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US visa appointment wait times

How long until you can get a US visa interview — visitor B1/B2, student F/M/J, work H/L/O/P/Q — at every US embassy and consulate, with China posts and popular third-country posts up front.

Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · source: travel.state.gov

Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taipei

BeijingChina

B1/B2
2 mo
F/M/J
4.5 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
5.5 mo

ShanghaiChina

B1/B2
3.5 mo
F/M/J
3.5 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
3.5 mo

GuangzhouChina

B1/B2
2.5 mo
F/M/J
2 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
3 mo

ShenyangChina

B1/B2
< 0.5
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
1 mo

WuhanChina

B1/B2
2 mo
F/M/J
2.5 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
4.5 mo

Hong KongHong Kong

B1/B2
< 0.5
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
1.5 mo

TaipeiTaiwan

B1/B2
1 mo
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
< 0.5

Popular third-country posts

Since September 2025 the State Department expects nonimmigrant applicants to interview in their country of nationality or residence — see “Applying outside your home country” below before booking abroad. ↓

TokyoJapan

B1/B2
2.5 mo
F/M/J
1.5 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
1.5 mo

SeoulSouth Korea

B1/B2
< 0.5
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
< 0.5

SingaporeSingapore

B1/B2
< 0.5
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
< 0.5

VancouverCanada

B1/B2
18 mo
F/M/J
18.5 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
7 mo

TorontoCanada

B1/B2
18 mo
F/M/J
2 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
2 mo

TijuanaMexico

B1/B2
2 mo
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
< 0.5

FrankfurtGermany

B1/B2
2.5 mo
F/M/J
1.5 mo
H/L/O/P/Q
2 mo

LondonUnited Kingdom

B1/B2
< 0.5
F/M/J
< 0.5
H/L/O/P/Q
< 0.5

All embassies & consulates

Tick up to 4 posts in the table to compare them side by side.

