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US visa wait times by embassy — all 241 posts

US visa interview waits vary enormously by consulate. The longest published B1/B2 next-appointment waits right now are Sydney (~21 months), Toronto (~20) and Monrovia (~18), while dozens of posts offer appointments in under two weeks. Student (F/M/J) queues are far shorter than visitor queues at almost every post. Full official table below.

Retrieved 2026-10-05 from the US Department of State — Global Visa Wait Times page. Waits change constantly — verify before booking.

Longest visitor-visa waits right now

1. Sydney 21 mo 2. Toronto 20 mo 3. Monrovia 18 mo 4. Vancouver 18 mo 5. Halifax 15 mo 6. Ottawa 15 mo 7. Quebec 15 mo 8. Calgary 14 mo 9. Abu Dhabi 12.5 mo 10. Algiers 12.5 mo

All posts — official wait times

Months unless noted · “< 2 weeks” = under half a month · “—” = not published for that post · B1/B2 = visitor · F/M/J = student & exchange · H/L/O/P/Q = petition-based work · C/D = crew & transit.

City / Post	B1/B2 avg wait	B1/B2 next appt	Student F/M/J	Work H/L/O/P/Q	Crew C/D
Abidjan	2.5 mo	6 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Abu Dhabi	—	12.5 mo	0.5 mo	0.5 mo	0.5 mo
Abuja	—	—	—	—	—
Accra	3 mo	4.5 mo	2 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Adana	—	—	—	—	—
Addis Ababa	3.5 mo	3 mo	2 mo	2.5 mo	1.5 mo
Algiers	< 2 weeks	12.5 mo	2.5 mo	0.5 mo	< 2 weeks
Almaty	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1 mo
Amman	—	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Amsterdam	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Ankara	2.5 mo	4.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	—
Antananarivo	—	—	—	—	—
Apia	—	3.5 mo	2.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo
Ashgabat	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Asmara	—	—	—	—	—
Astana	—	1 mo	—	1 mo	1 mo
Asuncion	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Athens	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Auckland	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Baghdad	—	6 mo	6 mo	6 mo	6 mo
Baku	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Bamako	—	—	—	—	—
Bandar Seri Begawan	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Bangkok	—	1.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1.5 mo
Bangui	—	—	—	—	—
Banjul	—	—	—	—	—
Barcelona	—	—	—	—	—
Beijing	—	4.5 mo	5.5 mo	6 mo	< 2 weeks
Beirut	—	4 mo	2 mo	1.5 mo	—
Belfast	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Belgrade	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	2 mo	< 2 weeks
Belmopan	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Berlin	—	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks
Bern	—	2 mo	2 mo	2 mo	2 mo
Bishkek	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Bogota	8.5 mo	7 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Brasilia	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Bratislava	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Brazzaville	—	—	—	—	—
Bridgetown	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Brussels	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo
Bucharest	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Budapest	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Buenos Aires	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Bujumbura	—	—	—	—	—
Cairo	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1 mo
Calgary	13.5 mo	14 mo	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks
Canberra	—	—	—	—	—
Cape Town	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Caracas	—	—	—	—	—
Casablanca	—	3 mo	1 mo	3 mo	3 mo
Chengdu	—	—	—	—	—
Chennai (Madras)	7 mo	7.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo	—
Chiang Mai	—	—	—	—	—
Chisinau	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Ciudad Juarez	5.5 mo	4.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Colombo	—	2 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Conakry	—	—	—	—	—
Copenhagen	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1 mo
Cotonou	—	—	—	—	—
Curacao	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Dakar	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Damascus	—	—	—	—	—
Dar Es Salaam	—	5.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	5.5 mo
Dhahran	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	—
Dhaka	8 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Dili	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	—	—
Djibouti	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Doha	—	3.5 mo	3.5 mo	3.5 mo	3.5 mo
Dubai	—	11.5 mo	5 mo	4.5 mo	5 mo
Dublin	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Durban	—	—	—	—	—
Dushanbe	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Edinburgh	—	—	—	—	—
Erbil	—	6 mo	6 mo	6 mo	6 mo
Florence	—	3 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks
Frankfurt	—	2.5 mo	1.5 mo	2 mo	1.5 mo
Freetown	—	—	—	—	—
Fukuoka	—	< 2 weeks	—	—	—
Gaborone	—	—	—	—	—
Georgetown	3 mo	5.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	1 mo
Guadalajara	7 mo	6 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Guangzhou	1.5 mo	2 mo	2.5 mo	2.5 mo	2 mo
Guatemala City	1.5 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	—
Guayaquil	—	2.5 mo	1 mo	1.5 mo	1 mo
Halifax	1.5 mo	15 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	15 mo
Hamilton	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Hanoi	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Harare	—	—	—	—	—
Havana	—	—	—	—	—
Helsinki	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Hermosillo	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Ho Chi Minh City	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Hong Kong	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Hyderabad	11.5 mo	12 mo	1.5 mo	5.5 mo	< 2 weeks
Islamabad	10.5 mo	12.5 mo	2 mo	4.5 mo	4.5 mo
Istanbul	—	4.5 mo	2 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo
Jakarta	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	2 mo
Jeddah	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Jerusalem	4 mo	5.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	5.5 mo
Johannesburg	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1 mo
Juba	—	—	—	—	—
Kabul	—	—	—	—	—
Kampala	—	—	—	—	—
Kaohsiung	—	—	—	—	—
Karachi	7.5 mo	7.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks
Kathmandu	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Khartoum	—	—	—	—	—
Kigali	—	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Kingston	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Kinshasa	—	—	—	—	—
Kolkata	6 mo	6.5 mo	2 mo	1 mo	—
