US Embassy Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Interview wait times updated March 2026
What are the current visa interview wait times at Embassy Ho Chi Minh City?
Category-by-category contrast. Students and exchange visitors (F, M, and J classifications) currently face a next-available wait of < 0.5 Month (8 days) at this post, category Vietnam applicants should plan academic start dates around. Employment-based applicants (H-1B, L-1, O-1, P, and Q) currently see a next-available wait of < 0.5 Month (8 days), which adds on top of USCIS I-129 processing time before a petition-based worker can actually schedule their consular interview. Crew and transit (C/D/C1D) applicants face < 0.5 Month at this location. Because the State Department updates these numbers monthly, they can shift materially between snapshots.
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
One of several US posts in Vietnam
Embassy Ho Chi Minh City publishes a short employment next-available (< 0.5 Month · 8 days) and no B1/B2 average on this snapshot. Other US posts in Vietnam may publish different category mixes - use the nearby-post links when present, or compare against the full embassy list before assuming this post is the only scheduling option.
Visitor and employment appointment horizon
The published next-available B1/B2 and H/L/O/P/Q appointments at Embassy Ho Chi Minh City sit within two weeks of one another on this snapshot. That is a useful scheduling comparison, but the categories remain separate queues and neither figure predicts a visa decision or later administrative processing.
Nearby or Related Embassies
Other US posts in Vietnam or nearby, current visa interview wait times
View all 213+ embassies and consulates → · See wait times for Helsinki →
What to do with this post
Use the State Department March 2026 snapshot to compare interview scheduling backlog, not visa approval odds.
- Ho Chi Minh City has no published B1/B2 average wait on the current State Department snapshot. Check back after the next monthly release.
- Compare Ho Chi Minh City against Helsinki (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.
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