Visa Appointment Wait Times (2025)

At the time, the Nonimmigrant Visa Appointment wait time is as follows:

All Other Nonimmigrant Visas (by calendar days)

CountryInterview 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 Day3 Days3 Days371 Days1 Day8 Days8 Days8 DaysSuriname (Paramaribo)5 Days5 Days5 Days104 Days5 Days5 Days5 Days5 DaysTimor Leste (Dili)1 Day1 Day-1 Day----Brazil (Sao Paulo)6 Days6 Days2 Days547 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day63 DaysCôte D’ivoire (Abidjan)170 Days2 Days49 Days245 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayEl Salvador (San Salvador)5 Days5 Days5 Days178 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysLatvia (Riga)1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayPoland (Warsaw)15 Days15 Days15 Days16 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysRepublic Of Congo (Brazzaville)7 Days114 Days114 Days114 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysAngola (Luanda)11 Days3 Days3 Days27 Days3 Days3 Days3 Days3 DaysBurundi (Bujumbura)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayChina (Beijing)4 Days5 Days10 Days32 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysEstonia (Tallinn)1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayFiji (Suva)1 Day1 Day1 Day13 Days3 Days3 Days3 Days3 DaysIreland (Dublin)5 Days5 Days5 Days6 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMicronesia (Kolonia)1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayThailand (Bangkok)2 Days2 Days21 Days30 Days1 Day1 Day2 Days5 DaysRomania (Bucharest)3 Days5 Days 5 Days5 Days5 Days 5 DaysBosnia And Herzegovina (Sarajevo)7 Days7 Days5 Days8 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysEgypt (Cairo)5 Days5 Days112 Days112 Days5 Days5 Days5 Days5 DaysBelize (Belmopan)7 Days7 Days38 Days38 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysBolivia (La Paz)7 Days7 Days60 Days60 Days14 Days14 Days14 Days14 DaysBrunei (Bandar Seri Begawan)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysBulgaria (Sofia)2 Days8 Days13 Days12 Days14 Days14 Days14 Days14 DaysBurkina Faso (Ouagadougou)419 Days5 Days8 Days419 Days8 Days8 Days8 Days8 DaysCabo Verde (Praia)1 Day1 Day1 Day99 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayHaiti (Port Au Prince)17 Days17 Days400 Days400 Days400 Days400 Days400 Days400 DaysJapan (Tokyo)2 Days10 Days1 Day36 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMoldova (Chisinau)21 Days21 Days16 Days100 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMontenegro (Podgorica)7 Days7 Days7 Days14 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days10 DaysPapua New Guinea (Port Moresby)2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysCameroon (Yaounde)40 Days40 Days40 Days107 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayCroatia (Zagreb)2 Days17 Days7 Days17 Days10 Days10 Days10 Days10 DaysGermany (Berlin)11 Days29 Days3 Days91 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayParaguay (Asuncion)7 Days7 Days7 Days145 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayVietnam (Hanoi)3 Days9 Days3 Days3 Days7 Days7 Days1 Days7 DaysArgentina (Buenos Aires)1 Day1 Day1 Day241 Days31 Days31 Days31 Days31 DaysDominican Republic (Santo Domingo)7 Days7 Days7 Days546 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayNicaragua (Managua)5 Days25 Days25 Days130 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DaySerbia (Belgrade)2 Days2 Days2 Days3 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayBangladesh (Dhaka)174 Days7 Days47 Days337 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayCambodia (Phnom Penh)8 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysHonduras (Tegucigalpa)2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days27 DaysKuwait (Kuwait City)1 Day2 Days2 Days2 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysMauritius (Port Louis)41 Days41 Days41 Days41 Days41 Days41 Days41 Days41 DaysPakistan (Islamabad)21 Days4 Days4 Days323 Days14 Days14 Days14 Days14 DaysTunisia (Tunis)14 Days14 Days14 Days140 