Kolonia	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Koror	—	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Krakow	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Kuala Lumpur	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Kuwait	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	—	1 mo
Kyiv	—	—	—	—	—
La Paz	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Lagos	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Lahore	—	—	—	—	—
Libreville	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	—
Lilongwe	—	2.5 mo	2.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Lima	8.5 mo	9 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Lisbon	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1.5 mo
Ljubljana	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Lome	—	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
London	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Luanda	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Lusaka	—	—	—	—	—
Luxembourg	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Madrid	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Majuro	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Malabo	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	2 mo	—
Managua	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Manama	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Manila	—	< 2 weeks	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Maputo	—	—	—	—	—
Marseille	—	—	—	—	—
Maseru	—	—	—	—	—
Matamoros	6 mo	5.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	—
Mbabane	—	—	—	—	—
Melbourne	4 mo	7.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo	1 mo
Merida	—	3 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Mexicali Tpf	—	—	—	—	—
Mexico City	6.5 mo	5 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1 mo
Milan	3.5 mo	4 mo	2 mo	1.5 mo	1.5 mo
Minsk	—	—	—	—	—
Monrovia	5 mo	18 mo	3 mo	5.5 mo	5.5 mo
Monterrey	7 mo	3 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	—
Montevideo	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Montreal	—	—	—	—	—
Mumbai (Bombay)	11 mo	11.5 mo	2.5 mo	1.5 mo	1 mo
Munich	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Muscat	—	4 mo	4 mo	2 mo	4 mo
N`Djamena	—	—	—	—	—
Naha	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo	1.5 mo
Nairobi	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	1.5 mo
Naples	—	2.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	< 2 weeks
Nassau	—	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
New Delhi	7.5 mo	10 mo	2 mo	3 mo	2 mo
Niamey	—	—	—	—	—
Nicosia	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Nogales	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Nouakchott	—	—	—	—	—
Nuevo Laredo	—	2.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Osaka/Kobe	—	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	1 mo	1.5 mo
Oslo	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Ottawa	14.5 mo	15 mo	< 2 weeks	2 mo	2 mo
Ouagadougou	—	—	—	—	—
Panama City	—	1 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Paramaribo	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Paris	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Perth	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Phnom Penh	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo	1.5 mo
Podgorica	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Ponta Delgada	—	—	—	—	—
Port Au Prince	—	—	—	—	—
Port Louis	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Port Moresby	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Port Of Spain	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Porto Alegre	—	2.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks
Prague	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Praia	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Pretoria	—	—	—	—	—
Pristina	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Quebec	—	15 mo	3 mo	3 mo	3 mo
Quito	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Rangoon	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Recife	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Reykjavik	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Riga	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Rio De Janeiro	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Riyadh	—	0.5 mo	0.5 mo	0.5 mo	0.5 mo
Rome	3 mo	3 mo	2 mo	2 mo	2 mo
San Jose	7 mo	9 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
San Salvador	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Sanaa	—	—	—	—	—
Santiago	—	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	1.5 mo
Santo Domingo	5.5 mo	9 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Sao Paulo	—	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Sapporo	—	—	< 2 weeks	—	—
Sarajevo	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Seoul	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Shanghai	—	3.5 mo	1 mo	3.5 mo	2 mo
Shenyang	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	1 mo	< 2 weeks
Singapore	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Skopje	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Sofia	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
St Georges	—	—	—	—	—
St Petersburg	—	—	—	—	—
Stockholm	—	1 mo	1 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Surabaya	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	1 mo
Suva	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	1 mo	< 2 weeks
Sydney	4 mo	21 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	1 mo
Taipei	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tallinn	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tashkent	—	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tbilisi	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tegucigalpa	5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tel Aviv	—	3 mo	1 mo	1 mo	1 mo
Tijuana	—	1.5 mo	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tirana	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Tokyo	—	2.5 mo	1.5 mo	1.5 mo	2 mo
Toronto	20 mo	20 mo	< 2 weeks	1.5 mo	1 mo
Tripoli	—	—	—	—	—
Tunis	—	2.5 mo	1 mo	1 mo	0.5 mo
Ulaanbaatar	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Valletta	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Vancouver	17.5 mo	18 mo	8 mo	5.5 mo	3.5 mo
Vienna	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Vientiane	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Vilnius	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Vladivostok	—	—	—	—	—
Warsaw	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Windhoek	—	—	—	—	—
Wuhan	—	2 mo	2.5 mo	4.5 mo	—
Yaounde	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Yekaterinburg	—	—	—	—	—
Yerevan	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks
Zagreb	—	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks	< 2 weeks

