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Published on
25 Jul 2022
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Last update on
10 Mar 2023
At the time, the Nonimmigrant Visa Appointment wait time is as follows:
All Other Nonimmigrant Visas (by calendar days)
| 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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