tegucigalpa)	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	27 Days
Kuwait (Kuwait City)	1 Day	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Mauritius (Port Louis)	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days
Pakistan (Islamabad)	21 Days	4 Days	4 Days	323 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Tunisia (Tunis)	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	140 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Azerbaijan (Baku)	2 Days	3 Days	1 Day	35 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Ecuador (Quito)	88 Days	1 Day	1 Day	271 Days	88 Days	1 Day	–	1 Day
Trinidad And Tobago (Port Of Spain)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	99 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	46 Days
Hong Kong (Hong Kong)	2 Days	3 Days	3 Days	18 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Israel (Jerusalem)	1 Day	1 Day	175 Days	175 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Jamaica (Kingston)	29 Days	49 Days	49 Days	113 Days	999 Days	1 Day	1 Day	5 Days
Slovakia (Bratislava)	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Madagascar (Antananarivo)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Albania (Tirana)	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	256 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Eritrea (Asmara)	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only
Guyana (Georgetown)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	65 Days	1 Day	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day
Qatar (Doha)	11 Days	11 Days	16 Days	28 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
The Gambia (Banjul)	90 Days	90 Days	90 Days	180 Days	999 Days	999 Days	3 Days	999 Days
Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)	49 Days	35 Days	35 Days	239 Days	44 Days	44 Days	44 Days	44 Days
Georgia (Tbilisi)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	179 Days	–	–	–	–
Denmark (Copenhagen)	8 Days	6 Days	5 Days	78 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Portugal (Lisbon)	2 Days	17 Days	4 Days	42 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	1 Days
Singapore (Singapore)	4 Days	3 Days	2 Days	3 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Philippines (Manila)	7 Days	21 Days	8 Days	148 Days	1 Day	1 Day	29 Days	1 Day
Lithuania (Vilnius)	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek)	9 Days	9 Days	9 Days	88 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	88 Days
Chad (N Djamena)	80 Days	80 Days	1 Day	80 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Oman (Muscat)	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Botswana (Gaborone)	14 Days	14 Days	1 Day	14 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Gabon (Libreville)	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	155 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Greece (Athens)	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	2 Days	1 Day	1 Day
Liberia (Monrovia)	4 Days	98 Days	98 Days	98 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)	57 Days	57 Days	57 Days	57 Days	57 Days	57 Days	57 Days	57 Days
Peru (Lima)	3 Days	3 Days	14 Days	831 Days	80 Days	58 Days	50 Days	56 Days
Slovenia (Ljubljana)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Uruguay (Montevideo)	7 Days	7 Days	234 Days	234 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Uzbekistan (Tashkent)	21 Days	30 Days	5 Days	100 Days	21 Days	30 Days	5 Days	28 Days
Mozambique (Maputo)	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	41 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Curacao (Curacao)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos)	212 Days	56 Days	409 Days	409 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Costa-Rica (San Jose)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	372 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	152 Days
Czech Republic (Prague)	1 Day	4 Days	23 Days	23 Days	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Lebanon (Beirut)	1 Day	1 Day	67 Days	67 Days	6 Days	–	–	6 Days
Italy (Rome)	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	14 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Mexico (Mexico City)	15 Days	35 Days	35 Days	679 Days	15 Days	35 Days	35 Days	176 Days
Algeria (Algiers)	18 Days	8 Days	88 Days	88 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)	3 Days	2 Days	21 Days	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Tajikistan (Dushanbe)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Colombia (Bogota)	20 Days	15 Days	5 Days	882 Days	43 Days	43 Days	43 Days	43 Days
Taiwan (Taipei)	32 Days	5 Days	6 Days	56 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Zambia (Lusaka)	27 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days
Belgium (Brussels)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	25 Days	25 Days	25 Days	25 Days
