US Visa Interview Wait Times

Name: US Embassy Visa Interview Wait Times
Creator: US Department of State
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Interview appointment wait times at 213 US embassies and consulates worldwide. Data: State Department, updated March 2026.

Under 1 month 1–4 months Over 4 months

Tip: "Average Wait" = typical wait for current applicants. "Next Available" = earliest open appointment as of the data date. Days are calculated at 30 calendar days per month.

Longest B1/B2 Visitor Visa Waits

Sorted by average tourist/business visa interview wait time

#	Embassy / Consulate	Country	B1/B2 Avg Wait	H/L/O/P/Q Next
1	Toronto	Canada	18.5 Months	60 days
2	Calgary	Canada	15 Months	8 days
3	Vancouver	Canada	15 Months	135 days
4	Ottawa	Canada	14 Months	45 days
5	Bogota	Colombia	10 Months	30 days
6	Monterrey	Mexico	10 Months	8 days
7	Kinshasa	DR Congo	9.5 Months	135 days
8	Mumbai (Bombay)	India	9.5 Months	45 days
9	Matamoros	Mexico	9 Months	8 days
10	Guadalajara	Mexico	8.5 Months	30 days
11	Dhaka	Bangladesh	7.5 Months	60 days
12	Hyderabad	India	7.5 Months	90 days
13	Lima	Peru	7.5 Months	8 days
14	Nuevo Laredo	Mexico	7.5 Months	8 days
15	Karachi	Pakistan	7 Months	30 days
16	Merida	Mexico	7 Months	30 days
17	Accra	Ghana	6.5 Months	30 days
18	Mexico City	Mexico	6.5 Months	8 days
19	New Delhi	India	6.5 Months	8 days
20	Islamabad	Pakistan	5.5 Months	45 days
21	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	5.5 Months	8 days
22	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	5 Months	8 days
23	Ciudad Juarez	Mexico	5 Months	8 days
24	San Jose	Costa Rica	5 Months	8 days
25	Melbourne	Australia	4.5 Months	8 days
26	Nogales	Mexico	4.5 Months	8 days
27	Algiers	Algeria	4 Months	8 days
28	Guayaquil	Ecuador	4 Months	45 days
29	Kampala	Uganda	4 Months	8 days
30	Sydney	Australia	4 Months	45 days
31	Tijuana	Mexico	4 Months	8 days
32	Auckland	New Zealand	3.5 Months	60 days
33	Beirut	Lebanon	3.5 Months	8 days
34	Halifax	Canada	3.5 Months	8 days
35	Lusaka	Zambia	3.5 Months	8 days
36	Santiago	Chile	3.5 Months	75 days
37	Monrovia	Liberia	3 Months	30 days
38	Jerusalem	Israel	2.5 Months	60 days
39	Quebec	Canada	2.5 Months	30 days
40	Casablanca	Morocco	2 Months	90 days
41	Chennai (Madras)	India	1.5 Months	60 days
42	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	1.5 Months	8 days
43	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	1 Month	N/A

Other Embassies

Posts without B1/B2 average data, click for full appointment availability.

Abuja Adana Addis Ababa Almaty Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Canberra Cape Town Caracas Chengdu Chiang Mai Chisinau Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Dhahran Dili Djibouti Doha Dublin Durban Dushanbe Erbil Florence Frankfurt Freetown Gaborone Georgetown Guangzhou Guatemala City Hamilton Hanoi Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Istanbul Jakarta Jeddah Johannesburg Kathmandu Kigali Kingston Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait La Paz Lagos Libreville Lilongwe Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Mbabane Milan Montevideo Munich Muscat Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Nicosia Nouakchott Osaka/Kobe Oslo Panama City Paramaribo Paris Perth Phnom Penh Podgorica Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Porto Alegre Prague Praia Pristina Quito Rangoon Recife Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Salvador Sao Paulo Sarajevo Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia Stockholm Surabaya Suva Taipei Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tel Aviv Tirana Tokyo Tunis Ulaanbaatar Valletta Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Warsaw Windhoek Wuhan Yaounde Yerevan Zagreb

About This Data

This data comes from the US Department of State's Global Visa Wait Times report, updated monthly.

Visa categories tracked:

B1/B2: Tourist, business, and visitor visas
F/M/J: Student and exchange visitor visas
H/L/O/P/Q: Employment-based petition visas (H-1B, L-1, O-1, etc.)
C/D/C1D: Crew member and transit visas

Source: State Department Global Visa Wait Times State Department Global Visa Wait Times

Reviewed byPlainVisa Editorial, H-1B Visa Editorial Team · June 5, 2026