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title: "US Visa Wait Times by Embassy — All 241 Posts (Oct 2026)"
description: "Sydney ~21 months, Toronto ~20 — official B1/B2, student and work interview waits for all 241 US posts, updated monthly."
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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](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/global-visa-wait-times.html) page. Waits change constantly — verify before booking.

## Longest visitor-visa waits right now

[1. Sydney 21 mo ](#sydney)[2. Toronto 20 mo ](#toronto)[3. Monrovia 18 mo ](#monrovia)[4. Vancouver 18 mo ](#vancouver)[5. Halifax 15 mo ](#halifax)[6. Ottawa 15 mo ](#ottawa)[7. Quebec 15 mo ](#quebec)[8. Calgary 14 mo ](#calgary)[9. Abu Dhabi 12.5 mo ](#abu-dhabi)[10. Algiers 12.5 mo](#algiers)

## 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](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/global-visa-wait-times.html), 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.

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## 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.