Updated November 6, 2026

Kuala Lumpur: immigrant visas

The consulate in Kuala Lumpur issued 957 immigrant visas from March 2025 to February 2026, 113 of them employment-based.

Consulate interviews are paused at most posts. State postponed immigrant visa interviews worldwide from about August 25, 2026 for new public charge training and has named no end date, so a current date abroad isn't an interview yet. An I-485 filed inside the US isn't part of this pause. Where each consulate stands (checked November 3, 2026)

Employment cases

Nov-2026

Caught up, State's update of November 6, 2026

Family preference cases

Nov-2026

Caught up, State's update of November 6, 2026

Immediate relative cases

Aug-2026

3 months back, State's update of November 6, 2026

How far back NVC was scheduling, update by update State's updates of Apr 28, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026

Employment

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026

Kuala Lumpur, Employment: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period	months back
Apr 28, 2025	0
May 2, 2025	0
Jun 3, 2025	0
Sep 2, 2025	0
Oct 9, 2025	0
Nov 12, 2025	0
Dec 8, 2025	0
Jan 8, 2026	0
Feb 3, 2026	0
Mar 4, 2026	0
Apr 2, 2026	0
Jun 4, 2026	0
Jul 8, 2026	0
Oct 7, 2026	0
Nov 6, 2026	0

Family preference

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026

Kuala Lumpur, Family preference: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period	months back
Apr 28, 2025	0
May 2, 2025	0
Jun 3, 2025	0
Sep 2, 2025	0
Oct 9, 2025	0
Nov 12, 2025	0
Dec 8, 2025	0
Jan 8, 2026	0
Feb 3, 2026	0
Mar 4, 2026	0
Apr 2, 2026	0
Jun 4, 2026	0
Jul 8, 2026	0
Oct 7, 2026	0
Nov 6, 2026	0

Immediate relative

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026

Kuala Lumpur, Immediate relative: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period	months back
Apr 28, 2025	9
May 2, 2025	10
Jun 3, 2025	11
Sep 2, 2025	11
Oct 9, 2025	9
Nov 12, 2025	8
Dec 8, 2025	8
Jan 8, 2026	7
Feb 3, 2026	5
Mar 4, 2026	2
Apr 2, 2026	0
Jun 4, 2026	0
Jul 8, 2026	0
Oct 7, 2026	2
Nov 6, 2026	3

Each column is one of State's monthly updates: how many months before it the cases NVC was scheduling were completed. More

Each column is one of State's monthly updates: how many months before it the cases NVC was scheduling were completed. No column means the post had no backlog on paper. The newest is lime. A dashed outline is an update with no month shown.

U.S. Department of State, IV Scheduling Status Tool

Immigrant visas issued each month March 2023 to February 2026

173

Mar ’23 Feb ’26

Immigrant visas issued in Kuala Lumpur each month
Period	visas
March 2023	58
April 2023	36
May 2023	65
June 2023	29
July 2023	47
August 2023	57
September 2023	60
October 2023	58
November 2023	62
December 2023	48
January 2024	35
February 2024	53
March 2024	60
April 2024	95
May 2024	78
June 2024	56
July 2024	122
August 2024	173
September 2024	91
October 2024	64
November 2024	60
December 2024	115
January 2025	118
February 2025	145
March 2025	133
April 2025	153
May 2025	123
June 2025	148
July 2025	82
August 2025	45
September 2025	39
October 2025	49
November 2025	69
December 2025	83
January 2026	28
February 2026	5

Employment
Family (immediate relatives and preferences)
Everything else

Each column is one month at this consulate: employment visas in lime at the foot, family in blue, everything else in yellow. More

Each column is one month at this consulate: employment visas in lime at the foot, family in blue, everything else in yellow. A dashed outline is a month State's tables don't cover. State posts each month months late.

U.S. Department of State, monthly immigrant visa issuances by post

Work visas issued here

Nonimmigrant visas the consulate in Kuala Lumpur issued, from State's monthly tables. February 2026 is the newest month State has posted.

H-1B, February 2026

346 in the 12 months to February 2026

L-1, February 2026

601 in the 12 months

Every work visa, February 2026

106

H, L, E, O, P, Q, R, TN, CW and media visas, with the families who come with them

H-1B and L-1 visas issued each month Kuala Lumpur, March 2025 to February 2026

132

Mar ’25 Feb ’26

H-1B and L-1 visas issued in Kuala Lumpur each month
Period	visas
March 2025	70
April 2025	72
May 2025	94
June 2025	98
July 2025	83
August 2025	68
September 2025	57
October 2025	47
November 2025	94
December 2025	132
January 2026	58
February 2026	74

H-1B
L-1

Each column is one month: H-1B in lime at the foot, L-1 in blue above. More

Each column is one month: H-1B in lime at the foot, L-1 in blue above. A dashed outline is a month this site doesn't hold State's table for. State calls the figures preliminary.

U.S. Department of State, monthly nonimmigrant visa issuances by post

Every visa class issued here

Work visas first, then everything else, visitors, students and K-1 fiancé(e) visas among them.