North Macedonia (Skopje)	16 Days	16 Days	16 Days	16 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Bermuda (Hamilton)	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days
Canada (Ottawa)	5 Days	89 Days	89 Days	477 Days	10 Days	10 Days	1 Day	10 Days
Iceland (Reykjavik)	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Indonesia (Jakarta)	3 Days	3 Days	4 Days	3 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Mali (Bamako)	7 Days	45 Days	1 Day	45 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Laos (Vientiane)	16 Days	16 Days	16 Days	114 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Norway (Oslo)	2 Days	7 Days	1 Day	7 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Malawi (Lilongwe)	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	71 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Hungary (Budapest)	40 Days	40 Days	40 Days	140 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
South Korea (Seoul)	2 Days	2 Days	2 Days	4 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Djibouti (Djibouti)	120 Days	120 Days	120 Days	120 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
Ghana (Accra)	110 Days	60 Days	60 Days	118 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Niger (Niamey)	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only	Emergency Appointments Only
Togo (Lome)	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	70 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
United Kingdom (London)	4 Days	30 Days	3 Days	89 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days
Austria (Vienna)	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	133 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days
South Africa (Pretoria)	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post	Non-Visa Processing Post
Bahamas (Nassau)	10 Days	2 Days	14 Days	161 Days	3 Days	3 Days	1 Day	3 Days
Sri Lanka (Colombo)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	30 Days	60 Days	60 Days	60 Days	30 Days
Namibia (Windhoek)	37 Days	37 Days	37 Days	37 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Zimbabwe (Harare)	3 Days	3 Days	1 Day	100 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)	15 Days	19 Days	19 Days	65 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)	90 Days	90 Days	–	140 Days	–	–	–	–
Guinea (Conakry)	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	78 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Mauritania (Nouakchott)	21 Days	21 Days	1 Day	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	1 Day	21 Days
Cyprus (Nicosia)	10 Days	10 Days	10 Days	95 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Malta (Valletta)	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
Sweden (Stockholm)	21 Days	8 Days	21 Days	63 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
Eswatini (Mbabane)	3 Days	21 Days	21 Days	21 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Finland (Helsinki)	9 Days	14 Days	14 Days	46 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Kenya (Nairobi)	93 Days	70 Days	70 Days	211 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Benin (Cotonou)	259 Days	259 Days	259 Days	259 Days	259 Days	259 Days	259 Days	259 Days
Sierra Leone (Freetown)	21 Days	71 Days	71 Days	71 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Uganda (Kampala)	21 Days	21 Days	30 Days	240 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	99 Days	128 Days	5 Days	526 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Spain (Madrid)	7 Days	82 Days	91 Days	363 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	1 Day
Chile (Santiago)	99 Days	175 Days	175 Days	353 Days	12 Days	12 Days	1 Day	315 Days
Nepal (Kathmandu)	189 Days	7 Days	7 Days	434 Days	10 Days	10 Days	–	10 Days
Australia (Melbourne)	27 Days	3 Days	3 Days	45 Days	1 Day	1 Day	4 Days	4 Days
Kosovo (Pristina)	3 Days	142 Days	142 Days	142 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days	15 Days
France (Paris)	7 Days	10 Days	2 Days	29 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Barbados (Bridgetown)	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days	5 Days
India (New Delhi)	53 Days	31 Days	47 Days	626 Days	23 Days	18 Days	22 Days	17 Days
Senegal (Dakar)	12 Days	12 Days	12 Days	185 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Jordan (Amman)	28 Days	4 Days	4 Days	248 Days	3 Days	3 Days	3 Days	17 Days
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)	87 Days	93 Days	9 Days	93 Days	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days	4 Days
Armenia (Yerevan)	260 Days	16 Days	16 Days	291 Days	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day	1 Day
Panama (Panama City)	15 Days	15 Days	50 Days	311 Days	113 Days	113 Days	7 Days	113 Days
Democratic Republic Of The Congo (Kinshasa)	55 Days	7 Days	7 Days	80 Days	–	–	–	–

Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html

You can check freshly updated for processing times in the State Department website.

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