241 of 241 posts

CompareEmbassy / consulateB1/B2F/M/JH/L/O/P/QC/DB1/B2 avg
Amman< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Amsterdam< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Ashgabat< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Asuncion< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Baku< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Bandar Seri Begawan< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Banjul< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Belmopan< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Berlin< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Bern< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Bishkek< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Bratislava< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Bridgetown< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Bucharest< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Budapest< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Buenos Aires< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Chisinau< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Ciudad Juarez< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.55.5 mo
Copenhagen< 0.5< 0.51 mo1 moNA
Curacao< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Dakar< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Dhahran< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NANA
Dili< 0.5< 0.5NANANA
Djibouti< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Dublin< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Dushanbe< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Guayaquil< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Hamilton< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Hanoi< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Helsinki< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Ho Chi Minh City< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Hong Kong< 0.5< 0.51.5 mo< 0.5NA
Jeddah< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Kathmandu< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Kolonia< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Koror< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Kuala Lumpur< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
La Paz< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Lagos< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Libreville< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NANA
Lisbon< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Ljubljana< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
London< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Luanda< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Luxembourg< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Madrid< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Majuro< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Malabo< 0.5< 0.52 moNANA
Managua< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Manama< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Manila< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Montevideo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Munich< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Muscat< 0.51 mo1 mo4 moNA
Nicosia< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Nogales< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Nouakchott< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Oslo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Panama City< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Paramaribo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Paris< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Phnom Penh< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Podgorica< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Port Louis< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Port Moresby< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Port Of Spain< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Prague< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Praia< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Pristina< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Rangoon< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Recife< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Reykjavik< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Riga< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Riyadh< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
San Salvador< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Sarajevo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Seoul< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Shenyang< 0.5< 0.51 mo< 0.5NA
Singapore< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Skopje< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Sofia< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Surabaya< 0.5< 0.5< 0.51 moNA
Tallinn< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Tbilisi< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Tegucigalpa< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.51.5 mo
Tel Aviv< 0.51 mo1 mo< 0.5NA
Tirana< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Ulaanbaatar< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Valletta< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Vienna< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Vientiane< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Vilnius< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Warsaw< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Yaounde< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Yerevan< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Zagreb< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Almaty1 mo< 0.51 mo1 moNA
Astana1 moNA1 mo1 moNA
Athens1 mo< 0.5< 0.51 moNA
Belfast1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Belgrade1 mo< 0.51 mo< 0.5NA
Cairo1 mo< 0.51 mo1 moNA
Colombo1 mo1 mo< 0.5< 0.5NA
Doha1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Fukuoka1 moNANANANA
Guatemala City1 mo< 0.5< 0.5NA1.5 mo
Jakarta1 mo< 0.51.5 mo< 0.5NA
Johannesburg1 mo< 0.51 mo1 moNA
Kigali1 mo1 mo1 mo1 moNA
Kingston1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Krakow1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Lome1 mo1 mo1 mo1 moNA
Nassau1 mo1 mo1 mo1 moNA
Perth1 mo1 mo1 mo1 moNA
Quito1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Rio De Janeiro1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Stockholm1 mo1 mo< 0.5< 0.5NA
Taipei1 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Auckland1.5 mo< 0.51 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo
Bangkok1.5 mo1 mo1 mo1.5 moNA
Brussels1.5 mo< 0.5< 0.51.5 moNA
Dhaka1.5 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo8.5 mo
Hermosillo1.5 mo< 0.51 mo1 moNA
Melbourne1.5 mo< 0.51.5 mo1.5 mo4 mo
Naha1.5 mo< 0.51.5 mo1.5 moNA
Nuevo Laredo1.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Rome1.5 mo1 mo< 0.51 mo2.5 mo
Santiago1.5 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo1.5 moNA
Santo Domingo1.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.54 mo
Suva1.5 mo< 0.51 mo< 0.5NA
Beijing2 mo4.5 mo5.5 mo1.5 moNA
Brasilia2 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Florence2 mo1 mo1 mo< 0.5NA
Kuwait2 mo< 0.5NA2 moNA
Nairobi2 mo3 mo< 0.5< 0.5NA
Osaka/Kobe2 mo1 mo1 mo2 moNA
Sao Paulo2 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Tashkent2 mo1.5 mo1 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo
Tijuana2 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Tunis2 mo2 mo1 mo1 moNA
Wuhan2 mo2.5 mo4.5 moNANA
Frankfurt2.5 mo1.5 mo2 mo1.5 moNA
Guangzhou2.5 mo2 mo3 mo1.5 mo2 mo
Naples2.5 mo< 0.51 mo< 0.5NA
Porto Alegre2.5 mo1.5 mo1 mo< 0.5NA
Tokyo2.5 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo2 moNA
Addis Ababa3 mo3 mo2.5 mo2.5 moNA
Casablanca3 mo1 mo3 mo3 mo3.5 mo
Merida3 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Monterrey3 mo< 0.5< 0.5NA7 mo
Apia3.5 mo2.5 mo< 0.51.5 moNA
Beirut3.5 mo1.5 mo2 moNA1 mo
Cape Town3.5 mo< 0.54 mo< 0.5NA
Shanghai3.5 mo3.5 mo3.5 mo3.5 moNA
Ankara4 mo< 0.51 moNA2 mo
Milan4 mo2 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo4 mo
Mexico City4.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.56.5 mo
Abidjan5 mo< 0.53 mo< 0.59 mo
Accra5 mo3 mo6.5 mo4 mo3.5 mo
Jerusalem5 mo< 0.5< 0.55 mo6.5 mo
Dar Es Salaam5.5 mo< 0.5< 0.55.5 moNA
Georgetown5.5 mo< 0.5< 0.51 moNA
Matamoros5.5 mo< 0.51 moNA6 mo
Erbil6 mo6 mo6 mo6 moNA
Istanbul6 mo2 mo2 mo< 0.5NA
Bogota6.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.55.5 mo
Guadalajara6.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.57 mo
Chennai (Madras)7.5 mo3.5 mo2.5 moNA7.5 mo
Karachi7.5 mo1 mo1 mo< 0.57 mo
Kolkata8.5 mo2.5 mo1 moNA8.5 mo
Lima9.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.59 mo
San Jose9.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.56 mo
Abu Dhabi10 mo< 0.5NA< 0.51.5 mo
Dubai10 mo< 0.5< 0.5< 0.5NA
Hyderabad10.5 mo1 mo6.5 mo< 0.510.5 mo
Calgary11 mo1.5 mo1.5 mo< 0.511 mo
New Delhi11 mo3 mo3.5 mo3 mo7 mo
Halifax11.5 mo9 mo1 mo11.5 mo1.5 mo
Ottawa11.5 mo9 mo1 mo< 0.511.5 mo
Quebec11.5 mo3 mo3 mo3 mo< 0.5
Mumbai (Bombay)12 mo4 mo2 mo1.5 mo12.5 mo
Islamabad12.5 mo< 0.54 mo4 mo7.5 mo
Algiers13 mo2.5 mo< 0.5< 0.5NA
Sydney16 mo1.5 mo2.5 mo2 mo4 mo
Toronto18 mo2 mo2 mo1.5 mo17.5 mo
Vancouver18 mo18.5 mo7 mo3 mo19.5 mo
Monrovia19 mo2 mo4.5 mo4.5 mo4.5 mo
AbujaNANANANANA
AdanaNANANANANA
AntananarivoNANANANANA
AsmaraNANANANANA
BaghdadNANANANANA
BamakoNANANANANA
BanguiNANANANANA
BarcelonaNANANANANA
BrazzavilleNANANANANA
BujumburaNANANANANA
CanberraNANANANANA
CaracasNANANANANA
ChengduNANANANANA
Chiang MaiNANANANANA
ConakryNANANANANA
CotonouNANANANANA
DamascusNANANANANA
DurbanNANANANANA
EdinburghNANANANANA
FreetownNANANANANA
GaboroneNANANANANA
HarareNANANANANA
HavanaNANANANANA
JubaNANANANANA
KabulNANANANANA
KampalaNANANANANA
KaohsiungNANANANANA
KhartoumNANANANANA
KinshasaNANANANANA
KyivNANANANANA
LahoreNANANANANA
LilongweNANANANANA
LusakaNANANANANA
MaputoNANANANANA
MarseilleNANANANANA
MaseruNANANANANA
MbabaneNANANANANA
Mexicali TpfNANANANANA
MinskNANANANANA
MontrealNANANANANA
N'DjamenaNANANANANA
NiameyNANANANANA
OuagadougouNANANANANA
Ponta DelgadaNANANANANA
Port Au PrinceNANANANANA
PretoriaNANANANANA
SanaaNANANANANA
SapporoNA< 0.5NANANA
St GeorgesNANANANANA
St PetersburgNANANANANA
TripoliNANANANANA
VladivostokNANANANANA
WindhoekNANANANANA
YekaterinburgNANANANANA

