US Embassy Beijing
China
Interview wait times updated March 2026
What are the current visa interview wait times at Embassy Beijing?
Reading the spread. Across the categories reported at Embassy Beijing, the longest wait runs at 1.5 Months (Employment (H/L/O/P/Q) — Next Available) while the shortest runs at < 0.5 Month (Crew/Transit (C/D/C1D) — Next Available), a useful signal that embassy capacity is rationed across visa types. U.S. consular officers schedule interviews against available officer-hours at each post, so long waits often reflect workforce constraints, seasonal demand surges, or bilateral relationship factors rather than case-specific issues. Applicants should always cross-check travel.state.gov for the current snapshot, and, for petition-based workers, pair these interview-wait numbers with I-129 USCIS processing times to understand the full door-to-door timeline.
Next available crew/transit appointment
Next available employment visa appointment (H-1B, L-1, O-1...)
Next available student/exchange appointment
Tourist & business visa average wait
Next available tourist/business appointment
Mid employment backlog, short visitor next-available
Embassy Beijing publishes employment next-available at 1.5 Months (≈ 1.5 months) (mid band) and a short B1/B2 next-available of < 0.5 Month (8 days). No B1/B2 average appears on this extract - that is a publication gap, not a zero average wait.
Employment appointment opens later
At Embassy Beijing, the published H/L/O/P/Q next-available appointment is at least 15 days later than the B1/B2 next-available appointment on this snapshot. Treat the two figures as separate appointment queues, not as an estimate of case approval or the full time to travel.
Nearby or Related Embassies
Other US posts in China or nearby, current visa interview wait times
View all 213+ embassies and consulates → · See wait times for Guangzhou →
What to do with this post
Use the State Department March 2026 snapshot to compare interview scheduling backlog, not visa approval odds.
- Beijing has no published B1/B2 average wait on the current State Department snapshot. Check back after the next monthly release.
- Compare Beijing against Guangzhou (NA B1/B2 avg). Open compare post
- Browse all 213+ posts or filter by country on the wait-times index. All embassy waits
State Department scheduling snapshot only. Not legal advice or a guarantee of appointment availability.
Every figure on PlainVisa is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of March 2026.