Nonimmigrant visas issued in Kuala Lumpur by class, February 2026 and the 12 months to it
Visa	What it is	February 2026	12 months
H-1B	specialty occupation worker, a work visa	30	346
H-4	spouse or child of an H worker, a work visa	3	93
L-1	intracompany transferee, a work visa	44	601
L-2	spouse or child of an L-1, a work visa	18	343
H-1B1	Chilean or Singaporean specialty occupation worker, a work visa	0	2
H-3	trainee or special education exchange visitor, a work visa	0	68
E-2	treaty investor, spouse or child, a work visa	1	2
E-3	Australian in a specialty occupation, a work visa	0	1
E-3D	spouse or child of an E-3, a work visa	0	4
E-3R	returning E-3, a work visa	0	1
O-1	worker with extraordinary ability, a work visa	6	47
O-2	assistant to an O-1, a work visa	1	13
O-3	spouse or child of an O-1 or O-2, a work visa	0	6
P-1	internationally recognized athlete or entertainer, a work visa	0	8
R-1	religious worker, a work visa	2	17
R-2	spouse or child of an R-1, a work visa	0	9
TD	spouse or child of a TN, a work visa	0	3
I	foreign media representative, spouse or child, a work visa	1	13
B-1/B-2	visitor for business and pleasure	1,448	20,844
C-1/D	transit and crewmember	51	719
J-1	exchange visitor	41	1,215
A-2	other foreign government official or employee, or family	36	781
B-1	visitor for business	19	711
F-1	academic or language student	9	675
A-1	diplomat or consular officer, or family	7	61
C4/D3	as State's table prints it	6	80
J-2	spouse or child of a J-1	4	34
G-2	other representative to an international organization	3	112
C-2	in transit to the United Nations	3	4
K-1 fiancé(e)	fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen	2	36
C-1	in transit	2	12
G-4	international organization officer or employee	1	21
F-2	spouse or child of an F-1	0	39
M-1	vocational student	0	18
G-1	representative to an international organization	0	17
C-3	foreign government official in transit	0	6
K-2	child of a K-1 fiancé(e)	0	5
A-3	staff of an A-1 or A-2	0	3

Why a visa is refused, worldwide and year by year: visa refusals by ground.

How to read State's scheduling month

State says the tool shows the documentarily complete month and year for which NVC is scheduling most interviews in your classification at the selected U.S. embassy or consulate. If your case became documentarily complete before the month shown, NVC is scheduling cases like yours here. A preference case also needs a current priority date in the visa bulletin. It's NVC's paperwork queue, so it doesn't say whether the post is holding interviews.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, IV Scheduling Status Tool, update of November 6, 2026, and its monthly immigrant visa issuances by post through February 2026.

What people report

What people who had an appointment in Kuala Lumpur report, for any visa. Visitors' own reports, unchecked. A figure shows once 3 people have reported.

Reports, last 30 days

0 in the last 90 days, every kind of visa. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Ended in 221(g)

Not yet

Too few reports yet: it shows once 3 people report a result. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

NVC complete to interview

Not yet

Too few reports yet: it shows once 3 people give both dates. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Interviews held, week by week The last 12 weeks, every kind of visa

Too few reports yet: no week in the last 12 has 3 interviews reported.

Each column is a week of interviews people reported held. More

Each column is a week of interviews people reported held. Cancelled and moved interviews and drop boxes are left out. The newest is lime and hatched while it's still filling. A dashed outline is a week with fewer than 3 reports.

Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

How reports ended The last 30 and 90 days, every kind of visa

Last 30 days

Too few reports yet: 0 reports so far. This shows once 3 people have reported.

Last 90 days

Too few reports yet: 0 reports so far. This shows once 3 people have reported.

Each report counts on the day of its newest step: the visa, the approval, the interview or the letter. More

Each report counts on the day of its newest step: the visa, the approval, the interview or the letter. A 221(g) that later cleared still counts as a 221(g).

Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

By kind of visa The last 90 days

Too few reports yet for any kind of visa: each shows once 3 people have reported one.

Employment and the work visas first. A kind of visa shows once 3 people have reported one, so no row is one person's outcome. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

From the interview to the visa Appointments in the last six months

Too few reports yet for any kind of visa: each shows once 3 people have reported an appointment.

Days from the interview or the drop box to the approval or the visa, the median of the reports that finished, always beside the count still waiting: a median of the finished alone looks quicker than the wait is. More

Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

What these reports can't tell you

They aren't a sample of everyone. People with a 221(g) or a refusal are likelier to say so than people whose visa came the next week. A share here is what the people who reported saw. It isn't the post's rate.

Nobody can check them. There's no case number, by design, so a report can't be tied to a case. State's own figures for this consulate are above this section.

The rules behind these numbers

State's IV scheduling table through Nov 6, 2026 · State visa issuances through Feb 28, 2026 · State nonimmigrant visa issuances through Feb 28, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

State's IV scheduling table: State Department's IV Scheduling Status Tool (travel.state.gov, read in a browser) · data through Nov 6, 2026 · monthly, copied in a browser (state refuses scripts)

State visa issuances: State Department monthly immigrant visa issuances (state.gov) · data through Feb 28, 2026 · monthly, posted months late

State nonimmigrant visa issuances: State Department monthly nonimmigrant visa issuances by post (state.gov) · data through Feb 28, 2026 · monthly, posted about eight months late

What each source includes

State's IV scheduling table: For each US consulate, the month of documentarily complete cases the National Visa Center is scheduling interviews for, as State's IV Scheduling Status Tool printed it at each monthly update. It covers employment, family preference and immediate relative cases. It's NVC's paperwork queue, so it doesn't show an interview wait or whether a post is holding interviews. Copied in a browser, since State's site refuses scripts.

State visa issuances: Immigrant visas State's consulates issued abroad each month, by visa class and by country or consulate. A green card granted inside the United States (adjustment of status at USCIS) isn't in it. For employment categories, that's most of them.

State nonimmigrant visa issuances: Nonimmigrant visas each US consulate issued each month, by visa class (H-1B, L-1, K-1 fiancé(e), visitors, students and the rest), from State's monthly tables, which State calls preliminary. Visas only: a change of status inside the United States isn't in it, and neither are refusals. Each month is checked against State's own grand total.

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The rules behind these numbers

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