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayAzerbaijan (Baku)2 Days3 Days1 Day35 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayEcuador (Quito)88 Days1 Day1 Day271 Days88 Days1 Day-1 DayTrinidad And Tobago (Port Of Spain)1 Day1 Day1 Day99 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day46 DaysHong Kong (Hong Kong)2 Days3 Days3 Days18 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayIsrael (Jerusalem)1 Day1 Day175 Days175 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayJamaica (Kingston)29 Days49 Days49 Days113 Days999 Days1 Day1 Day5 DaysSlovakia (Bratislava)2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysMadagascar (Antananarivo)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysAlbania (Tirana)14 Days14 Days14 Days256 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayEritrea (Asmara)Emergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyGuyana (Georgetown)1 Day1 Day1 Day65 Days1 Day1 Day2 Days1 DayQatar (Doha)11 Days11 Days16 Days28 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayThe Gambia (Banjul)90 Days90 Days90 Days180 Days999 Days999 Days3 Days999 DaysMongolia (Ulaanbaatar)49 Days35 Days35 Days239 Days44 Days44 Days44 Days44 DaysGeorgia (Tbilisi)7 Days7 Days7 Days179 Days----Denmark (Copenhagen)8 Days6 Days5 Days78 Days3 Days3 Days3 Days3 DaysPortugal (Lisbon)2 Days17 Days4 Days42 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days1 DaysSingapore (Singapore)4 Days3 Days2 Days3 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysPhilippines (Manila)7 Days21 Days8 Days148 Days1 Day1 Day29 Days1 DayLithuania (Vilnius)2 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayKyrgyzstan (Bishkek)9 Days9 Days9 Days88 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day88 DaysChad (N Djamena)80 Days80 Days1 Day80 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayOman (Muscat)15 Days15 Days15 Days15 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayBotswana (Gaborone)14 Days14 Days1 Day14 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayGabon (Libreville)14 Days14 Days14 Days155 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysGreece (Athens)1 Day2 Days1 Day2 Days1 Day2 Days1 Day1 DayLiberia (Monrovia)4 Days98 Days98 Days98 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayLuxembourg (Luxembourg)57 Days57 Days57 Days57 Days57 Days57 Days57 Days57 DaysPeru (Lima)3 Days3 Days14 Days831 Days80 Days58 Days50 Days56 DaysSlovenia (Ljubljana)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysUruguay (Montevideo)7 Days7 Days234 Days234 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayUzbekistan (Tashkent)21 Days30 Days5 Days100 Days21 Days30 Days5 Days28 DaysMozambique (Maputo)41 Days41 Days41 Days41 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayCuracao (Curacao)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days14 Days14 Days14 Days14 DaysNigeria (Abuja, Lagos)212 Days56 Days409 Days409 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayCosta-Rica (San Jose)7 Days7 Days7 Days372 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days152 DaysCzech Republic (Prague)1 Day4 Days23 Days23 Days4 Days4 Days4 Days4 DaysLebanon (Beirut)1 Day1 Day67 Days67 Days6 Days--6 DaysItaly (Rome)3 Days1 Day1 Day14 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMexico (Mexico City)15 Days35 Days35 Days679 Days15 Days35 Days35 Days176 DaysAlgeria (Algiers)18 Days8 Days88 Days88 Days30 Days30 Days30 Days30 DaysMalaysia (Kuala Lumpur)3 Days2 Days21 Days21 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayTajikistan (Dushanbe)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayColombia (Bogota)20 Days15 Days5 Days882 Days43 Days43 Days43 Days43 DaysTaiwan (Taipei)32 Days5 Days6 Days56 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayZambia (Lusaka)27 Days28 Days28 Days28 Days2 Days2 Days2 Days2 DaysBelgium (Brussels)7 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days25 Days25 Days25 Days25 DaysNorth Macedonia (Skopje)16 Days16 Days16 Days16 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayBermuda (Hamilton)60 Days60 Days60 Days60 