Source: US Department of State — Global Visa Wait Times, retrieved 2026-10-05. Figures are the Department’s published estimates, not guarantees; posts release cancellation slots daily, so real waits are often shorter than the worst case shown.

Waiting too long? Three legitimate ways to go faster

Expedited appointments for documented emergencies, rescheduling into cancellation slots, and the interview-waiver (“dropbox”) for eligible renewals can all beat the published wait. Our guide to US visa wait times walks through each, and you can estimate your approval odds while you wait.

Frequently asked questions

Which US embassy has the longest visa wait time right now?

As of 2026-10-05, the longest published B1/B2 next-appointment waits are at Sydney (~21 months), Toronto (~20) and Monrovia (~18). Posts in Canada and Australia often top the list because they serve many third-country applicants.

Why are student (F/M/J) waits so much shorter than visitor waits?

Consulates prioritise student and exchange appointments around academic intake dates, and separate queues exist per category. At most posts the F/M/J queue is weeks, not months — check your post’s column in the table.

What does "NA" mean in the wait-times table?

The State Department did not publish a figure for that category at that post — often because the post doesn’t process that visa class, has suspended routine services, or routes applicants to a neighbouring post. It does not mean zero wait.

How often is this data updated?

The State Department updates its Global Visa Wait Times page regularly; this table was retrieved on 2026-10-05 and we refresh it monthly. Always confirm on the official page before booking travel — waits move constantly.

Can I get an earlier appointment than the published wait?

Often yes: published figures are close to worst-case. Legitimate routes are expedite requests (documented emergencies), rescheduling into cancellation slots on the official portal, and the interview-waiver "dropbox" for eligible renewals — see our guide on getting an earlier US visa appointment.

Educational summary of official data — not legal advice and not affiliated with the US government. Always confirm current waits on travel.state.gov before making travel plans.