NA = not published for this post and visa type (e.g. the post does not offer it right now).

What these numbers mean

  • “Next available appointment” is the State Department’s estimate of how soon you could get an interview at that post if you booked today. Posts add new appointments regularly, so you may get one sooner.
  • “Average wait” (B1/B2 only) is how long applicants actually waited last month, from paying the visa fee to the interview date. The State Department publishes it only where the next available B1/B2 appointment is more than three months away.
  • A month is counted as 30 days and a half month as 15 days, including weekends and holidays.
  • Appointments for applicants who qualify for an interview waiver are not in this table.
  • The figures are updated monthly and are not a guarantee of an appointment within that time.

How to get an earlier appointment

  • After you book, keep checking the same scheduling system and move your interview to an earlier slot when one opens — the State Department says posts release new slots regularly.
  • Each embassy or consulate explains how to reschedule (and any limits on rescheduling) on its own website.
  • For an urgent, unforeseen trip (e.g. a funeral, a medical emergency or a school start date) you can ask for an expedited appointment — but only after you have submitted the DS-160, paid the fee and booked the first available slot, and with proof. Weddings, graduations and last-minute tourism don’t qualify.

Interview waiver (“dropbox”)

  • Under the State Department’s current rule (effective October 1, 2025), nonimmigrant visa applicants generally need an in-person interview — including children under 14 and adults over 79. F, J and H-1B renewals no longer qualify for a waiver.
  • The main exceptions: renewing a full-validity B-1, B-2, B1/B2 visa or Border Crossing Card (or an H-2A visa) within 12 months of its expiry, if you were at least 18 when it was issued; plus diplomatic and official visa classes (A, G, C-3, NATO, TECRO E-1).
  • Even then you must apply in your country of nationality or residence, have no prior refusal (unless overcome) and no apparent ineligibility — and the officer can still ask you to come in. Waiver cases are not part of the wait times above.

Applying outside your home country

  • Since September 2025 the State Department has told nonimmigrant visa applicants to book their interview at the US embassy or consulate in their country of nationality or residence (nationals of countries without routine visa services go to a designated post). If you apply based on residence, you must show you live there.
  • Applying anywhere else may make it harder to qualify, you should expect a significantly longer wait, and the fee is not refunded or transferable. Exceptions are narrow: diplomatic and official visas and rare humanitarian, medical or foreign-policy cases.
  • So a short wait in Vancouver, Toronto or Tijuana does not mean a Chinese citizen living in the US can simply go there — check the post’s current rules first.

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