Days60 Days60 Days60 Days60 DaysCanada (Ottawa)5 Days89 Days89 Days477 Days10 Days10 Days1 Day10 DaysIceland (Reykjavik)45 Days45 Days45 Days45 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayIndonesia (Jakarta)3 Days3 Days4 Days3 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMali (Bamako)7 Days45 Days1 Day45 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayLaos (Vientiane)16 Days16 Days16 Days114 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayNorway (Oslo)2 Days7 Days1 Day7 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMalawi (Lilongwe)15 Days15 Days15 Days71 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysHungary (Budapest)40 Days40 Days40 Days140 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DaySouth Korea (Seoul)2 Days2 Days2 Days4 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayDjibouti (Djibouti)120 Days120 Days120 Days120 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysGhana (Accra)110 Days60 Days60 Days118 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayNiger (Niamey)Emergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyEmergency Appointments OnlyTogo (Lome)21 Days21 Days21 Days70 Days21 Days21 Days21 Days21 DaysUnited Kingdom (London)4 Days30 Days3 Days89 Days21 Days21 Days21 Days21 DaysAustria (Vienna)14 Days14 Days14 Days133 Days10 Days10 Days10 Days10 DaysSouth Africa (Pretoria)Non-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostNon-Visa Processing PostBahamas (Nassau)10 Days2 Days14 Days161 Days3 Days3 Days1 Day3 DaysSri Lanka (Colombo)7 Days7 Days7 Days30 Days60 Days60 Days60 Days30 DaysNamibia (Windhoek)37 Days37 Days37 Days37 Days3 Days3 Days3 Days3 DaysZimbabwe (Harare)3 Days3 Days1 Day100 Days3 Days3 Days3 Days3 DaysSaudi Arabia (Riyadh)15 Days19 Days19 Days65 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayEquatorial Guinea (Malabo)90 Days90 Days-140 Days----Guinea (Conakry)7 Days7 Days7 Days78 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMauritania (Nouakchott)21 Days21 Days1 Day21 Days21 Days21 Days1 Day21 DaysCyprus (Nicosia)10 Days10 Days10 Days95 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayMalta (Valletta)30 Days30 Days30 Days30 Days30 Days30 Days30 Days30 DaysSweden (Stockholm)21 Days8 Days21 Days63 Days14 Days14 Days14 Days14 DaysEswatini (Mbabane)3 Days21 Days21 Days21 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayFinland (Helsinki)9 Days14 Days14 Days46 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayKenya (Nairobi)93 Days70 Days70 Days211 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayBenin (Cotonou)259 Days259 Days259 Days259 Days259 Days259 Days259 Days259 DaysSierra Leone (Freetown)21 Days71 Days71 Days71 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayUganda (Kampala)21 Days21 Days30 Days240 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days7 DaysUnited Arab Emirates (Dubai)99 Days128 Days5 Days526 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DaySpain (Madrid)7 Days82 Days91 Days363 Days7 Days7 Days7 Days1 DayChile (Santiago)99 Days175 Days175 Days353 Days12 Days12 Days1 Day315 DaysNepal (Kathmandu)189 Days7 Days7 Days434 Days10 Days10 Days-10 DaysAustralia (Melbourne)27 Days3 Days3 Days45 Days1 Day1 Day4 Days4 DaysKosovo (Pristina)3 Days142 Days142 Days142 Days15 Days15 Days15 Days15 DaysFrance (Paris)7 Days10 Days2 Days29 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayBarbados (Bridgetown)1 Day1 Day1 Day1 Day5 Days5 Days5 Days5 DaysIndia (New Delhi)53 Days31 Days47 Days626 Days23 Days18 Days22 Days17 DaysSenegal (Dakar)12 Days12 Days12 Days185 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayJordan (Amman)28 Days4 Days4 Days248 Days3 Days3 Days3 Days17 DaysEthiopia (Addis Ababa)87 Days93 Days9 Days93 Days4 Days4 Days4 Days4 DaysArmenia (Yerevan)260 Days16 Days16 Days291 Days1 Day1 Day1 Day1 DayPanama (Panama City)15 Days15 Days50 Days311 Days113 Days113 Days7 Days113 DaysDemocratic Republic Of The Congo (Kinshasa)55 Days7 Days7 Days80 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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